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DOH Annual Calendar

January 2009

Deworming of School Children (Grade 1-6)- Round

12-16 National Cancer Awareness Week21-27 Goiter Awareness Week25 World Leprosy Day

February 2009

National Health Insurance Program Month Oral Health Month

2-6 National Mental Retardation Week4 World Cancer Day3rd wk Leprosy Prevention and Control Week

March 2009

Burn Injury Prevention Month

8 National Womens Day22 World Water Day24 World TB Day

April 2009

Cancer in Children Awareness Month

7 World Health Day25 World Malaria Day14-20 Garantisadong Pambata Round 14th wk Head and Neck Consciousness Week

May 2009

Cervical Cancer Awareness MonthNatural Family Planning Month

2 World Asthma Day12-18 Safe Motherhood Week17 AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day31 World No Tobacco Day

June 2009

National Kidney MonthNo Smoking MonthProstate Cancer Awareness Month


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5 World Environmental Day14 World Blood Donor Day16-22 Safe Kids Week23 DOH Anniversary

July 2009July 2009

National Disaster Consciousness MonthNational Blood Donors MonthNutrition MonthDeworming of School Children (Grade 1-6) Round 2Schistosomiasis Awareness Month

National Disaster Consciousness Month7 National Allergy Day11 World Population Day13-17 National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week13-17 National Diabetes Awareness Week

August 2009

Family Planning Month

Lung Cancer Awareness MonthNational Lung MonthNational Tuberculosis Awareness MonthSight-Saving Month

1-7 World Breastfeeding Week1-7 Mother-Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Week6-12 National Hospital Week10-14 Asthma Week

11-17 Phil. National Research System Week19 National Tuberculosis day3rd wk Brain Attack Awareness Week

September 2009

Generics Awareness MonthLiver Cancer Awareness Month

1-7 National Epilepsy Awareness Week

7-11 Obesity Prevention and Awareness Week26- World Heart Day28 World Rabies Day

October 2009


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Breast Cancer Awarenss MonthNational Children Month

1-7 Elderly Filipino Week5-9 National Mental Health Week

6-12 National Newborn Screening Week10 World Mental Health Day10 World Sight Day13-19 Garantisadong Pambata Round 212-16 Health Education Week12-16 National Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder AwarenessWeek15 Global Handwashing Day20-26 food Safety Awareness Week

November 2009

Cancer Pain Awareness MonthFilariasis Awareness MonthMalaria Awareness Month

Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month

2-6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Week2nd Week National Skin Disease Detection and Prevention Week7 National Food Fortification Day9-13 Deaf Awareness Week14 World Diabetes Day16-20 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week23-29 Population and Development Week

December 2009

Firecracker Injury Prevention Month

1 World AIDS Day6 National Health Emergency Preparedness Day3-9 Ear, Nose and Throat Consciousness Week10 National Youth Health Day


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Republic Act

Published: 2008-01-16 13:56Republic Act No. 9502 - An act providing for cheaper and qualitymedicines, amending for the purpose

Republic Act No. 8293 or the Intellectual Property Code,

Republic Act No. 6675 or the Generics Acts of 1988, and

Republic Act No. 5921 or the Pharmacy Law, and for other purposes

Republic Act No. 9482 - An Act Providing for the Control andElimination of Human and Animal Rabies, Prescribing Penalties for

Violation Thereof and Appropriating Funds Therefore

Republic Act No. 9288 - Newborn ScreeningAn Act Promulgating A Comprehensive Policy and A National SystemFor Ensuring Newborn Screening

Republic Act No. 9257 - Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003An Act Granting Additional Benefits and Privileges to Senior CitizensAmending for the Purpose

Republic Act No. 7432 Otherwise Known As & quot ; An Act ToMaximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to Nation Building,Grant Benefits and Special Privileges and for other Purposes & quot;

Republic Act No. 9211 - Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003An Act Regulating the Packaging, Use, Sale Distribution andAdvertisements of Tobacco Products and for other Purposes


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Republic Act No. 9165 - Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002An Act Instituting the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002,repealing republic act no. 6425,otherwise known as the DangerousDrugs Act of 1972, as amended, providing funds therefore and for

other purposes

Republic Act No. 8976 - Philippine Food Fortification Act of 2000

Republic Act No. 8749 - Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999An Act Providing For A Comprehensive Air Pollution Control PolicyAnd For Other Purposes

Republic Act No. 8504 - Prevention and Control of 1988Promulgating Policies And Prescribing Measures For The PreventionAnd Control Of Hiv/Aids In The Philippines, Instituting A NationwideHIV/Aids Information And Educational Program, Establishing AComprehensive Hiv/Aids Monitoring System, Strengthening ThePhilippine National Aids Council, And For Other Purposes

Republic Act No. 8423 - Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act(TAMA of 1997)An Act creating the PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF TRADITIONAL ANDALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE (PITAHC) to accelerate the development

of traditional and alternative health care in the Philippines, providingfor a TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENTFUND and for other purposesRepublic Act No. 8344 - An Act Prohibiting the Demand of Deposits orAdvance Payments : An Act Prohibiting The Demand Of Deposits OrAdvance Payments For The Confinement Or Treatment Of Patients InHospitals And Medical Clinics In Certain Cases

Republic Act No. 8203 - Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs

An Act of Prohibiting Counterfeit drugs, Providing Penalties forViolations and Appropriating Funds Thereof

Republic Act No. 7883 - Barangay Health Workers Benefits andIncentives Acts of 1995 An Act Granting Benefits and Incentives toAccredit Barangay Health Workers and for Other Purposes

Republic Act No. 7876 - Senior Citizens Center Act of the PhilippinesAn Act to Maximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to NationBuilding, Grant Benefits and Special Privileges

Republic Act No. 7875 - National Health Insurance Act of 1995An Act Instituting A National Health Insurance Program For AllFilipinos And Establishing The Philippine Health InsuranceCorporation For The Purpose

Republic Act No. 7719 - National Blood Services Act of 1994


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An Act Promoting Voluntary Blood Donation, Providing For AnAdequate Supply Of Safe Blood Regulating Blood Banks AndProviding Penal Ties For Violation Thereof

Republic Act No. 7432 - Senior Citizen Act of 1992

An Act to Maximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to NationBuilding, Grant Benefits and Special Privileges

Republic Act No. 7394The Consumer Act Of The Philippines

Republic Act No. 7305 - Magna Carta of Public Health WorkersMagna Carta of Public Health Workers

Republic Act No. 7277 - An act providing for the rehabilitation, self-development and self-reliance of disabled person and theirintegration into the mainstream of society and for other purposes.

Republic Act No. 7183 - An Act Regulating the Sale, Manufacture,Distribution and Use of Firecrackers and Other Pyrotechnic Devices

Amendment to RA 7170 - Organ Donation Act of 1991An Act To Advance Corneal Transplantation In The Philippines,Amending For The Purpose Republic Act Numbered Seven Thousand

One Hundred And Seventy (R.A. N0. 7170) Otherwise Known As TheOrgan Donation Act Of 1991

Republic Act No. 6675 - Generics Act of 1988An Act to Promote, Require and Ensure the Production Of AnAdequate Supply, Distribution, Use And Acceptance Of Drugs AndMedicines Identified By Their Generic Names

Republic Act No. 6425 - Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972

This Act shall be known and cited as "The Dangerous Drugs Actof 1972."

Republic Act No. 5921An Act Regulating The Practice Of Pharmacy And Settings StandardsOf Pharmaceutical Education In The Philippines And Other Purposes

Republic Act No. 4688 - An Act Regulating the Operation andMaintenance of Clinical Laboratories and Requiring the Registrationof the same with the Department of Health, Providing Penalty for the

Violation thereof, and for Other Purposes

Republic Act No. 4226 - Hospital Licensure ActAn Act Requiring the Licensure of all Hospitals in the Philippines andAuthorizing the Bureau of Medical Services to Serve as the LicensingAgency


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Republic Act No. 1241 - An act to amend certain provisions of RA 997otherwise known as the "Reorganization Act of 1954,"approved June 9, 1954, and for other purposes

Republic Act No. 997 - An Act Creating the Government Survey and

Reorganization Commission and Appropriating Funds Therefor

National Objectives for Health

The National Objectives for Health 2005-2010 provides the"roadmap" of key ideas, targets, indicators and strategies tobring the health sector to its desired outcomes. It alsodefines the collective and individual roles that the variousstakeholders - policy makers, program planners and


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managers, service providers, local government executives,development partners, the academe and civil society - play inshaping the future of our country's health system and in bringingbetter health outcomes for our people.

NOH for Health 1999-2004 | Health Sector Reform Agenda

Highlights of Secretary FTD's Accomplishment from 2005-2007

HIGHLIGHTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Secretary Duque is a dedicated health leader who has injected a lotof dynamism and innovation in how things are done and

accomplished in the health sector since he began his term in 2005 asthe appointed Secretary of Health.

A man of action and reform, Secretary Duque charted a clear roadmap for the ehalth sector, which he called the Fourmula One forHealth (F1). The F1 strategy specified clear targets and identifiedpriority projects and activities (PPAs) of the DOH for the medium-and long term emphasizing the needs to focus attention toward theattainment of the Millennium Development Goals and the NationalObjectives for Health for 2005-2010.

Through F1, Secretary Duque prioritized the four pillars of FourmulaOne:

1) Health Financing - sustaining and increasing investments forhealth with Philhealth as the center of health financing initiatives.

2) Health Regulations - flexing the regulatory muslces of DOH toensure safe, affordable and quality health goods and services (i.e.strenthening of BFAD and other regulatory offices of DOH; making

the Low Cost Medicines Program the key focus during his term)

3) Health Service Delivery- efficient and effective delivery of healthservices with doable and cost-effective interventions and

4) Good Governance - improving public health service deliverythrough integrity development and elimination of wastages andcorruption in the DOH.

On his third year as the leader of the health sector, his reforms haveenables DOH to improve health and reach the poor more effectively.

He has maintained and sustained PhilHealth's coverage now at73%. With a dramatic increase in Philhealth's budget in 2008,universal health coverage can be reached and 5 million indigentfamilies are expected to be covered with an adequate healthsafety net.
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He continues to increase PhilHeatlh's social relevance throughenhanced benefits such as the expanded Maternity package,the Newborn Benefits Package, the Avian Flue package, and theoutpatient packages for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, all inkeeping with the country's commitment to race toward the

Milllenium Development Goals by 2015. The poor has greater access to low-cost, high quality medicines

as shown by the SWS 2006 survey that more than 50% ofFilipinos are now buying and using generics. Close to 11,000Botika ng Barangays have been established nationwide plusmore than 1,200 Botika ng Bayan outlets operating incoordination with PITC since the Low Cost Medicines Programwas launched in 2001. With the integration of the goals andfunctions of DOH and PITC under his leadership, essentialmedicines and drugs continue to be more affordable andaccessible to the public generating overall consumer savings upto 80%.

Secretary Duque has also earned oversight of the government'smulti-agency drive to mitigate hunger and malnutrition in thecountry. In 2006, he was named by the President as the anti-hunger czar of the Philippines and the National NutritionCOuncil was transferred to the DOH as one of its attachedagencies. The Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program (AHMP)is currently the lead program of the national government in

combating the probelm of malnutrtion particularly among yungchildren from poor families. The AHMP consists or targetedinterventions designed to address the supply and demand sidefactors contributing to the dynamics of hunger and poverty inthe Philippines.

Secretary Duque has also placed the health mothers andchildren at the center of health sector reform consistent withour pledge to cut maternal and child deaths by 2015 (MDG 4and 5).

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He is tenacious in his campaign for Safe Motherhood andis consistent with his advocacy that all women have theright to safe and quality emergency obstetric services(EmOC) to prevent maternal and newborn deaths. By2010, he wants to reverse the current unacceptable realitywhere 60% of women deliver at home and are attended byunskilled health professionals. Target is 100% of allwomen giving birth in health facilities attended by doctors,nurses and midwives.

o He is resolute in completing the massive push towards

Universal Child Immunization. In 2005, he did notwaste time to avert a potential pilio resurgence in theMindanao region by conducting mass polio immunizationafter polio reemerged in neighboring Indonesia. In 2006,he signed into implementation the 100% Hepa Bimmunization policy for all infants to counter the highprevalence of Hepatitis B in the country --- the leading


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cause of chrrhosis and liver cancer in the Philippines. Andvery recently, he led the DOH into another victory with a95% coverage during the 2007 Knockout Tigdas campaign.

o His advocacy for Breastfeeding is recognized hearglobally. His term as Secretary of Health will be

remembered with his signing of the Revised IRR of theNational Milk Code, the revitalization of the Mother BabyFriendly Hospital Initiative of the DOH, breastfeedingstations in SM supermalls, and the Supreme Courtupholding all but three provisions of the IRR scoringanother big win for the Department.

In the fight against proverty-related diseases (MDG 6), thefollowing were his accomplishments:

o TB - hitting and sustaining TB control targets adn theformulation of new policies and guidelines for nationwideprevention and control of TB among children, TB co-infection with HIV/AIDS and management of multiple andextensively drug-resistant TB (MDR and XDR-TB)

o Malaria - Declaration of more malaria-free provincesbringing the total number to 22

o HIV/AIDS - kept the HIV/AIDS prevalence at 0.03/100,000population. He has also pushed for the approval of theoutpatient HIV/AIDS package of Philhealth to coverantiretroviral medications.

o Secretary Duque also launched the Disease-Free ZonesInitiative of the DOH for easily eradicable diseases suchas rabies, shcistosomiasis, filariasis and vaccine-preventable diseases.

Under his leadership, the National Avian Flu PandemicPreparedness Plan was also crafted. Currently, the DOHmaintains a stockpile of Oseltamivir good for 10,000 treatmentcourses. The country's capability and preparedness in rapidcontainment should avian flu arise was recently tested in the

PANSTOP II simulation exercise conducted by the World HealthOrganization. While he has undeniably set a record-high of wrestling with 23

major health disasters and emergencies in 2006 alone, he ismore proud of beating corruption and inefficiency at the DOH.

Through his leadership example and with a bold directive toexercise good governance in the health sector, DOH embarkedon the implementation of reforms for integrity development,transparency in government transactions and corrupt-freepractices since 2005.

In 2007, the DOH received the most number of recognition fromPAGC, NEDA, the Office of the Ombudsman, local andinternational development partners as well as different surveyoutfits highlighting the seriousness of the current DOHadministration to bosst performance, increase transparency andaccountability and institute good governance in the healthsector.


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o +50 NET SATISFACTION RATING (increased by 7 pointsfrom last quarter survey; 2007 3rd Quarter SWS Survey)

o +54 NET APPROVAL RATING, (increased by 5 pointsfrom 2006 survey; 2007 2nd Quarter PUlse Asis Survey)

o #1 IN ALIGNING DONOR INITIATIVES WITH HEALTH

SECTOR PROGRAM (National Economic DevelopmentAuthority, 2007)

The reforms of DOH through F1 boosted partnerships andstakeholder participation at the local and iternational levels.Effective donor coordination pooled some $530 million worth ofoffical development assistance (ODA) targeting the key priority

programs, projects and activities of the DOH in the 37 F1 provincesof DOH where reforms are being implemented together with thelocal governments. International partners include the World Bank,

the European Commission, the Asian Development Bank, the WHO,UNICEF, UNFPA, JICA, USAID, AusAID, GTZ, among others.

#1 IN INTEGRITY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AMONG 11GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (Office of the Ombudsman,Development Academy of the Philippines and AsianDevelopment Bank, 2007)

A joint study of the ADB, the DAP and the Office of the Ombudsmanrecently rated DOH as the "best performer" among 11 public sectoragencies in terms of corruption prevention and integritydevelopment (2nd cycle).

The DOH got the highest rating of 3 in five out ten parameters:leadership, human resource management, performancemanagement, procurement management and managing interfacewith the external environment. A score of 2 was also given to theHealth department for financial management and corruption reskmanagement.

#2 MOST SINCERE GOVERNMENT LINE AGENCY INFIGHTING CORRUPTION AMONG 80 GOVERNMENTAGENCIES(Presidential Anti-Graft Commission, 2005 and2006)

For 2005 and 2006, DOH earned the #1 ranking given by thePresidential Anti-Graft Commission in terms of its compliance inimplementing its Integrity Development Action Plan. For 2007, DOHlanded #2 in tis anti-graft measures next to DSWD among 80

government agencies.

The Integrity Development Action Plan involves projects andactivities focusing on systems improvement, values formation andmoral recovery aimed at eliminating graft in all branches andagencies


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GOOD PERFORMANCE IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION(SWSBusiness Survey on Corruption, 2007)

For two straight years, the DOH earned the approval of the MakatiBusiness Club in terms of its seriousness to fight and eliminate graftand corruption within the bureacracy. In 2006, the DOH got a netrating of +22 (MODERATE performance) and placed #1 among allgovenrment line agencies next only to Local Church Leaders, theSupreme Court and SSS.

In 2007, the DOH improved ints net rating to +26 (GOODperformance).

"VERY GOOD PRACTICE" IN IMPLEMENTING THE PARISDECLARATIONS ON AID EFFECTIVENESS AND THE

SECTOR DEVELOPMENT APPROACH IN HEALTH (SDAH)AMONG COUNTRIES REVIEWED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA(European Commission Study in Southeast Asia, 2006)

The Philippines sector Development Approach in health (SDAH) wascharacterized as "VERY GOOD PRACTICE" among SEA countries intermes of its commitment to the 2005 Paris Declaration onalignment and coordination of policies and harmonization of donorimputs to the health sector reform program.

The SDAH approach of DOH was found to be fully compliantto"Best Practice" efforts in 4 out 9 essential characteristics of SDAHand partially compliantin 5 out 9 parameters.

Fully Compliant:

1. Improved predictability of sector funding2. Government Leadership of the Process3. Reduced disparities between sector activities and regions

4. Increased coordination and collaboration between governmentand donors

Partially compliant:

1. Clearly defined policy and strategy framework2. Reduced transaction costs for Government and donors3. Financing to sector through unified processes4. All participants subject standard measure of performance5. All activites subject to a consistent monitoring and evaluation

process

Central Office

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1. Administrative Service2. Bureau of Food and Drugs
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3. Bureau of Health Devices and Technology4. Bureau of Health Facilities and Services5. Bureau of International Health Cooperation6. Bureau of Local Health Development7. Bureau of Quarantine and International Health Surveillance

8. *Finance Service9. Health Emergency Management Staff10. Health Human Resource Development Bureau11. Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau12. Information Management Service13. Materials Management Division14. National Center for Health Facilities Development15. National Center for Disease Prevention and Control16. National Drug Policy - Pharmaceutical Management

Unit17. National Center for Health Promotion18. National Epidemiology Center19. Procurement Division/COBAC Secretariat20. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine

Centers for Health Development (CHD's)

DOH Regional Offices, or Centers for Health Development (CHDs).*Links open to a new window/browser

Ilocos Region Cagayan Valley Central Luzon Southern Luzon CALABARZON MIMAROPA Bicol Region Western Visayas Central Visayas Eastern Visayas Zamboanga Peninsula Northern Mindanao Davao Region Central Mindanao CAR CARAGA NCR ARMM

DOH Hospitals

Philippine Children's Medical CenterQuezon Avenue, Quezon City

National Kidney InstituteEast Avenue, Quezon City
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Lung Center of the PhilippinesQuezon Avenue, Quezon City

Philippine Heart CenterEast Avenue, Quezon City

Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center

Rizal Avenue,Sta. Cruz, ManilaDepartment of Urology, JRRMMC San Lazaro Hospital

(SACCL)Quiricada, Manila

Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial HospitalLope de Vega, Manila

East Avenue Medical CenterNational Reference LaboratoryEast Avenue, Quezon City

Philippine Orthopedic CenterBanawe, Quezon City

National Center for Mental HealthMandaluyong City

National Children's HospitalE. Rodriguez, Quezon City

Tondo Medical CenterBalut, Tondo, Manila

Quirino Memorial Medical CenterProject 4, Quezon City Amang Rodriguez Medical Center

Marikina City Rizal Medical Center

Pasig City Research Institute for Tropical Medicine

Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City Las Pias Medical Center

Las Pias City Taguig-Pateros District Hospital

Taguig, Metro Manila Valenzuela Medical Center

Karuhatan, Valenzuela City Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital

Tala, Caloocan City Batanes Regional Hospital

Basco, Batanes Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center

San Fernando, La Union Mariano Marcos Memorial Medical Center

Batac, Ilocos Norte Region I Medical Center

Dagupan City, Pangasinan Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center

BGHMC Cmpd., Baguio City
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Luis Hora Memorial HospitalAbatan, Bauko, Mt. Province

Conner District HospitalConner, Apayao

Far North General Hospital and Training Center

Quirino, Luna, Apayao Cagayan Valley Medical Center

Tuguegarao, Cagayan Veterans Regional Hospital

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya Southern Isabela General Hospital

Santiago City Paulino J. Garcia Memorial Research and Medical Center

Cabanatuan City Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital

San Fernando, Pampanga Talavera Extension Hospital

Talavera, Nueva Ecija Bataan General Hospital

Balanga, Bataan Batangas Regional Hospital

Batangas City Ospital ng Palawan

Puerto Princesa City

Culion SanitariumCulion, Palawan

Bicol Medical CenterNaga City

Bicol Regional Training and Teaching HospitalLegaspi City

Bicol SanitariumCabusao, Camarines Sur

Western Visayas Medical Center

Mandurriao, Iloilo City Don Jose Monfort Medical Center Extension Hospital

Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital

Bacolod City Western Visayas Sanitarium

Sta. Barabara, Iloilo Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center

Cebu City Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center

Tagbilaran City St. Anthony Mother and Child Hospital

Cebu City Eversely Child Sanitarium

Mandaue City Talisay District Hospital Talisay, Cebu Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center Tacloban City
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Schistosomiasis Control and Research HospitalPalo, Leyte

Zamboanga City Medical CenterZamboanga City

Dr. Jose Rizal Memorial Hospital

Lawa-an, Dapitan City MINDANAO CENTRAL SANITARIUM

Pasobolong, Zamboanga City BASILAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

Isabela, Basilan MARGOSATUBIG REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur LABUAN PUBLIC HOSPITAL

Labuan, Zamboanga del Sur SULU SANITARIUM

Jolo, Sulu NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER

Capitol Cmpd., Cagayan de Oro City HILARION A. RAMIRO SR. REGIONAL AND TEACHING

HOSPITALOzamis City

CAMIGUIN GENERAL HOSPITALMambajao, Camiguin

DAVAO REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Tagum, Davao del Norte DAVAO MEDICAL CENTER

Davao City COTABATO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Sinsuat Ave., Cotabato City COTABATO SANITARIUM

Brgy. Pinaring, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao AMAI PAKPAK MEDICAL CENTER

Marawi, Cotabato City

CARAGA REGIONAL HOSPITALSurigao City ADELA SERRA TY MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

Tandag, Surigao del Sur
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DOH Profile

Department of Health

Vision - The leader of health for all in the Philippines

Mission - Guarantee equitable, sustainable and quality health for allFilipinos, especially the poor, and to lead the quest for excellence inhealth.

Department of Health Profile

The recent change in political leadership provides the Philippineswith the chance to revitalize the health care system. This is in linewith the administrations thrust to prioritize delivery of services tothe masses and improve the quality of life of all Filipinos, especiallythe poor. The differences in health status among various groups andregions in the country have widened through the years. Thesedisparities indicate deficient economic and social policies, showingthe need to reprioritize interventions to promote equity, fairness andimmediate action. Unnecessary and unfair gaps in the health caredelivery system that deprive the poor of access to basic servicesmust be reduced. The system must work efficiently to reach the

highest possible health standards that can be shared by all Filipinos,given the limited resources available for health. Althoughsocioeconomic differences significantly influence health status, theequitable distribution of quality health services is an importantmeasure of fairness in the country. Revitalizing the health caresystem must be seen within the broader context of several forcesaffecting the delivery of basic health services in the past two


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decades. Among these factors are the devolution of health servicesto local governments, passage of national legislation for universalcoverage for health through social insurance, the epidemiologic shiftand current double burden of disease brought about by the rise indegenerative diseases and the reemergence of previously controlled

infectious diseases, demographic trends pointing to longer life span,greater number of adolescents and youth, rapid urbanization,industrialization, environmental degradation and climate change.Under these realities, the health sector must work to attain acommon vision of health for all Filipinos. Its mission is to ensureaccessibility and quality of health care to improve the quality of lifeof all Filipinos, especially the poor.

The DOH Offices

The DOH is composed of about 17 central offices, 16 Centers forHealth Development located in various regions, 70 hospitals and 4attached agencies.

Central Office

The central office is composed of the Office of the Secretary and fivemajor function clusters:

Office of the Secretary

The following comprise the staff support services to the Secretary ofHealth: Health Emergency Management Staff; Internal Audit Staff,the Media Relations Group and the Public Assistance Group including3 major Zonal Offices of the DOH located in Luzon, Visayas andMindanao. These Zonal Offices are headed by an Undersecretary andsupported by an Assistant Secretary. These offices are mandated tocoordinate and monitor the implementation the Health SectorReform Agenda, the National Health Objectives and the Local

Government Code with the various Centers for Health Development.

Sectoral Management Support Cluster

It is composed of Health Human Resource Development Bureau andthe Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau.>

Internal Management Support Cluster

It is composed of the Administrative Service, Information

Management Service, Finance Service and the Procurement andLogistics Service.

Health Regulation Cluster

It is composed of the Bureau of Health Facilities and Services,Bureau of Food and Drugs and Bureau of Health Devices and


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Technology.

External Affairs Cluster

It is composed of the Bureau of Quarantine and International Health

Surveillance, Bureau of International Health Cooperation.Bureau of Local Development Health Program Development Cluster

It is composed of the National Center for Disease Prevention andControl, National Epidemiology Center, National Center for HealthPromotion and National Center for Health Facilities Development.

Center for Health Development

Responsible for field operations of the Department in itsadministrative region and for providing catchment area with efficientand effective medical services. It is tasked to implement laws,regulation, policies and programs. It is also tasked to coordinate withregional offices of the other Departments, offices and agencies aswell as with the local governments.

DOH Hospitals

Provides hospital-based care; specialised or general services, some

conduct research on clinical priorities and training hospitals formedical specialisation.

Attached Agencies

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation is implementing thenational health insurance law, administers the medicare program forboth public and private sectors. The Dangerous Drugs Board on theother hand, coordinates and manages the dangerous drugs controlprogram. The other two agencies are Philippine Institute of

Traditional and Alternative Health Care and the Philippine NationalAIDS Council.

Milestone

2006
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The Presidential Anti-Graft Commission recognized and awarded theDOH as the number one government agency in fighting corruption.DOH also topped in the Pulse Asia 3rd Quarter Survey as the numberone government agency in terms of overall performance.

2005FOURmula ONE for Health (F1) was launched as the health sectorsblue print for the implementation of reforms to bring about betterhealth outcomes, more responsive health system and more equitablehealthcare financing. Province-wide Investment Plans for Healthwere developed in 16 provinces as the basis of F1 implementation inthese sites.

2003

The One-Script Systems Improvement Program was established (AO50. S. 2003) to orchestrate unity, synchronicity and focusedtargeting of priority public health programs that would provide thebiggest impact to attaining equity, efficiency, access and qualityhealth care in the country. A major breakthrough was achieved inproviding fiscal autonomy to 68 DOH retained hospitals with theapproval of a special provision of FY 2003 GAA which authorized100% retention and the use of hospital income for upgrading ofhealth facilities and services.

2001

In July 13, 2001, Administrative Order 37 which contained theguidelines on the operationalization of the HSRA implementationplan was signed by Sec. Manuel Dayrit. It is also during this year thatthe 13 convergence sites or the advance implementation areas havebeen established.

2000The year 2000 marked the institutionalization of the Health SectorReform Agenda (HSRA). The HSRA was endorsed for approval andsupport by the National Government Agencies, national and localstakeholders in health, and partners in the international community.

The HSRA has become the major framework for policies andinvestments for the health sector .

1999

The functions and operations of the DOH was directed to becomeconsistent with the provisions ofAdministrative Code 1987 andRA 7160 through Executive Order 102. The Health SectorReform Agenda of the Philippines, 1999-2004 was launched.

The reforms are: provide fiscal autonomy to government hospitals;secure funding for priority health programs; promote the
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development of local health systems and ensure its effectiveperformance; strengthen the capacities of health regulatory agenciesand expand coverage of the National Health Insurance Programs.National Objectives for Health 1999-2004 was launched. This statesthe Philippines objectives for the eradication and control of infectious

diseases commonly affecting our people, major chronic illnesses andinjuries that compromise lives of the productive sector. It encouragespromotion of healthy lifestyle and health-seeking behaviors toprevent or control certain debilitating illness and life-threateningdiseases

1992

Full implementation ofRepublic Act No. 7160 or LocalGovernment Code. The DOH changed its role from one of

implementation to one of governance. Significant change: branchingout of the Office of the Public Health Services to form the Office forSpecial Concerns. Two big offices merged to become the Office ofHospital Facilities, Standards and Regulation. Special projects werehighlighted like the NID. National Micronutrient Campaign, DisasterManagement, Urban Health and Nutrition Project, TraditionalMedicine, Doctors to the Barrios Program, "Lets DOH It"! became anational battlecry.

1987

Another re-organization under Executive Order No. 119, whichplaced under the Secretary of Health five offices headed by anundersecretary and an assistant secretary. These offices are theChief of Staff, Public Health Services, Hospital and Facilities Services,Standard and Regulations, and Management Service.

1986

The Ministry of Health became Department of Health again.

1982

Under Executive Order No. 851, the Health Education and ManpowerDevelopment Service was created, and the Bureau of Food andDrugs assumed the functions of the Food and Drug Administration.

1972

Through Letter ofImplementation No. 8, pursuant to PresidentialDecree No.1, Sept.24, 1972, the DOH was renamed Ministry ofHealth. The National Cancer Center and Radiation Health Servicewere created. The Ministry was divided into 12 regions coveringseveral provinces and cities under a regional health director.Attached offices were the Philippine Medical Care Commission, theDangerous Drugs Board, National Nutrition Council, Population
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Commission, National Schistosomiasis Control Council and the TondoGeneral Hospital.

1958

The creation of eight regional health offices and twoUndersecretaries of Health: the Undersecretary of health and theMedical Services and the Undersecretary of Special Services.1971 The creation of the Food and Drug Administration, Bureau ofDisease Intelligence Center, Malaria Eradication Service, Bureau ofDental Health Service, the National Comprehensive Maternal andChild Health / Family Planning Program, National Nutrition Program,and the National Schistosomiasis Control Commission, among others.

1950

Under Executive Order No. 392, s. 1950, the Department ofHealth gained additional functions brought about by the transfer ofthe Institute of Nutrition, together with the Division of BiologicalResearch and the Division of Food Technology from the Institute ofScience, and the Public Schools Medical and Dental Services from theOffice of the President of the Philippines and the Bureau of PublicSchool respectively to the DOH. Within the Department of Health,certain changes were also effected thru the transfer of the Divisionof Health Education and Information from the Bureau of Health to theDepartment proper, in exchange for which the drug InspectionDivision was transferred to the former office from the latter; theconversion of the Section of Tuberculosis into a Division of

Tuberculosis, directly under the Office of the Secretary, and theconversion of the Division of Laboratories into an Office of PublicHealth Research Laboratory.

1947

Reorganization of government offices under Executive Order No. 94,series of 1947 with the transfer of the Bureau of Public Welfare tothe Office of the President and the Department was renamedDepartment of Health (DOH). Under this set-up were the following:

01 January 1941

Creation of the Department of Health and Public Welfare asprovided for in Executive Order No. 317, series of 1941. TheDepartment was under the Secretary of Health and Public Welfare

and also included the Bureau of Quarantine; the healthdepartment of chartered cities; the provincial, city and municipalhospitals; dispensaries and clinics, the public markets and slaughterhouses; the health resorts; and all charitable and relief agencies.However, the Philippine General Hospital was detached from theDepartment and transferred to the Office of the President of thePhilippines.
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1932

Passage ofAct No. 4007, also "the Reorganization Act of 1932",which created the Office of the Commissioner of Health andPublic Welfare, the Philippine General Hospital, and the five

examining boards (medical, pharmaceutical, dental, optical andnursing).

1915

Changing of the name of the Bureau of Health to the PhilippineHealth Service, which was later on changed to its former name.

1912

Passage ofAct. No. 2156, so- called "Fajardo Act", whichauthorized the consolidation of municipalities into sanitary divisionand established what is now known as the "Health Fund"

1906

Passage ofAct No. 1487 of the Philippine Commission repealingAct No. 307 wherein the provincial Board of Health gave way to theOffice of the District Health Officer

1899 - 1905

Abolition of the Board of Health and appointment of Dr. Guy L. Edieas the first Commissioner of Public Health.

Act. No. 157 of the Philippine Commission - creation of the Board of

Health for the Philippine Islands; it also acted as the Board of Healthfor the city of Manila

Acts Nos. 307, 308 and 309-establishment of the Provincial andMunicipal Boards of Health, completing the health organisation inaccordance with the territorial division of the Islands.

Act. No. 1407- (also the "Reorganization Act" ) abolition of theBoard of Health and its functions and activities were taken over bythe Bureau of Health.

29 September 1898

Establishment of the Board of Health for the City of Manila underGeneral Orders No. 15.

23 June 1898
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Creation of the Department of Public Works, Education & Hygiene(now the Department of Public Works & Highways, Department ofEducation Culture & Sports, and Department of Health, respectively)through the Proclamation of President Emilio Aguinaldo.

Administrative Service

PLS ACTIVITIES

General Functions

a. Provides the Department of Health with efficient and effectiveservices related to personnel, legal and general services includinghousekeeping, security, facilities and ground maintenance and otherrelated services

b. Advises the Secretary of Health on matters pertaining topersonnel, legal and general administrative services.

1. Legal Services Division

Specific Functions

a. Provides the Department of Health with legal advice on all policy,programs and operational matters

b. Acts as counsel for the Department and its personnel in legalcases.


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3 00 0 0 01994

2,274,670,000

3,679,651,000

1,377,870,000

7,332,191,000

1995

2,872,405,000

3,595,884,000

2,065,787,000

8,534,076,000

1996 3,370,752,000 4,089,307,000 1,777,494,000 9,237,553,0001997

3,965,000,000

4,537,828,000

2,435,029,000

10,937,857,000

1998

4,967,983,000

5,435,953,000

2,539,281,000

12,943,217,000

1999

5,042,874,000

5,300,903,000

922,061,000

11,265,838,000

2000

5,028,963,000

5,313,600,000

396,342,000

10,738,905,000

2001

5,020,223,000

4,392,428,000

43,612,000 9,456,263,000

2002

5,404,739,000

5,115,498,000

899,000,000

11,419,237,000

2003

5,368,302,000

3,807,988,000

730,000,000

9,906,290,000

2004

5,368,302,000

3,789,927,000

405,575,000

9,563,804,000

200

5

5,397,944,0

00

3,942,388,00

0

384,986,00

0

9,725,318,00

02006

5,397,944,000

3,760,310,000

299,031,000

9,457,285,000

2007

5,789,064,000

4,639,809,000

969,898,000

11,398,771,000

2008

5,832,513,000

10,643,479,000

2,436,018,000

18,912,010,000

2009

6,727,340,000

10,584,705,000

6,354,610,000

23,666,655,000

SOURCE: General Appropriations Act1991-2009


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Mission:

Our mission is to provide and make available humane, quality,facilitative administrative and legal services to DOH employeesresulting to highly motivated and satisfied employees.

Vision:

We are the epitome of servant leadership and catalysts for change inthe provision of administrative and legal services to the DOHemployees.

Goal:

Technical Assistance/Expertise promptly and efficiently concerningPersonnel management and administrative concerns, building/facilityand equipment maintenance provided to employees and differentoffices of the DOH.


Objectives:

To review existing policies relating to personnel transaction and


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services and institutionalize policies/procedures for a soundpersonnel recruitment, selection and placement.

To conduct orientation and formulate monitoring scheme for thesmooth implementation of Performance Evaluation System (PES).

To implement and intensive information dissemination program tocreate awareness on the DOH Grievance Machinery and Program onAwards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE).

To provide continuous education & staff development program to allAS Staff.

Presidential Decrees and Other Proclamations

Presidential Proclamation No. 1168November 10, 2006Declaring the Month of November of Every Year as MalariaAwareness Month

Presidential Decree 480June 6, 1974Creating a Radiation Health Office in the Department of Health

Presidential Decree 881January 30, 1976Empowering the Secretary of Health to regulate the labeling,

sale and distribution of hazardous substances Presidential Decree No. 856

Code on Sanitation of the Philippines(with Implementing Rules and Regulations)

Presidential Decree No. 522Prescribing Sanitation Requirements for the Operation ofEstablishments and Facilities for the Protection andConvenience of the Travelling Public

Presidential Decree No. 651

Requiring the Registration of Births and Deaths in thePhilippines which occured from January 1, 1974 and thereafter

Presidential Decree No. 996Providing for Compulsory Basic Immunization for Infants andchildren below eight years of age

Presidential Decree No. 498Amending sections two, three, four, seven, eight, eleven,thirteen, sixteen, seventeen, twenty-one and twenty-nine ofRepublic Act No. 5527, also known as the Philippine Medical

Technology Act of 1969 Presidential Decree No. 965

A Decree Requiring Applicant for Marriage License to ReceiveInstructions on Family Planning and Responsible Parenthood

Presidential Decree No. 1631Creating the Lunsod ng Kabataan

Presidential Decree No. 1823Creating the Lung Center of the Philippines
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Presidential Decree No. 384Amending Republic Act Numbered 4073, entitled an An ActFurther LIberalizing the Treatment of Leprosy by Amending andRepealing certain Sections of the REvised Administrative Code

Presidential Decree No. 1832

Creating National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines Presidential Decree No. 893

Reconstituting the National Schistosomiasis Control Commissioninto the Schistosomiasis Control Council and for otherPurposes

Presidential Decree No. 79Revising the Population Act of Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-one

Executive Order

Executive Order No. 288 Providing for the Implementing Detailsfor Reorganization Plans Nos. 12-A, 13-A and 14-A relative toHealth

Executive Order No. 663Implementing the the National Commitment for "Bakuna angUna Sa Sanggol At Ina", Attaining World Health Organization'sgoals to Eliminate Measles and Neonatal Tetanus, EradicatePolio, Control Hepatitis B and Other Vaccine-Preventable

Diseases Executive Order No. 637

Providing the Basis for the Computation of the IncentiveBenefits of Personnel who may be Affected by theImplementation of the Rationalization Program under ExecutiveOrder No. 366s. 2004

Executive Order No. 611Authorizing Compensation Adjustments to GovernmentPersonnel

Executive Order No. 567

Devolving the Taguig-Pateros District Hospital from theDepartment of Health to the City of Taguig

Executive Order No. 452Directing the Enrollment of 2.5 Million Indigent FamiliesPursuant to Executive Order No. 276s. 2004 also known as theEnhanced PCSO Greater Medicare Access Program and for otherPurposes

Executive Order No. 441Delegating to the Secretary of Department Health (DOH) the

Power to Exercise Oversight Function over the Philippine SportsCommission (PSC)

Executive Order No. 442Designating the Philippine International Trading Corporation asthe Lead Coordinating Agency to Make Quality MedicinesAvailable, Affordable and Accessible to the greater masses ofFilipinos
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Executive Order No. 437Encouraging the implementation of Community-BasedRehabilitation (CBR) for persons with disabilities in thePhilippines

Executive Order No. 417

Directing the implementation of the Economic IndependenceProgram for Person with Disabilities Executive Order No. 392

Amending Executive Order No. 182 dated February 14, 2003,Entitled " Transferring the Medicare Functions of the OverseasWorkers Welfare Administration to the Philippine HealthInsurance Corporation

Executive Order No. 102Redirecting the Functions and Operations of the Department ofHealth.

Executive Order No. 51Adopting a National Code of Marketing of BreastmilkSupplements and related products, penalizing violationsthereof, and for other purposes.

Executive Order No. 247Prescribing Guidelines and Establishing a Regulatory Frameworkfor the Prospecting of Biological ang Genetic Resources, theirBy-Products and Derivatives, for Scientific and CommercialPurposes; and for other Purposes

Executive Order No. 455Transferring the Supervision and Control of the PhilippineCharity Sweepstakes from the Department of Social Welfareand Development to the Department of Health, and for otherPurposes

Executive Order No. 472Transferring the National Nutrition Council from the Departmentof Agriculture to the Department of Health
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Health Programs

- Adolescent and Youth Health and Development Program- Botika Ng Barangay- Breastfeeding Program / Mother and Baby Friendly Hospital

Initiative- Blood Donation Program- Cancer Control Program- Child Health- Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Program- Dengue Control Program- Dental Health Program- Doctors to the Barrios (DttB) Program- Emerging Disease Control Program- Environmental Health

- Expanded Program on Immunization- Family Planning- Food and Waterborne Diseases Prevention and Control Program- Food Fortification Program- FOURmula One- Garantisadong Pambata- GMA 50 / Parallel Drug Importation (PDI)- Human Resource Health Network- Healthy Lifestyle Program

- Health Sector Development Program- Knock-Out Tigdas- Leprosy Control Program- Malaria Control Program- Measles Elimination Campaign (Ligtas Tigdas)- National Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control Program- National Filariasis Elimination Program- National Mental Health Program- Natural Family Planning- Newborn Screening- Nutrition- Occupational Health Program- Health Development Program for Older Persons (Elderly Health)- Pinoy MD- Persons with Disabilities Program- Pnuemonia and Other Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI's)- Prevention of Blindness Program- Rabies Control Program- Safe Motherhood and Women's Health

- Schistosomiasis Control Program- Smoking Cessation Program- Soil Transmitted Helmenthiasis-TB Control Program
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Environmental Health

Environmental Health is concerned with preventing illness throughmanaging the environment and by changing people's behavior toreduce exposure to biological and non-biological agents of diseaseand injury. It is concerned primarily with effects of the environmentto the health of the people.

Program strategies and activities are focused on environmental

sanitation, environmental health impact assessment andoccupational health through inter-agency collaboration. An Inter-Agency COmmittee on Environmental Health was created by viruteof E.O. 489 to facilitate and improve coordination among concernedagencies. It provides the venue for technical collaboration, effectivemonitoring and communication, resource mobilization, policy reviewand development. The Committee has five sectoral task forces onwater, solid waste, air, toxic and chemical substances andoccupational health.

Vision:

Health Settings for All Filipinos

Mission:

Provide leadership in ensuring health settings

Goals:

Reduction of environmental and occupational related diseases,disabilities and deaths through health promotion and mitigation of

hazards and risks in the environment and worksplaces.

Strategic Objectives:

1. Development of evidence-based policies, guidelines, standards,programs and parameters for specific healthy settings.

2. Provision of technical assistance to implementers and other

relevant partners

3. Strengthening inter-sectoral collaboration and broad based massparticipation for the promotion and attainment of healthy settings

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Appropriate development and regular evaluation of relevantprograms, projects, policies and plans on environmental andoccupational health

Timely provision of technical assistance to Centers for HealthDevelopment (CHDs) and other partners

Development of responsive/relevant legislative and researchagenda on DPC Timely provision of technical inputs to curriculum development

and conduct of human resource development Timely provision of technically sound advice to the Secretary

and other stakeholders Timely and adequate provision of strategic logistics

Components:

Inter- agency Committee on Environmental Health IACEH Task Force on Water IACEH Task Force on Solid Waste IACEH Task Force on Toxic Chemicals IACEH Task Force on Occupational Health Environmental Sanitation Environmental Health Impact Assessment Occupational Health

Expanded Program on Immunization

Children need not die young if they receive complete and timelyimmunization. Children who are not fully immunized are moresusceptible to common childhood diseases. The ExpandedProgram on Immunization is one of the DOH Programs that hasalready been institutionalized and adopted by all LGUs in the region.Its objective is to reduce infant mortality and morbidity throughdecreasing the prevalence of six (6) immunizable diseases (TB,diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio and measles)

Special campaigns have been undertaken to improve furtherprogram implementation, notably the National Immunization Days(NID), Knock Out Polio (KOP) and Garantisadong Pambata (GP) since1993 to 2000. This is being supported by increasing/sustaining theroutine immunization and improved surveillance system.
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Update No. 17 - Influenza A(H1N1) Monitoring

May 21, 2009

As of May 21, the Department of Healthhas identified seven new cases under

observation, five of whom were from NCR, one from Region 6 andone from Region 8. All cases had history of travel from Influenza A(H1N1) affected countries. Four of the new cases laboratory testresults for Influenza A (H1N1), together with three cases reportedpreviously, are still pending. All other previous cases tested negativefor Influenza A (H1N1). While the intensive laboratory testing

procedures for individuals possibly infected with Influenza A (H1N1)is on-going, the DOH reiterates that influenza-like illness monitoringat the community level is also enhanced. This is to ensure thatoutbreaks of influenza are detected early and control measures areimplemented immediately.

Update No. 16 - Influenza A(H1N1) Monitoring

May 20, 2009

As May 20, the Department of Health hasidentified two new cases under observationfrom Region 7. Both cases had history of travelfrom Japan. Their laboratory test results forInfluenza A(H1N1), together with one case

reported yesterday are still pending. All other previous cases testednegative for Influenza A(H1N1) is on-going, the DOH reiterates that
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influenza-lilke illness monitoring at the community level is alsoenhanced. This is to ensure that outbreak of influenza are detectedearly and control measures are implemented immeidately.

Though the World Health Organization has reported 9,830 confirmed

Influenza A(H1N1) cases in 40 countries as of May 19, only five newdeaths were reported. The case fatality remains below 1%.

PLANS AGAINST H1N1

Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque IIIconvenes a Command Conference with all itsDirectors of the Centers for HealthDevelopment, and the DOH-retained hospitalsincluding the regional epidemiologist to firm up

its readiness plans against the H1N1 andcommand and control system for an imminent

pandemic. ( 5 May 2009, paking )

SAFE MOTHERHOOD WEEK CELEBRATION

May 10-15, 2009

The Department of Health ( DOH ) celebratesSafe Motherhood Week every 2nd week of Mayin collaboration with various partner agenciesper Executive Order No. 200 series of 2001.

This years campaign slogan is Una sa Lahat,Ligtas na PANGANGANAK Manganak Lamang

sa Ospital o Health Center. This is to give focus on the criticalimportance of giving birth in a health facility with skilled healthprofessionals among women especially expectant or pregnantmothers.

May is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

There will be a free cervical cancer screening and openforum on May 22, 2009 for women ages15-45 years
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old. Registration will be on May 12-15 in the following DOH Hospitals:Amang Rodriguez Medical Center, Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital,East Avenue Medical Center, Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez MemorialHospital, Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Las Pias CityMedical Center, Quirino Memorial Medical Center, Rizal Medical

Center, Valenzuela General Hospital, Tondo Medical Center, DavaoMedical Center, Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center, Region1 Medical Center, and Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.

Garantisadong Pambata 9 in 2009 (9 Ways to Save yourChild)

About 4M of these children die in the firstweeks of life the neonatal period and a similarnumber are still unborn.

The Philippines is one of 6 countries thatcontribute to 75% of all deaths among childrenbelow 5 years in the Western Pacific Region with82,000 Filipino children dying before their 5th

birthday.

HL to the MAX

The Healthy Lifestyle campaign will be revitalized andrepackaged to focus on the prevention of risk factorsthat give rise to the incidence the four main chronicdiseases that affect all members of the family - fromthe newborn to the elderly. Thus, the Healthy Lifestyleis the main message and it will highlight on the

following seven major vital healthy practices:

NO SMOKING (Huwag Manigarilyo)DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL (Iwas Alak)NO TO ILLEGAL DRUGS (Talo Ka sa Droga)

EAT LOW-FAT, LOW SALT, HIGH FIBER DIET (Wastong Pagkain)PREVENT HYPERTENSION (Bantay Presyon)DO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (Katawang Aktibo)MANAGE STRESS (Bawas Stress)

Pharma 50

The National Drug Policy-PharmaceuticalManagement Unit (NDP-PMU 50)or Pharma 50 is thename of the Department of Health (DoH) undertaking to

effect the SONA pledge of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The primary goal of the project is to ensure that

affordable, high quality, safe and effective drugs and medicines arealways available, especially to the poor.

Health care is central to the concept of development and that ahealth policy of conscious intervention through public agencies is
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required in order to reach certain basic health objectives. In order toachieve these health objectives provisions for the basic requirementof preventive, promotive and curative health care services must betop priority.

An essential component of a health policy includes measures topromote the rational use of drugs and ensure the availability ofmedicines of adequate quality at a reasonable price. To date the costof medicines in the Philippines remains hign and is even higher by40% to 70% compared to other ASEAN countries. Moreover, ourbudget for drugs and medicines is too small to procure sufficientquantities of low-cost, essential drugs for the population in need.

In 23 July 2001, H.E. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made acommitment to lower the prices of drugs and medicines frequently

bought by the poor by 50%.

| List of Drugs | Participating Hospitals | Comparative Price |Drug Consignment System | Drug Price Reference Index(DPRI) |What is Pharma 50%?

NDP-PMU 50 or Pharma 50 is a project unit created and establishedby the Department of Health to operate and manage theimplementation of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) pledge ofPres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to reduce the price of drugs andmedicines. The primary goal of the project is to ensure thataffordable, high quality, safe and effective drugs and medicines arealways available, especially to the poor.

How does Pharma 50 intend to attain its objective?

The strategies that Pharma 50 will employ are:

A. Short-term (2001 SONA - 2002 SONA)1. Continue the importation of high quality, safe, effective andaffordable drugs and medicines for as long as the prices in thecountry remain high.

2. Expand, as appropriate the list of drugs and medicines forimportation. The list will contain essential drugs needed to treat theprevailing causes of morbidity and mortality.

3. Increase the number of outlets. Initially, the outlets will be limitedto public health facilities i.e., DoH and LGU retained hospitals, Botikang Barangay, and NFA rolling stores. However, initial meetings withprivate retail outlets are being conducted to draw up the guidelinesfor their involvement.
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B. Medium and Long-term (SONA 2002 and beyond)

1. Promote the use of Generic drugs and medicines. Basically,generic counterparts of branded drugs are far lower in prices.However, generic product in the country has very low acceptability

to the medical practitioners and general public, as reflected in thesales and use. There is a need to ensure the quality, safety andefficacy of these products through regulations and other measures.

2. Ensure continuous supply of high quality, safe, effective andaffordable drugs and medicines, whether imported or locallymanufactured. (i.e.Toll Manufacturing for selected drugs andmedicines, the PITC to procure for government health facilities,encourage local production, etc).

3. Develop reimbursement scheme for medicines with PhilHealth(Reference price for 100 most commonly needed/claimed drugs andmedicines, PHIC to reimburse Generic drugs, etc).

4. Work with the pharmaceutical industry/organization/companies forthem to reduce significantly the prices of drugs and medicines.

5. Work with the local retail industry for them to pass on to theconsumers the low price of drugs and medicines, and

6. Wage war versus substandard drugs.

Who are involved?

Reducing the prices of drugs and medicines requires the cooperationand collaboration of many organizations, both private and public. Asof today, the major players are:

A. Public

1. Department of Healtha) Bureau of Food and Drugsb) Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

2. Department of Trade and Industrya) Philippine International Trade Corporationb) Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

3. Philippine Charity Sweepstakes

4. National Food Authority

5. Local Government Units

B. Private

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2. Philippine Healthcare Association of the Philippines

3. Chamber of Filipino Pharmaceutical Manufacturers andDistributors

4. Filipino Drug Association

5. Generics Association of the Philippines

6. United Laboratories, Inc.

7. Drugstore Association of the Philippines

What have we accomplished so far?

1. Undertaken 2 importation of 8 drugs and medicines anddistributed in 30 DOH retained hospitals.

2. Third shipment of about 40 drugs and medicines in transit to bedistributed in 73 DOH retained hospitals

3. Approval of a Special License to Operate for the Botika ngBarangay and National Food Authority Rolling Stores to sell over-the-counter drugs and medicines.

4. Lagundi and Sambong are sold in NFA rolling stores in MetroManila. 5. Develop the operational guidelines for establishing Botikang Barangay.

What needs to be done?

Agency Expectation

Department of Health

Promote rational drug useStrengthen the capability of the Bureau of

Food and DrugsIntensify the promotion of generic drugsand medicines

Philippine InternationalTrade

Import drugs and medicines at affordableprices

Philippine CharitySweepstakes

Source of funds

Local Government Units Increase enrollment to PHICProcure, use and sell affordable highquality drugs and medicinesPractice rational drug use

Philippine Health InsuranceCorporation Price reference

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drugs and medicinesHealth practices

Board of Investments Incentives to pharmaceutical firms

List of Drugs | Participating Hospitals | Comprarative PriceInventory Report of Pharma50 | Botika ng Barangay InitiativeDrug Consignment System | Botika ng Barangay Monitoring SystemARSP Progress Report 2005 | Drug Price Reference Index (DPRI)

Comparative Price of Drugs of NDP-PMU 50 Project

Type ofDisease

GenericName/Brand

Name

PriceinPrivate

DrugOutlets

Pricein30DOH

Hospitals

PriceDiffere

nce

%Saving

s

1. Asthma

Salbutamol(Ventolin/Ventorlin)

100 mcg/dose x200

doses MDI

294.75

197.60 97.15 49.16%

2. Asthma

Beclomethasone(Becloforte/Becoride)

250 mcg inhaler

831.00

532.50 298.50 56.06%

3. Hypertension

Atenolol(Tenormin)

50 mg tablet

17.75 9.05 8.70 96.13%

4. HypertensionNifedipine(AdalatRetard) 20 mgcapsule

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5. Bronchitis/Pneumonia/UTI

Cotrimoxazole(Bactrim) 800 mgSMZ +

160 mg TMP

tablet

24.10 5.10 19.00372.55%


Cotrimoxazole(Bactrim) 400 mgSMZ +

80 mg TMP tablet

13.50 2.80 10.70382.14%


Cotrimoxazole(Septrin/Septran)200 mg

SMZ + 40 mgTMP/5ml susp. 50 mLbot.

82.68 67.60 15.08 22.31%

8. Diabetesmellitus

Glibenclamide(Daonil) 5 mgtablet

7.75 3.10 4.65150.00%

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