Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III at the Duterte Legacy Summit on Tuesday (May 31, 2022) (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The reforms to the health care system under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte are people-centered. Amid the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the government continued the realization of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law and establishments of more Malasakit Centers. "The Duterte administration's term from July 2016 to 2022 brought forth many reforms in the health sector, especially with the passage of the Universal Health Care Act and the Malasakit Centers Act," Duque said Tuesday during the Duterte Legacy Summit at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. Duterte signed into law the UHC or Republic Act No. 11223 on Feb. 20, 2019, paving the way for the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) "
INCREASING PEOPLE'S AWARENESS.Personnel of the Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) and the Sibalom Municipal Health Office during their advocacy against dengue in the Municipality of Sibalom on April 22, 2022. IPHO Nurse 4 Sheree Vego said on Tuesday (April 26) the public should not be complacent and clean their surroundings to get rid of mosquito vectors.(Photo courtesy of Antique IPHO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) is urging the public to continue carrying out environmental sanitation to prevent the spread of dengue which has already claimed two lives in the province this year. Dengue, now considered a year-round disease, has claimed the lives of a 20-year-old female from the municipality of Sibalom and a 19-year-old female from Bugasong town, said Sheree Vego, IPHO Nurse 4 and in charge of the Infectious Diseases Cluster. The case from Bugasong town died on February 5 while the Sibalom patient was the late
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