Philippine Health Situation

The

Philippine

Health

Situation

Br. Vince Paildan FSC

The

Philippine

Health

Situation

Br. Vince Paildan FSC

The Philippines

•7641 islands (and islets)

• Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao
• 82 Provinces
• 1,634 Cities and Municipalities

•Population: 115.6 M
•120 spoken languages (8 major)

• Filipino, a standardized version of Tagalog, is the national language

•Two Seasons (Wet and Dry)

The Philippines

•Average Annual Family Income – Php 307,109 (5,428 USD)

•Poverty Threshold (Poverty Line for a Filipino) – Php 2,759/month (48.77 USD)

•Poverty Threshold (Poverty Line for a Filipino Family) – Php 13,797/month (243.88 USD)

•Poverty Incidence – 22.4 % Filipino; 16.4 % Filipino Families

RA 7610 – Local Government Code (1992)

Health Budgeting

• Budgeting for health is now

incumbent on the whims of each local
government

• Health services and programs would

have differences (disparities) between
each local government

• The local governments decide the

number of healthcare personnel to
employ

Human Resources for

Health

•There are 951,105
Registered Nurses (53.55
% are active)
•To meet the 45 HRH for
every 10,000 population
standard by the WHO, the
Philippines would need:

• 125,890 nurses
• 116,032 physicians

Child
Malnutrition

• 95 children die from malnutrition daily

• Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 is 28.8% (higher
than the Asian regional average,
21.8%)

Common
Illnesses

Dengue

Fever

Mosquito-borne (Aedes aegypti) viral infection endemic to the Philippines

Increased number of cases during wet (rainy) season

Malaria is caused by several species of the
parasite Plasmodium, which is transmitted to
humans through the Anopheles mosquito

Schistosomiasis

a parasitic disease caused by worms called
blood flukes. It is often spread through poor
personal hygiene or exposure to water
contaminated with the parasite Schistosoma,
such as during farming or fishing.

Vaccine-preventable Infections