CPRH Statements
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Proposed health budget for 2026 is fatal to people’s health, push for 5% of GDP for health instead
Today, health advocates and health workers under the banner of the Coalition for People’s Right to Health (CPRH) decried the Marcos administration’s proposed P320.5-billion for health in 2026. The amount is a combination of the proposed budgets for the Department of Health, Philhealth, and government-owned and controlled corporation hospitals. CPRH cites the proposal as a…
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State recognition and support for health workers’ rights is imperative to protect our right to health
The Coalition for People’s Right to Health fully supports Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, in her report to the Human Rights Council fifty-ninth session on health and care workers as defenders of the right to…
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Free, comprehensive and progressive public health system is needed for healthy beginnings, hopeful futures – PHM-Philippines and CPRH
The World Health Organization celebrates World Health Day today, 7 April with the theme “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures”. The People’s Health Movement Philippines and the Coalition for People’s Right to Health both assert that healthy beginnings and hopeful futures are founded on a public health care system that is free, comprehensive and progressive. Where systemic…
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Pondo ng taumbayan, ibalik sa kalusugan
Mariing kinokondena ng Coalition for People’s Right to Health (CPRH) ang hakbangin ng gobyerno na ibalik sa kabang-yaman nito ang “excess funds” o diumano’y sobrang pondo ng Philhealth at ilagay ito sa unprogrammed appropriations na sa esensya ay pork barrel. Naninindigan ang CPRH na karumal-dumal na tawaging sobra ang pondong ito gayong naghihingalo ang pampublikong…
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On the worsening rice crisis and its effects on people’s health
The Philippines has been living the irony of being an agricultural and agrarian country with 70% of its population are farmers and farm workers but the country remains the top importer of rice in the world [1]. Despite being a staple in every Filipino family’s table and Pres. Marcos Jr.’s promise of bringing the price…
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Statement on the Supreme Court’s issuance of TRO on the transfer of P89.9B PhilHealth fund to the National Treasury
The Coalition for People’s Right to Health (CPRH) welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the transfer of P89.9 billion of PhilHealth funds to the national treasury. This would not be possible if not for the petitioners and the people’s collective struggle. The remaining P29.9 billion was set to…
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Health groups call for immediate and independent investigation of DOH’s P7.431 billion worth of expired medicines
With the Department of Health’s (DOH) wastage of P7.431 billion worth of medicines, drugs, and other inventory as flagged by the Commission on Audit recently, the Council for Health and Development and the Coalition for People’s Right to Health today expressed how inefficiencies in a faulty system aggravate inequality that lead to pain, suffering, or…
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On the 3rd anniversary of the pandemic—health advocates denounce the failed, repressive, and negligent pandemic response and demand a free, comprehensive national public health system based on human rights and equity as the new normal
On the 3rd anniversary of the pandemic—health advocates denounce the failed, repressive, and negligent pandemic response and demand a free, comprehensive national public health system based on human rights and equity as the new normal After three years, over 66 million lives and many more livelihoods have been lost to the pandemic, yet many countries,…
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On International Human Rights Day, most Filipinos still do not enjoy a right to health
On International Human Rights Day, most Filipinos still do not enjoy a right to health; despite the pandemic, inequity in access to health services has risen amid marginal changes to infrastructure and budget—failing Constitutional and international obligations to protect and fulfill the people’s right to health and its defenders The United Nations fully defines the…
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Amid Omicron-driven surge, testing must finally be made free and accessible to all
Amid Omicron-driven surge, testing must finally be made free and accessible to all; renewed focus on community-based interventions needed against variants Just days into the new year and the country is facing yet another surge in COVID-19 cases. With the pandemic entering its third year in the Philippines and across the world, those handling the…
Council for Health and Development (CHD) 