While the national average for maternal and child health services utilization shows improvement, the Philippines is yet … to achieve the MDG targets for maternal and child health. This study shows inequality in maternal and child health … maternal and child health services based on these patterns are recommended. …

and women empowerment; reduction of child mortality; improvement of maternal health; control of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and … (gender equality), Goal 5 (maternal health), Goal 6 (control of communicable diseases), and Goal 7 (environmental …

the Health Sector Reform Strategy. The last section concludes and provides some policy recommendations. …

information needed by policymakers, investors, and other interested stakeholders. To better understand the current health care …

The expenditures for employer-provided health care in private establishments and for student health services in private … schools are two components estimated in the Philippine National Health Accounts (PNHA). The basic methodology for producing … private schools surveys. The surveys on health expenditures of private establishments and private schools were conducted again …

hospitals and health care facilities. This paper looks into the feasibility of implementing PPPs in the health sector. Review of … was reviewed using five performance criteria, namely, improved health care access, equity, and quality, operating with … said framework; and policy and program implementation recommendations for health PPPs.In order to improve the feasibility …

health coverage (UHC) of their social health insurance schemes. It seeks to analyze a set of domains including membership … discussions and proceedings, and individual country plans of integrating, widening, and deepening health insurance coverage with …. The study adopts the UHC cube of the World Health Organization as the framework for the review. It finally submits …

there is much potential for PPPs to help address health inequities and advance universal health care (UHC). In support of … these efforts, the paper defines PPPs and their role in the health system and proposes health PPP options that would support … the pursuit of UHC.The objectives of this paper are to define what PPPs are and their application in the health sector …

This study reviews literature on financing catastrophic health expenditures in selected countries to describe and … synthesize the strategies of relatively successful health financing schemes. It begins with a review of basic concepts and … based on their income level, health outcomes, coverage outcomes, cost effectiveness, and the availability of information on …

long been battle grounds for the often rancorous debates about the provisions of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law. In …-appropriate health and sexuality education in schools. Critics then raised a public health concern, saying that exposing children to … reproductive health care, especially mandatory sexuality education, leads to earlier sexual initiation and higher rates of sexual …