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New Health chief says PH must address heart disease, HIV, and mental health all at once under triple disease burden

The Philippines faces a unique triple burden of disease that requires the health system to simultaneously address lifestyle illnesses, lingering infectious diseases, and modern-society conditions including mental health problems, newly appointed Health Secretary Edwin Mercado said Saturday. Mercado made the statement in an interview on DZRH News program Special on Saturday on August 22, as part of the DZRH SONA 2026 Series…

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