Category: Kalayaan Mula Sa Kanser
For cancer patients and their families
June 20, 2022We strongly seek the immediate approval and execution of the Joint Memorandum Circular to activate the Cancer Assistance Fund.
Commentary: Reforming Philippines’ healthcare system to meet challenges of pandemic
July 26, 2020Health is wealth; but investment and financing should be a priority in the years to come so that government could reform and improve the healthcare system, and also prevent the recurrence of any pandemic.
Prioritize appropriations for health laws
July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “Stay safe and healthy!” has become the new customary closing in every personal and business correspondence we send every day. This seemingly small gesture of courtesy and sincerity reflects how this global pandemic from Wuhan is changing our very culture and behavior. For every Filipino, […]
Cancer assistance fund needs more GAA funding
October 14, 2019We must remind all our lawmakers that millions of Filipinos affected by the catastrophic financial effects of cancer are counting on them to ensure that initial funding for the Cancer Assistance Fund is secured in the 2020 General Appropriations Act.
CITIZENWATCH PHILIPPINES STATEMENT ON SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN MOVE TO PASS THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED CANCER CONTROL BILL
June 1, 2018CITIZENWATCH PHILIPPINES STATEMENT ON SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN MOVE TO PASS THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED CANCER CONTROL BILL 16 Senators led by Committee on Health Chairman JV Ejercito has submitted for plenary consideration Senate Committee Report No. 399, moving for the approval of Senate Bill No. 1850 known as the National Integrated Cancer Control Bill. The […]
Pass the National Integrated Cancer Control Act
April 30, 2018Pass the National Integrated Cancer Control Act by Orly Oxales (Originally Published on April 30, 2018 Manila Standard) In a country like the Philippines, few worse tragedies can befall a family than cancer. For the poor, the fate is doubly tragic—treatment is exorbitant, virtually impossible—and a diagnosis is almost always seen as an automatic […]