The government’s renewed commitment to strengthen governance and provide sustained financing for better cancer care has sparked hopes for Filipino patients and their families who have recently been impacted by the double burden of cancer and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new commitments centered on the annual allocation of at least P700 million budget to the Cancer Assistance Fund (CAF), the establishment of the National Integrated Cancer Control Council within the year and the issuance of Persons with Disability recognition to cancer patients, people living with cancer and cancer survivors. Government representatives announced these positive developments during the series of virtual for…
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