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Website. doh.gov.ph. The Department of Health ( DOH; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products.
Sergio Osmeña. Formation. December 24, 1941. Website. www .doh .gov .ph. The secretary of health ( Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalusugan) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member who is in charge of the Department of Health. The secretary of health is also the ex-officio chairperson of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). As of May 29, 2024, there have been 4,140,383 reported cases, and 66,864 reported deaths, the fifth highest in Southeast Asia, behind Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Department of Health. The COVID-19 vaccination program in the Philippines was a mass immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the pandemic in the country. The vaccination program was initiated by the Duterte ...
Health care in the Philippines has been defined by the WHO as "fragmented", meaning there's a large gap between the quality and quantity of health services for the poor and the rich. With different reasons such as low budget, low number of personnel, or general neglect for the poor, the Philippines has always been unable to keep up with the ...
First Republic. Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. Department of Communications and Public Works. Department of the Interior. Department of Foreign Relations. Department of Public Education. Department of Wars and Marine. Department of Finance.
Herbosa is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology in 1979 and finished his studies in medicine in the same university by 1983. He would accomplish an international diploma course in emergency and crisis management from the University of Geneva in Switzerland and finished his post ...
Website. www .philhealth .gov .ph. The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic Act 6111 ...