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Healthcare access

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Healthcare access.

  1. MediCard, Medical City boost healthcare access

    MediCard, Medical City boost healthcare access

    MediCard Philippines and The Medical City (TMC) have reaffirmed their partnership to improve healthcare access and service delivery for members and patients…

    1 MIN READ

  2. 80,000 inmates covered by PhilHealth

    80,000 inmates covered by PhilHealth

    More than 80,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facilities will gain access to PhilHealth coverage under a…

    1 MIN READ

  3. FOR patients, the cost of healthcare is measured not only in pesos, but also in hours spent waiting and traveling.

    The time we take from patients

    Sometimes care is postponed not because the fee is unaffordable, but because the day it requires is. Care that is affordable in pesos but unaffordable in time…

    4 MIN READ

  5. IN PHOTOS | The Department of Education has partnered with the Department of Health, the Department of Interior and Local Government, and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation to expand access to free primary healthcare by organizing public schools into access points for the YAKAP School Health and Protection Program. Under the partnership signed by Education Secretary Sonny Angara, public schools will facilitate health screenings, registration, and referrals for learners, teachers, non-teaching staff, and their qualified dependents nationwide.

    Yakap in school

    For us parents, expanding healthcare services into educational environments would establish a supportive atmosphere where our children are nurtured both…

    2 MIN READ

  6. JAPAN already has what the Philippines will soon have more of: old people. So it’s helping us figure out how to care for them before we get there.

    WE’RE NEXT, SAYS JAPAN

    Japan and the Philippines are expanding healthcare cooperation on elderly care, as the Philippines prepares for an aging population.

    1 MIN READ