A stitch in time to save lives

The establishment of a P5 billion fund and emergency mechanisms to resolve the long-boiling crisis in the country’s public health sector, could not have come sooner.

The majority of the country’s population depends on the public healthcare system for ailments ranging from the common flu, to life-threatening conditions. In recent years, the system has been weighed down by serious shortages of medicines, material, staff and poor maintenance of facilities.