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‘P2.5b allotted for cancer cure’

Congress has earmarked P2.5 billion in funding for cancer prevention and patient care, strengthening the country’s response to a disease that claims nearly 100...

Gov’t, medical societies, pharmacists, patient groups commit to eliminate cervical cancer in PH

For the first time ever, over 400 stakeholders, including municipalities, healthcare advocacy groups, national agencies, and civil societies, stood united against the Big C...

Congress hikes cancer fund to P1.25 billion

Congress has increased the allocation for the Cancer Assistance Fund (CAF) to P1.25 billion in a bid to help a greater number of patients...

Duterte files bill seeking P10b fund for cancer care

By Maricel V. Cruz A bill has been filed at the House of Representatives proposing the establishment of a P10-billion  fund to finance the treatment...

DOH insists it spent cancer fund wisely

The Department of Health (DOH) has asserted it fully implemented the Cancer Assistance Fund (CAF) as provided for by law and pertinent regulations. In a...

Solon seeks guidelines on cancer fund program

Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas on Monday called for the immediate issuance of guidelines governing the Cancer Assistance Fund, a program to support cancer...

Free medicines for cancer patients

Cancer patients can now avail themselves of free cancer medicines under the National Integrated Cancer Control Act (NICCA), a lawmaker said Tuesday. House Assistant Majority...

P700 million in government commitments to cancer care

The government’s renewed commitment to strengthen governance and provide sustained financing for better cancer care has sparked hopes for Filipino patients and their families...

Solon: Release cancer assistance funds

The principal author of the National Integrated Cancer Control Act in the House of Representatives has asked the Department of Health to immediately release...

Tragic abandonment

"Studies have also shown that cancer patients who get COVID-19 are 16 times more likely to be in the severe and critical categories, the...

Cancer assistance fund needs more GAA funding

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