June 10, 2025 The Center for Migrant Advocacy welcomes the decision of the bicameral conference committee to defer action on the proposed amendments to RA11223 otherwise known as the Universal health Care Act of 2019. We join colleagues in civil society in cautioning Congress from hastily amending important provisions of the law that may inadvertentlyContinueContinue reading “Statement on the Proposed Amendments to RA 11223 (Universal Health Care Act of 2019)”
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Nurse Outmigration and Its Impact on Philippine Healthcare System
Written by: Layne Caballero and Shari Estillore On September 29, 2022, the Department of Health declared a 106,000-nurse shortage in both public and private hospitals, with a startling 1:20-50 nurse to patient ratio, exceeding the prescribed 1:12 ratio. Regardless, officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire blames the recent shortage on migration, thus the government’s imposition of aContinueContinue reading “Nurse Outmigration and Its Impact on Philippine Healthcare System”
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What You Need to Know About RA 11862
Last June 23, 2022, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11862, otherwise known as the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2022. RA 11862 serves as an amendment to RA 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003. As reported by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), RA 11862 isContinueContinue reading “What You Need to Know About RA 11862”
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