Regional Health Policy Fellows (UPecon-HPDP)
The Health Policy Development Program (HPDP) The HPDP is a USAID-supported, 5-year initiative implemented by the UPecon Foundation, Inc. It aims to assist the Department of Health (DOH) in its institutional role of shaping the policy environment towards achieving better health outcomes, a more responsive health system, and equitable health care financing. The HPDP also [...]
Kalusugan Pangkalahatan Execution Plan and Implementation Arrangements
Kalusugan Pangkalahatan Execution Plan and Implementation Framework Department of Health (Philippines) Department Order No. 2011-0188 entitled, “Kalusugan Pangkalahatan Execution Plan and Implementation Arrangements”, 3 August 2011.
How the Law Looks at the History of Health Care
This excerpt from Professional Services v. Agana (G.R. No. 126297) is telling of how Philippine Law (as symbolized by our Supreme Court which decided the case) views the history of health care: Until the mid-nineteenth century, hospitals were generally charitable institutions, providing medical services to the lowest classes of society, without regard for a patient’s [...]
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