{"id":1946,"date":"2019-08-16T13:12:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T13:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vivasalud.be\/over-viva-salud\/landen\/filipijnen\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:51:32","slug":"philippines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vivasalud.be\/en\/pays-partenaires\/philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Privatisation of healthcare\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In the Philippines, as in many other countries, access to healthcare is not equal depending on whether you are rich or poor. This is due in particular to a major trend towards privatisation in recent years. Instead of investing in public health infrastructures that are accessible to all, the government is gradually allowing them to fall into the hands of private companies. For these private healthcare companies, making a profit is more important than guaranteeing quality care for all. Prices are rising, health is becoming a commodity and the poor are increasingly excluded from the healthcare system. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Multinationals pollute the environment\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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One of the biggest problems in the Philippines is the exploitation of its resources by foreign multinationals. A number of large companies, particularly in the mining sector, are taking advantage of the country's rich natural resources and causing a great deal of social and ecological damage, which unfortunately often goes unpunished. This primarily affects poor farmers, but also the indigenous and rural populations in the exploited areas. The Philippine government puts the interests of foreign multinationals above the health of the population and allows these terrible exploitations. The deforestation and pollution of the water and soil force them to move inland or to the cities, where they no longer have an income. The consequences of these exploitations are dramatic in social, environmental and democratic terms.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Health and environmental activists under pressure\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In the face of all this, there is a strong, progressive grassroots movement in the Philippines that is demanding and fighting for its rights. Whether it's for accessible public health care, or against large-scale mining projects, the struggles are numerous and the people are very active in making their voices heard. But activists, social movements and human rights organisations are under pressure: arbitrary arrests, disappearances, accusations of links with terrorism without evidence (a practice known as \u00abred-tagging\u00bb), prosecutions and harassment based on fabricated evidence. Many international human rights organisations have sounded the alarm: the government is using anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering laws to target human rights defenders, humanitarian workers and civil society organisations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our partners in the Philippines<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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