In 2017, chronic kidney disease (CKD) was the 4th leading cause of premature death in the Philippines with Impaired Kidney Disease as the 9th leading cause of death and disability. In 2021, hemodialysis procedure topped the procedural cases reimbursed through the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. Dr. Nickson Austria, a nephrologist,…
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AstraZeneca and MedAsia have signed an agreement to enable more Filipino patients to gain access to urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (uACR) machines that detect how much albumin is present in the urine. It is one of the earliest indicators of kidney disease and the testing may be done in doctors’ offices, hospitals, and diagnostic clinics.
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The Philippines on Friday morning received over 2.1 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and more than 660,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.