PH ranks 8th in health governance study

The Philippines ranked 8th out of 18 low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa in terms of its capacity to effectively utilize private investments in public health R&D (research and development), a study by the Brookings Institution concluded.

In “Health Governance Capacity: Enhancing Private Sector Investment in Global Health,” authors Darrell West, John Villasenor, and Jake Schneider examined the quality of healthcare governance in a set of 18 low- and middle-income African and Asian countries, including the Philippines. “Good governance is a foundational condition for global health investment,” the authors explained. “It conditions the overall environment in which both public and private sector health investment takes place.”