Manila, Sept. 17 -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) have rolled out the Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (YAKAP) in Laguna to make primary health services more accessible to workers.

The program was launched on Tuesday at Yazaki-Torres Manufacturing Inc. in Calamba City, led by DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma and PhilHealth Acting President and CEO Edwin Mercado.

With the tagline "Malayo ka sa Sakit," YAKAP encourages employees to seek preventive health consultations even without existing symptoms.

This is in line with the government's Universal Health Care (UHC) agenda, a priority program of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

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