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Interviews & Viewpoints | Eugenio Ramos, President and CEO, The Medical City: Interview from The Report: Philippines 2021
The Philippines’ universal health care (UHC) system is now operative, after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the bill into law in February 2019 and Francisco Duque III, the secretary of health, signed the implementing rules and regulations in October that year. This set the stage for 2020 to be the first year of UHC, strengthened by collaboration and the expertise of the private sector....
The Philippines is one of the world’s fastest-growing nations. Although economic activity slowed during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic period, stimulus measures, imminent public sector policies and a larger budget are expected to create jobs, generate growth and help kick-start the country’s recovery during 2021.
What were the main challenges your organisation encountered in scaling up treatment facilities for Covid-19 at public hospitals, and how were they overcome?
In what ways have mobile applications helped to limit community transmission of Covid-19 in Indonesia?
As various countries contend with a second wave of Covid-19 outbreaks, many emerging markets are pinning their hopes on a vaccine that will allow them to confidently reopen their economies without the fear of limited health services being overwhelmed.