PhilHealth President and CEO Alexander A. Padilla recently attended the launching of the 'Newton Fund Researcher Links Workshop' held at the Bayleaf Intramuros Hotel in Manila. The initiative brought together 30 selected researchers and six senior mentors from the Philippines and the United Kingdom to review the status of implementation of the current government policy of Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP)/Universal Health Care (UHC), including 100 other studies on KP/UHC, both published and unpublished, completed over the last five years.

The said collaborative research workshop provides for an interesting dynamic towards understanding the extent of efforts and effect of KP/UHC implementation with particular focus on the quality, equity of access, and degree of financial protection being provided to Filipinos.

The research findings will be useful in proposing improvements to the current efforts for KP/UHC. (Ped D. Abella)