Health - Matches

Women from more vibrant local economies have greater access to antenatal care services. This was according to Michael Abrigo, a research fellow a..

This Policy note reviews the current international and national focus on child stunting prevention, including health and nutrition programs and status..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies held a public seminar on decentralization, health, and governance on May 23, 2019.Four PIDS studies w..

The 2017–2018 Economic Policy Monitor (EPM) focuses on the emerging technologies associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRe), such as ar..

The 2016–2017 Economic Policy Monitor highlights the fiscal design aspect of the Philippines' proposed shift to a federal system of government. It p..

The first issue of the Development Research News (DRN) for 2019 underscores the need to revisit the country’s regulations in view of today&rsquo..

Key to achieving national targets under a devolved set-up is the capacity of the entire system to implement health and nutrition programs at scale. Th..

Despite the long tradition of decentralization in health care worldwide, there remains limited evidence on its impact on health outcomes. This paper i..

The study attempts to document the Philippine’s experience in health devolution with focus on the Department of Health’s efforts to make it work. ..

Today I adopt as my column the article written by my US-based daughter Ivy Lopez Cabaltica, a lawyer, on the high cost of medicines in the Philippines..

TIMED with the resumption of classes, a bill was recently filed in the House of Representatives seeking the creation of the School Health and Safety O..

A PIDS study says the government’s social health insurance and conditional cash transfer program were able to induce greater hospital visits for..

Poor Filipino children under the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) and health care programs now have better acess to health care, the..

Filipino children from poor households who are part of the government’s health insurance program have increased access to health care, both for ..