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One year into the Marcos Junior administration in the Philippines, the state of health care remains largely unchanged. Despite Bongbong Marcos' announcement that he would enhance the health insurance model to improve coverage, this promise has yet to materialize. Instead, the people in the Philippines face worsening social determinants of health and a shortage of health workers. We met with activists from the Health Alliance for Democracy to gain further insights.
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Other studies found that people of colour have less amyloid protein in the brain with AD than their white counterparts.</div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-metadata" style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://www.newsclick.in/themes/custom/digital_news/favicon.ico" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px"><span style="line-height:1.5em">Newsclick</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Sandipan Talukdar</span></div></div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-thumbnail"><img src="https://www.newsclick.in/sites/default/files/2023-08/drug2%20(1).png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-card" style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/c2f27234?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="display:flex;min-height:148px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;border-radius:3px;border:1px solid #e5eff5;color:#3ea620;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding:20px"><div style="color:#15212a;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:600">Jan Vishwas Bill, Passed Recently, Further Weakens Regulation of Pharmacies, Say Critics | NewsClick</div><div style="display:-webkit-box;overflow-y:hidden;margin-top:12px;max-height:40px;color:#738a94;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:400">The legislation could dramatically increase the risk-taking behaviour of pharmacies to the detriment of public health in India, say experts.</div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-metadata" style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://www.newsclick.in/themes/custom/digital_news/favicon.ico" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px"><span style="line-height:1.5em">Newsclick</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Newsclick Report</span></div></div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-thumbnail" style="min-width:140px;max-width:180px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-position:center;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;background-image:url('https://www.newsclick.in/sites/default/files/2023-08/medicen.png')"><img src="https://www.newsclick.in/sites/default/files/2023-08/medicen.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-card" style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/5b5288ec?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="display:flex;min-height:148px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;border-radius:3px;border:1px solid #e5eff5;color:#3ea620;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding:20px"><div style="color:#15212a;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:600">Gustavo Rivera: “I Want to Destroy Health Insurance Companies’ Business Model”</div><div style="display:-webkit-box;overflow-y:hidden;margin-top:12px;max-height:40px;color:#738a94;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:400">New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera talks to Jacobin about his proposed state-level single-payer health care bill, why covering undocumented immigrants is crucial, and the state of progressive politics in New York.</div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-metadata" style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://jacobin.com/static/apple-touch-icon.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px"><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Gustavo Rivera</span></div></div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-thumbnail" style="min-width:140px;max-width:180px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-position:center;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;background-image:url('https://images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/02141829/GettyImages-1246724200.jpg')"><img src="https://images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/02141829/GettyImages-1246724200.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-card" style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/395934b9?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="display:flex;min-height:148px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;border-radius:3px;border:1px solid #e5eff5;color:#3ea620;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding:20px"><div style="color:#15212a;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:600">Africa’s High Cancer Deaths Can Be Addressed By Improved Access To Key Medicines - Health Policy Watch</div><div style="display:-webkit-box;overflow-y:hidden;margin-top:12px;max-height:40px;color:#738a94;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:400">Africa has one of the highest cancer death rates in the world, yet this could be markedly improved by better access to treatments already widely available in</div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-metadata" style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/themes/hpw2018/images/favicon.ico" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px"><span style="line-height:1.5em">Health Policy Watch</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Kerry Cullinan</span></div></div><div class="m_1863467372116987700kg-bookmark-thumbnail" style="min-width:140px;max-width:180px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-position:center;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;background-image:url('https://i0.wp.com/healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cancer-Photo-3.-e1690908701473.jpg')"><img 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