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'CANCER-FREE PHILIPPINES'. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman delivers a speech during the fourth Philippine National Cancer Summit at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria on Thursday (Feb. 23, 2023). Pangandaman shared her aspiration for the Philippines to become a "cancer-free" country. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Budget and Management) MANILA - Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman is pushing for additional funding to finance programs aimed at preventing and controlling cancer in the country. Pangandaman said while the Marcos administration has made significant strides in public oncology financing through the implementation of Republic Act 11215 or the National Integrated Cancer Control Act (NICCA), much remains to be done to help cancer-ridden Filipinos and raise public awareness about the disease. "We have established the said sustainable financing mechanism and taken significant steps toward the advancement of the implementation of the NICCA," Pang
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