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What major issues currently limit the impact and delivery of health care in the Philippines? In which areas does the country stand to improve?

Improving access to health care across the country is a priority not just for the government, but also increasingly for private sector providers. Given that spending on health care is low – just $129 per person in 2009, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – providers see a chance to tap into a wider population segment with cost-...

In many ways, the Philippines’ health care sector is a microcosm of the broader economy. Public provision is under-resourced and over-stretched, while private provision is fragmented but also plays a vital supporting role. Workers are largely well trained and skilled, but an overabundance of nurses and physicians – combined with low salaries – has...

Although economic headwinds have thrown international markets off course, the Philippine economy has managed to stay on a relatively even keel. Local authorities note that while GDP growth slowed in 2011 relative to 2010 due to weak external demand and government underspending, household 

Chapter | Health from The Report: The Philippines 2012

The health situation in the Philippines is similar to that of a number of emerging economies, with communicable diseases having fallen in past decades but “lifestyle” factors like obesity and smoking causing an upsurge in cardiovascular disease and cancer. Spending on health is lower than in some neighbouring countries, but the government’s Philhealth programme is seeking to expand coverage...
Dans le cadre d’un vaste plan d’investissement visant à augmenter l’offre de services de santé, l’Etat algérien a fortement revu ses dépenses à la hausse dans le domaine de la prévention et du traitement du cancer avec, en perspective, la création d’un grand nombre de nouveaux hôpitaux spécialisés et de centres anti-cancer.

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