The Ministry of Health (MOH) is hoping for higher allocation under the national Budget 2024 to enable it to carry out more initiatives for the wellbeing of the people.Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said these initiatives include upgrading 436 dilapidated h…

Caloocan has received PHP13 million from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s (PCSO) July 2022 lotto revenues to augment the city government’s charity and health programs. Local government units receive a percentage of the total revenues of PCS…

The establishment of a geriatric centre is very important in building a quality health system that is friendly to the elderly, according to Dr A’isyah Che Rahimi, a lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia’s School of Medical Sciences.

She said the big…

The government will implement two vital strategies under its Big Bold Strengthening Healthcare Services measure to transform healthcare service delivery.

The first strategy will focus on rejuvenating the healthcare service, while the second strategy…

About 94 percent of the 390,000 doses of the bivalent vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 donated by the Lithuanian government have been administered. “So maganda yung rollout, hindi tayo na expire-an (We had a good rollout, and the vaccines are…

At least 21 people died of dengue in Bangladesh on Saturday, a single-day high since the health authorities started record-keeping in 2000, taking the total death toll to 618. According to the Directorate General of Health Services, of the new deaths,…

The country’s daily average for new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went up by 2 percent from Aug. 21 to 27, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Tuesday. In its latest case bulletin, the agency recorded 114 daily infections, a case highe…

Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection could be prevented significantly, if not eradicated, through the implementation and observance of proactive health measures. ‘In line with one of the marching orders of our President, …