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AcknowledgementsDonabelle P. De Guzman (<strong>Health</strong> Policy Development Programme,School of Economics, University of the <strong>Philippines</strong>; Oliveth S. Intia;Suzette H. Lazo (College of Medicine, University of the <strong>Philippines</strong>);Dr. Fely Marilyn E. Lorenzo (College of Public <strong>Health</strong>, University of the<strong>Philippines</strong>); Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo (National Telehealth Centre, Universityof the <strong>Philippines</strong>); and Dr. Ramon P. Paterno (National Institutes of<strong>Health</strong>, University of the <strong>Philippines</strong>) all contributed to the writing of the<strong>Philippines</strong>’ HiT.<strong>The</strong> authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Carlo A. Paneloand Bernardino M. Aldaba (<strong>Health</strong> Policy Development Programme,School of Economics, University of the <strong>Philippines</strong>); Mario M. Taguiwalo;Mario C. Villaverde (Undersecretary, Department of <strong>Health</strong>); Troy Gepte;Aubhugn T. Labiano; Frances T. Elgo (Policy Development and PlanningBureau, Department of <strong>Health</strong>); Soccorro Escalante (<strong>WHO</strong> country officein Vietnam) and Lucille F. Nievera (<strong>WHO</strong> country office in the <strong>Philippines</strong>);as well as the research assistants, Grace R. Fernandez (Institute of<strong>Health</strong> Policy and Development Studies) and Ana A. Go (Zuellig FamilyFoundation), for their valuable technical support in the preparation of thisreport. Thanks are also due to Ms <strong>The</strong>rese Maria Reginaldo, of the <strong>WHO</strong>Regional Office in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong>, who provided cross-country graphsand tables and carried out a thorough data check.<strong>The</strong> team is grateful to the HIT editor Professor Soonman Kwon (Chair,Department of <strong>Health</strong> Policy and Management, School of Public <strong>Health</strong>,Seoul National University) and to the <strong>WHO</strong>-<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> RegionalOffice, in particular Dr. Henk Bekedam (Director, <strong>Health</strong> SectorDevelopment) and Rebecca Dodd (Secretariat, Asia <strong>Pacific</strong> Observatoryon <strong>Health</strong> <strong>System</strong>s and Policies) for providing continuous support to theteam. Special thanks are due to the national agencies and offices—theDepartment of <strong>Health</strong>, National Statistics Office, National StatisticalCoordination Board, the Philippine <strong>Health</strong> Insurance Corporation, and theNational Economic and Development Authority for providing us with thenecessary data.x