Unknown to many, new Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Edwin Mercado once helped develop a tiny home program for mental patients — an innovative ...

The newly-appointed PhilHealth chief has been the vice chairman of the Mercado General Hospital/Qualimed Health Network since March 2021 ... the Philippine health care system to improve efficiency ...

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R ... “Mercado has dedicated his work to ensuring equitable access to quality medical care and leveraging technology to strengthen health systems, particularly in ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Dr. Edwin Mercado, a US-trained orthopedic surgeon, as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), Malacañang ...

Mercado is a physician who graduated from the University of the Philippines ... tool for community health workers to deliver primary care,” Malacañang said. Since 2021, he has been the vice ...

The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading the measure that seeks to overhaul the Philippine healthcare system by amending the Universal Health Care Act (UHC).

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — Following the death of two baby evacuees in the past two months, more health care personnel will be deployed in evacuation centers in La Castellana, Negros Occidental ...

Cancer affects over 5,000 children in the Philippines annually. Although highly treatable ... She also talks about childhood cancer care at PGH and how the institution leads initiatives to improve ...

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and publicly-provided maternal healthcare. Through a comparison in take-up rates of prenatal care in Indonesia and the Philippines between 1997 and 2017, this talk traces the potential for ...

Philippine soldiers will train on the US military’s intermediate range missile system during unilateral army drills next month as part of preparations for bigger exercises with US counterparts ...