ADB approves $450-million to boost Philippine healthcare

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Medical personnel at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center in Tuguegarao City temporarily take care of the patients at the hospital" s="" conference="" room="" on="" Aug.="" in="" the="" aftermath="" of="" tropical="" storm="" Florita="" after="" general="" admission="" area="" was="" affected="" by="" rain.="" Jonathan="" ABS-CBN="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/09/12/20220824-florita-cagayan-valley-medical-jc-3516.jpg"/><figcaption>Medical personnel at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center in Tuguegarao City temporarily take care of the patients at the hospital&#x27;s conference room on Aug. 24, 2022, in the aftermath of tropical storm Florita after the hospital&#x27;s general admission area was affected by the rain. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it approved a $450-million policy-based loan to help the Philippines strengthen its universal healthcare program.</p><p>Under the Build Universal Health Care Program (Subprogram 2), the ADB is helping put in place a sustainable financing strategy for the Universal Healthcare (UHC) Act of 2019.</p><p>The program includes a national medicine access policy, and adopts the National Health Data Repository framework.</p><p>It will also increase the number of primary care providers, and improve primary care and inpatient benefits under the National Health Insurance Program.</p><p>“The program will also help ensure the reforms are responsive to gender-specific health issues and the impacts of climate change on people’s health and well-being,&quot; said ADB principal health specialist Eduardo Banzon.</p><p>The Build UHC Program is also part of ADB’s commitment to deliver long-term support to the country to ensure all Filipinos have equitable access to quality health services without exhausting their finances, Banzon said.</p><p>Aside from this, the ADB also approved loans to help the Philippines in its fight against <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/04/23/adb-eyes-10-billion-for-ph-climate-finance">climate change</a>, improve its <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/14/23/adb-loans-ph-400-million-to-boost-tax-collection">tax collection</a>, and boost <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/05/23/ph-borrows-p17-b-from-adb-for-financial-inclusion">financial inclusion</a> in the country.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/25dCDn7RGFs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Asian Development Bank said it approved a $450-million policy-based loan to help the Philippines strengthen its universal healthcare program.

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ADB approves $450-million to boost Philippine healthcare

ADB approves $450-million to boost Philippine healthcare

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Published Dec 06, 2023 04:24 PM PHT

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