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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]
The Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, later the Insular Board of Health, was established in 1901, [14] with Americans taking primary responsibility for public health policies due to perceived Filipino physician incompetence. [15] They implemented sanitary legislation and disease prevention strategies, including quarantines.
During the onslaught of COVID 2019 global pandemic, WVSU Medical Center and Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) as government hospitals had been designated by the Department of Health (Philippines) as COVID 2019 dedicated hospitals for Western Visayas region. WVMC is the sole COVID 2019 sub-national laboratory in Region 6. [5] [6]
Batangas Health Care Hospital, Jesus Of Nazareth Brgy. Gulod, Itaas, Batangas City, Batangas San Antonio Medical Center Of Lipa, Inc. #2 C.M. Recto Avenue, Lipa City, Batangas N.L. Villa Memorial Medical Center F. Manalo St., Lipa City, Batangas Lipa Medix Medical Center Ayala Highway, Balintawak, Lipa City, Batangas Metro Lipa Medical Center
The Department of Health (DOH; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products.
The Bicol Regional Hospital and Medical Center (BRHMC) (formerly, Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (BRTTH)) is a tertiary level government hospital in the Philippines with an authorized bed capacity of eight hundred (800). [1] It is located in Daraga, Albay.
Central Philippine University–Iloilo Mission Hospital Medical Education Training Center (CPU–IMH METC) - built through collaboration with Central Philippine University for the clinical training and off-campus classes of its medical and allied health sciences courses, CPU-IMH METC is a two-story structure with clinical and classroom ...
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 ...