As a paramount national concern, access to health care has mobilized policy makers and stakeholders to consider urgent steps to bridge the glaring gap between access to health care by the poor and the rich.  But access is just one of the indicators of health care inequities that policy makers must address now.
 
Depending on one's ability to pay, Filipino patients may enjoy the best state-of-the-art care that is comparable to the best there is in highly advanced countries.  But a much larger portion of the population has to do with improvised health care technology like the fabled makeshift incubators used by cash-strapped health care facilities in remote health care facilities.
 
How do we ensure that policy initiatives address health care inequities rather than perpetuate them?  How do we distinguish policies that were pushed in the name of the poor but does very little for them?
 
To explore these issues, we would like to invite you to a policy discussion on "Quality issues in delivery of health care services:  A Policy perspective on May 27, 2009, Wednesday, 9 am to 11 am at the AIM Conference Center, Benavidez corner Trasierra Streets Legazpi Village Makati City.
 
 
To reserve a seat for the forum, please call Netsky at 750-1010 local 2072 or email us at healthpolicy@cld.org.