Does the Philippines management regulate herbal drugs? Does medical insurance cover these herbals?
I am trying to find out how other country's regulate dietary supplements and tradional chinese medicine (TCM). Any abet will be greatly appreciated.
Answer:
Hi EP, on one of the policies declared by the Public Health Ministry is the revitalization of. the use of herbal medicines through scientifically proven methods. The Ministry have embarked on a project to promote single herbal plants for their curative and preventive effects.
Another sense cited by the Ministry for the herb revitalization programmed is that there is a growing concern that the Govern-ment Pharmaceutical Organization, the chief supplier of standard drugs to the primary ,health watchfulness project, will not be able to produce required stratum of household drugs to meet emergency in the wake up of the large level health services coverage.
The Ministry encourage villagers to grow and use herbs for treatment. In other words yes, the Philippines rule regulate herbal drugs. Yes, for Filipino man there is
hospitalization insurancea and affairs of state program medical insurance http://www.philhealth.gov.ph/
The Philippines has enact a Biological and Genetic Resources, Order on Prospecting (EO No 247, 1995) to regulate cooperation between foreign and local scientists.
Jason Homan