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Health care in the Philippines extends as far back as the 15th century. Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, life and by extension health care, was centered around the animate and inanimate world. Traditional Filipino medicinal herbs were used for a wide variety of ailments. Anonas leaves were applied to the stomach for indigestion.
Shifting the responsibility of healthcare from the federal government to the local governments has increased local authority and has made communities susceptible to lack of access to basic services. [6] In addition, most healthcare payments are made out of pocket, especially when receiving care from privately owned institutions.
Health and social systems across the globe are struggling to cope. The situation is especially challenging in humanitarian, fragile and low-income country contexts, where health and social systems are already weak. Health facilities in many places are closing or limiting services. [1] Services to provide sexual and reproductive health care risk ...
Singapore generally has an efficient and widespread system of health care. It implements a universal health care system, and co-exists with private health care system. Infant mortality rate: in 2006 the crude birth rate stood at 10.1 per 1000, and the crude death rate was also one of the lowest in the world at 4.3 per 1000. In 2006, the total ...
Nueva Ecija Good Samaritan Health System, Inc. Burgos Avenue, Brgy. Sangitan, Cabanatuan City Immaculate Conception Medical Center of Central Luzon, Inc. Circumferential Road, San Juan Accfa, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija Good Samaritan Health System, Inc. (Ext.) San Vicente, Bucana, Gapan City, Nueva Ecija Señor Sto.
Health care companies of the Philippines (2 C, 1 P) Health sciences schools in the Philippines (3 C) Hospitals in the Philippines (12 C, 72 P, 2 F) M.
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 ...
Algeria operates a public and universal healthcare system. A network of hospitals, clinics, and dispensaries provide treatment to the population, with the social security system funding health services, although many people must still cover part of their costs due to the rates paid by the social security system remaining unchanged since 1987.