The government is proposing a 13.6-percent increase in the budget of the Department of Health (DOH) for 2011 mainly to build more health centers and provide health insurance to poor families.
President Benigno Simeon Aquino III cited this in his speech at the 37th World Congress of the International College of Surgeons (ICS) on Friday.
He noted that many health centers in the country, particularly in rural areas, lack both facilities and medical professionals.
Aquino also said the government is also aiming to improve PhilHealth coverage and insure about 4.6 million poor families within three years.
Around 192,000 families enrolled for health insurance during the National PhilHealth Registration Day in September, he noted.
“The government, through information campaigns, continues to encourage the enrolment of those who can afford to join the program,” he said.
He added that there are still around 5 million families who have not enrolled in PhilHealth.
Health teams
Aquino said health teams composed of doctors, nurses, and midwives will also be deployed to poor, far-flung areas as part of the government’s efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals of improving child and maternal health.
Aquino also appealed to doctors to do more charity work, especially in the countryside, to help the government address the sorry state of health care in the country.
Aquino told some 300 local and international surgeons present at the event that the government needs the help of all medical practitioners to achieve universal health care.
“I am thankful that many of you are now engaged in charity work through surgical missions. I hope it is not too much to ask for a little more of your time for the poor,” he said.
Aquino also asked the surgeons to share their knowledge with health care providers in rural areas to equip them with basical surgical skills.
“We welcome the assistance of our balikbayan surgeons as well as their friends, peers and fellow doctors from foreign shores, who are willing to share their time and expertise,” said the president. – VVP, GMANews.TV
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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