The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Monday said it has disbursed the P500-million cancer assistance fund (CAF) to the health department.
The Department of Budget and Management on Monday said it has disbursed the P500-million cancer assistance fund to the health department.
“For many years, cancer has been one of the leading causes of death in the country. Sadly, Filipino families, even those in the upper-income brackets, are vulnerable to catastrophic health spending due to high treatment costs and limited coverage of cancer care under public programs,” Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said.
“The fund will defray outpatient and inpatient cancer control services, including but not limited to diagnostics, therapeutic procedures, and other cancer medicines needed for the treatment and management of cancer and its care-related components,” it added. “I hope we are able to shine a ray of hope to every Filipino battling the disease—the DBM is behind you and wants to give you a fighting chance,” Pangandaman said.
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