Health-promoting fiscal policies
The Philippines has used health taxes to generate domestic resources for health and advance UHC. Since health taxes were introduced in 2012, they have generated billions of dollars in public revenue, with a significant share channelled back into the health system. In 2022, government subsidies to PhilHealth, the national health insurance scheme, were five times higher than in 2013. Health taxes have supported this public investment in health while also reducing consumption of health-harming products and reducing the burden of NCDs on health systems.
Clear NCD spending targets
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Lower NCD medicine and device costs
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Prioritisation of data and surveillance
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