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Criminalizing the Courage: A Call to Free Nanay Sally Ujano and Protect Human Rights Defenders
Solidarity Statement of the Medical Action Group (MAG) 22 October 2025` The Medical Action Group (MAG) stands in unwavering solidarity with Nanay Sally Ujano, a courageous woman human rights defender who has been unjustly convicted under a trumped-up charge of rebellion. Her case is a glaring example of how the Philippine justice system is being…
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PhilHealth Funds Are for Health, Not Pork
Medical Action Group (MAG) StatementOctober 1, 2025 The Medical Action Group (MAG) expresses serious concern over the misuse and diversion of PhilHealth funds by the government, which has now placed the institution in financial crisis. While President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has promised to return the 60 billion pesos taken from PhilHealth reserves, this action alone…
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Statement of the Medical Action Group (MAG) on the Diversion of PhilHealth Funds.
Roads lead nowhere Without Health CareThe Medical Action Group (MAG) expresses deep concern over the remarks of DOH Secretary Ted Herbosa during a congressional hearing, where he attempted to justify the diversion of PhilHealth funds by claiming that roads and bridges can provide access to health care. This reasoning is fundamentally flawed, as many poor…
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Pagmamakaawa o Karapatan: Paghahambing ng Badyet ng PhilHealth at MAIFIP sa nagdaang mga Taon.
#KarapatanHindiPagmamakaawa #HealthIsARight #PeopleOverPolitics #DignityNotDependency
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System, Not the Healers, That Fails the Nation.
August 12, 2025. The Medical Action Group (MAG) stands firmly with healthcare workers and the communities they serve. We cannot remain silent while the health profession is degraded, cast as the villain in a soap opera and accused of bleeding the poor dry to grow rich. The truth is the opposite: it is a broken…
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Public Health Must Serve the People, Not Political Interests.
August 5, 2025. The Medical Action Group (MAG) expresses its deep concern over the removal of Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire and other experienced career officials from the Department of Health (DOH), echoing the opposition of more than 50 health organizations to this alarming development. Let us be clear. MAG’s concern is not merely about the…
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Kalusugan, Karapatan, Hindi Negosyo.
Pahayag ng Medical Action Group (MAG) Sa Ikatlong State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Hulyo 2025 Sa mahigit na tatlong taon ng administrasyong Marcos, lalong lumala ang krisis sa sistemang pangkalusugan. Patunay ito na hindi kailanman naging prayoridad ng pamahalaan ang karapatan ng mamamayan sa kalusugan. Ngayong 2025, ganap na…
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NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT TO SUFFER.
MAG STATEMENT June 26, 2025 On this International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Medical Action Group (MAG) stands in solidarity with all survivors of torture and ill-treatment. We raise our collective voice to express grave concern over the persistent and systemic neglect of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who are in urgent…
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Uphold the People’s Right to Health
04 June, 2025 The Medical Action Group (MAG) expresses its grave concern over the potential harm that the proposed amendments to Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law under House Bill 11357 and Senate Bill 2620 may cause to the Philippine health system and to the enjoyment of the Filipino people’s right…
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A Step Towards Healing.
MAG Statement on the Supreme Court Decision Affirming the Health and Human Rights of Persons Who Use Drugs The Medical Action Group (MAG) welcomes the recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of Engineer Carlito Salomon, a public servant who tested positive for drug use. The Court’s decision reaffirms a fundamental principle that individuals who use…
