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As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. [8] [9]
Most of the national burden of health care is provided by private health providers, with the cost shouldered by the state or by patients. The 2019 Universal Health Care Act (UHC Act) represents a significant effort to bridge the quality and accessibility gap, aiming to enroll all Filipinos in the National Health Insurance Program (PhilHealth ...
The World Health Organization and Health Action International (WHO/HAI) made a conjoint effort to systematize the methodology of medicine price surveys and ERP usage, first publishing the WHO/HAI methodology in manual in 2003, [3]: 195 which is frequently used in price studies in unregulated prices context often found in low and moderate income ...
Philippine Journal of Development: (formerly Journal of Philippine Development) is a professional journal published twice a year which focuses on Philippine development. This is particularly on economy, business, public administration, foreign relations, sociology, political dynamics and other topics which have policy implications for ...
This is a list of regions and provinces of the Philippines by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2024. [1] The HDI is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
According to the Rules of the Senate, [1] the committee handles all matters relating to: Public health in general; Medical, hospital and quarantine services; Population issues, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families, and their effects on national, social and economic conditions
Commissioned by the National Competitiveness Council through the regional and provincial offices of the Department of Trade and Industry and a partner local academe, and as a part of the Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Cluster initiatives, the Field Monitoring and Evaluation Survey aims to determine the compliance rate of the selected local ...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines that provides health insurance to the country. It was created on 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic ...