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DR. JOSE FABELLATerm : January 1941 - 1945

He was the first Secretary and Executive Officer of the Public Welfare Board

from 1914 - 1921 and was the Public Welfare Commissioner before he became the

first Secretary of Health and Public Welfare in 1941. He was regarded as the

foremost exponent of maternity and child health as well as social work in the country

during his time. As Public Welfare Commissioner, he started the coordination and

regulations of various welfare services including the operation of puericulture

centers. In 1922, he opened a school of midwifery, which is the forerunner of the

Maternity and Childrens Hospital in Manila, now called the Jose Fabella Memorial

Hospital. In 1925, he laid the plan for the development of the childrens village and

now known as Welfareville. Child health surveys and studies on the common Filipino

diet were conducted under his leadership. This facilitate the preparation of standard

height and weight chart for the Filipino children. He started the Child Health Day and

Healthy Baby Contest and Clean-up Week. His administration as Secretary of Health

and Public Welfare was abruptly interrupted because of illness. He spent a life of

retirement in his home. He died on January 16, 1945.


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Dr. Basilio ValdezTerm : 1945

He Graduated from the University of Santo Tomas College of Medicine in 1916. He started his

career as a military surgeon shortly after his graduation by joining French Red Cross, later the American

Red Cross during World War I. After the war, he became a Red Cross Commissioner and was assigned to

various countries. In 1919, he was forced to return to Manila due to illness. He briefly went to private

practice and teaching but joined government as First Lieutenant and medical Inspector in the Philippine

Constabulary in 1921. He rose to become Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Surgeon in 1926 and became the

first Commissioner of Health and Public Welfare in 1932. In 1934, he became Brigadier General Chief ofStaff of the Philippine Constabulary. In 1936, he became Major General and Deputy Chief of Staff of the

Philippine Army. When the Constabulary separated from the army in 19 38, Gen. Valdez became the PC

Chief. He was instrumental in obtaining the land where Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo are now

located. In 1939, Gen. Valdez was re-appointed Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army. In 1941, while the

seat of the Commonwealth government he was also appointed as Secretary of National Defense. Since

he was also President Quezons attending physician, he was forced to join the Commonwealth cabinet in

exile in the USA where he helped lobby for Philippine independence.In 1944, President Osmea re-established Commonwealth government in Tacloban, Leyte in

February 1945, appointed Gen. Valdez as Secretary of Health, in addition to his duties as Secretary of

Defense and Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army. As Secretary of Health and National Defense, he

organized the services of the Philippine Civil Affairs Unit (PCAU) which brought in food, medicines,vitamins and other supplies from the US Medical Corps. His Red Cross training in the past was quite

useful to him all throughout the war. The PCAU organized food distribution centers in Manila and the

Province. He relinquished his post as Defense Secretary in April 1945. He retired for government service

as Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army when President Roxas took his oath of office in July 4, 1946. He

went back from teaching jobs and private practice and help establish the Lourdes Hospital in 1950.


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Dr. Jose Locsin

Term : 1945 1946

He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas College of Medicine. He

became Municipal Mayor of Silay, Negros Occidental for two terms then a

member of the Provincial board from 1922-1925 and Provincial Governor from

1925-1928.

He became a representative from 1928-1931 and the delegate of the first

district of occidental Negros to the Constitutional Convention of 1934. For 10

years, he served as the Secretary of the sugar planters association and

representative of the Liga de la Proteccion de la Infancia in the province.


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DR. Antonio villaramaTerm : 1946 1950

He was the first Secretary of Health under the Philippine Republic. He started as an

Assistant Resident Physician in Obstetrics in the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in 1920.

Before becoming Health Secretary, he was in politics as a Member of the 1934 Constitutional

Convention and a member of the Philippine Assembly and House of Representatives from 1935-

1946. While in Congress, he authored the legislation creating the Department of Health and

Public Welfare in 1939. The 1947 reorganization during his administration resulting in the

transfer of the Bureau of Welfare and the PGH to the Office of the President and the creation ofthe Bureau of Hospitals under the Department of Health. The Alabang Vaccine and Serum

Laboratory was also transferred from the Institute of Hygiene to the DOH thus making vaccine

and sera available at low cost. The joint cooperative project agreement between the DOH and

US Public Health Service was signed and implemented within his term. This project involved

extensive rehabilitation programs as sanitation, health education and information, food

inspection, smallpox vaccination, sanitary engineering, tuberculosis and leprosy control,

maternal and child health and nutrition programs.


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DR. juan salcedoTerm : Sept. 1950 May 1954

Dr. Salcedo was an instructor in Physiology of the University of the

Philippines from 1929-1936. After which he became a Captain in the Medical

Corps of the Philippine Army until 1939. He was a professor of Biochemistry at UP

and was doing a fellowship study in Nutrition and Biochemistry in the US when

World War II broke out. After the war, he became a researcher in health and

social welfare, Health and Welfare Officer and then director of Public Welfarebefore he joined the US public Health Service as Consultant in Nutrition and

Director of field Operations in 1947. He was director of the Institute of Nutrition

since 1948 before he was appointed Secretary of Health with his appointment,

the Institute of Nutrition was transferred to the DOH and a major rice enrichment

program was initiated. BCG vaccine production was increased to meet local

demands for mass BCG campaign. BCG was also exported to neighboring

countries.

During his term the Philippine-American Public Health Project was

submitted which resulted in the construction of 81 demonstration Rural HealthUnits in 1953. There were also various WHO-assisted disease control projects and

UNICEF-assisted MCH projects and fellowships during his term. In May 1952, he

became the first Filipino elected as President of the WHO World Health Assembly

(5th (WHA).


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Dr, paulino GarciaTerm : 1st Term: June 1954 - June 1958 | 2nd

Term: December 1965 - August 1968

He was the only Secretary, thus far, who had two terms of office. He was

Chief Radiologist of the X-ray Center of the University of Santo Tomas before his

first term as Health Secretary in 1954. His term continued with the passage of the

Rural Health Act of 1954 that institutionalized the RHU system, which wasdemonstrated so successfully during Salcedo Administration. Various projects

assisted by US agencies, the WHO and UNICEF continued during his term. The

Reorganization Act of 1953, which was implemented only in 1958, resulted in

massive decentralization through the creation of regional, provincial and

municipal health officers.

He was the Chairman of the National Science Development Board before he

was reappointed Secretary of Health in 1965 after 3 quick changes of Secretaries.

His second term coincide with the acceleration of immunizations against cholera,

smallpox and diphtheria. Smallpox was considered eliminated in the Philippines atabout same time.


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Dr. Elpidio Valencia

Term : July 1958 - December 1961

He was a private practitioner in Radiology before his appointment as

Secretary of Health. His wife was a daughter of former President Osmea.

He championed the cause of tribal minorities and launched OperationTribal Minorities believing that those who have more should help those who

have less in life.

His project tried to bring the benefits of modern medicine to tribal groups

and rural areas. Secretary Valencia visited various tribal communities in isolated

villages distributing medicines, food, soap and clothing.


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Dr. Francisco DuqueTerm : December 1961 - July 1963

Dr. Francisco Quimson Duque, Jr., a resident of Aguilar, Pangasinan, was born on

September 24, 1916. He graduated cum laude from the University of Santo Tomas College of

Medicines in 1939 and did postgraduate studies in General Surgery at the Mayo Clinic USA in

1947. He was the owner, director and surgeon of the Dagupan City Polyclinic Hospital before he

became Secretary of Health in January 1962.During his term, he encouraged full participation and support of private enterprises in the

implementation of various health initiatives of the government. He promoted health research,

environmental and health sanitation, and health programs emphasizing the importance of a

healthy community.He was very affectionate towards the welfare of his countrymen, especially the under-

privilege sector. In 1962, the Philippine Sweepstake Magazine interviewed Dr. Duque who

stated that there are two types of medical care existing in the country, one for the rich and one

for the poor: "Many people die when they could be saved because of lack of money. I hate to

see the poor getting less treatment", he said.This inequity led him to conceive a plan that would extend adequate medical and health care

services, especially to indigents. It included the identification offree medical care beneficiaries,

a medical system for the middle income group and systematization of national aid for provincialhospitals.

The same year, with the support of the Philippine Medical Association, he laid down the

groundwork for his vision of social health insurance for all Filipinos through the congressional

enactment of the National Health Service of the Philippines.


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Dr. Floro DabuTerm : July 1963 - December 1964

He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas College of Medicine in

1938. He was connected with the Department of Health in Camarines Sur shortly

before the war and went into private practice after liberation.

He trained in the USA on various fields like Pediatric Cardiology,

Otolaryngology, and ophthalmology. He was owner and director of the Dabu Eye

and Ear Clinic in Naga City before he became Secretary.


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Dr. Manuel CuencoTerm : December 1964-December 1965

He was a graduate of University of Santo Tomas. He was Governor of Cebu

from 1946 1951and Administrator of Overseas Employment Council in 1962-63

before he was appointed Secretary of Health.

He was the son of former Senator Mariano Cuenco. With assistance from

the US Agency for International development has emphasized upgrading of

medical education.


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DR. AMADEO H. CRUZTerm : August 1968 December 1971

In contrast to the Secretaries of Health who immediately preceded him Dr.

Amadeo H. Cruz rose from the ranks. He started as the President of a Sanitary

Division in the bureau of Health in 1930. He was Medical Officer then Chief of the

Epidemiology and Statistics Section of the Bureau of Health, chief of the Division

of Preventable Diseases and then Chief of Field Operations.He was Director of Health Services before his appointment as Secretary of

Health.During his term the Philippine Medical Care Act was passed. A Malaria

Eradication Program using DDT for spraying was initiated. With assistance from

Japan, a poliomyelitis eradication program was initiated using oral polyvalent

vaccines. The curative approach to Schistosomiasis control gained emphasis and a

comprehensive program to combat malnutrition was launched. He died while still

in office.


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Dr. Clemente S. GatmaitanTerm : December 1971 July 1979

Like Dr. Amadeo Cruz, Dr. Gatmaitan rose from the ranks. He first joined the DOH in

1930 as a physician in the Negros Occidental Provincial Office. He became President of the

Sanitary Division in Bulacan from 1932 1934. He was Medical Officer in the Bureau of Health,

Chief of the Section of School Health Supervision, and then Undersecretary of Health for

Medical Services in 1962. He became acting Secretary of Health in December 1971 and wasappointed Secretary only in January 1973. He became the first Minister of Health in July 1978.

With a total duration of 8 years, his administration was the longest uninterrupted term as

Secretary of Health.The POPIIBRD loan project started during his term. The main feature of POP I was the

Restructured Health Care Delivery System which provided for the creation of Barangay Health

Stations in the effort to provide one Midwife for every 5,000 population. The Midwives were

also given delegated authority from the health center physician to perform expanded tasks and

responsibilities in general care.In 1976, the Rural Health Practice Program (RHPP), which fielded new medical and

nursing graduates to the rural areas for 3-6 months, was implemented. Field implementation of

the Medicare Act of 1969 occurred during his term. He tried to initiate the integration of

preventive and curative care but his efforts met strong opposition from the hospital advocates.

The Institute of Health Sciences in Tacloban, stepladder training of midwives, nurses and

doctors, was initiated during his term in 1976. The Expanded Program on Immunization was

formally launched in 1976.


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Dr. Enrique M. GarciaTerm : July 1979 June 1981

He graduated Valedictorian in his UP Medicine Class 1937 and topped the

Medical Board Examination in 1937. He trained in Thoracic Surgery and was in-

charge of the surgical ward of the Philippine General Hospital during the war. He

was head of the Department of Surgery of the Quezon Institute and was Director

of the Institute in June 1973. He was initiating the organization of the Lung Center

before he was appointed Minister of Health.During his term the National TB control Program was accelerated and

malaria control measures were intensified. Programs to improve manpower

development and upgrade residency training were also introduced. Immunization

began to be provided on a year-round basis instead of only6 bi-annually.

Praziquantel, a new drug, provided a breakthrough in the treatment and possible

eradication of schistosomiasis. During his term the POP IIBRD loan project ended

and the POPII loan project started. The POP II was funded from a loan from theInternational Development Association and involved civil works, logistics, IEC and

activities in family planning, health and nutrition. The Control of Diarrheal

Diseases (CDD) program was launched in 1980.Minister E. M. Garcia became ill during his term and died soon after his

official retirement.


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Dr. Jesus Azurin

Term : July 1981 February 1986

Like Dr. A.H. Cruz and Dr. C.S. Gatmaitan, Dr. Jesus C. Azurin rose from the ranks. He

joined DOH as Quarantine Officer in 1947. He became Director of Quarantine from 1955

1974. As Director of Quarantine, he headed the Philippine research team that conducted one of

the few prospective studies in cholera that clarified key questions about the transmission. He

initiated on-board health education of passengers in domestic vessels. Under his leadership, theBureau of Quarantine received government recognition as a model of good management. He

became Undersecretary of Health in December 1974.As minister of Health, he launched the nationwide implementation of the Primary Health Care

(PHC) approach in September 1961, and received the first WHO Sasakawa Health Prize for PHC.

PHC opened the health care delivery system to Barangay Health Workers and community

health volunteers stimulating interaction between health center staff and the community

served.By virtue of EO 851, he tried to reverse more than 30 years of history by merging the

prevention and curative services of the health care delivery system through the creation of the

Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO). In April 1982, theResearch Institute for Tropical

Medicine was established and in December 1982, the first herbal processing plant was

constructed in the Davao Regional Health Office. During Minister Azurins term, POP II project

started to fund PHC activities such as training of Barangay Health Workers and establishment of

Botika sa Barangay. POP II also funded 3 herbal processing plants. The DOH also started to

produce oral rehydration salt (ORS) sachets during this time. Minister Azurins involvement in

cholera research made him an active mover in the Control of Diarrheal Diseases.


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Dr. Alfredo R.A. Bengzon

Term : March 1986 January 1992

As the first Secretary of Health under the restored democracy, Dr. Bengzon had the difficult task

of reorganizing the Department of Health, restoring its soul and spirit and delivering it through a tense

transition. His previous training in Business Management gave him the proper tools to execute the

crucial role dealt by destiny. In his 5 years of administration, he carried out the transition successfully

and carried the DOH to new heights of energy and achievement. With handpicked managers doing

meticulous and systematic target-setting, planning, information processing and resource management,the discipline and order resulted in more effective delivery of services.During his term, disease detectives of the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), that

also had a sentinel surveillance system, started to investigate and sort out epidemics and diseases. Full

infant immunization coverage soared from a low of 21% to more than 80% in 3 years. Secretary Bengzon

also championed the National Drug Policy Program (PNDP). In addition to programs, there were many

other major improvements in the DOH system at this time. The central office buildings were renovated

and DOH entered into the whole new world of computers and fax machines. The many programs and

projects initiated during Secretary Bengzons term included the following, among others: Control Of

Acute Respiratory Infections, Control of Hepatitis B, Polio Eradication, National AIDS Prevention and

Control Program, Non-Communicable Disease Programs (like the Cardiovascular and Cancer Control

Programs), and the Philippine Health Development Project (PHDP).Secretary Bengzon was also designated as the Peace Commissioner tasked with the formulation of the

governments comprehensive peace strategy.

The second half of his term, however, became controversial when he pushed the Generic Law

amidst opposition from the medical practitioners and drug manufacturers, an inevitable conflict by the

wary nature of the law. Paradoxically, Secretary Bengzon received international recognition for his work

in PNDP. Also, the field health staff never quite understood how a powerful and influential man who

successfully advocated for a highly controversial Generic Law could be so helpless against the Local

Government Code of 1991.


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Dr. Antonio PeriquetTerm : February June 1992

He joined the Department during the People Power reorganization in 1986

as Undersecretary fro Hospital Facilities and Regulation under the Bengsons

administration. Trained in Rehabilitation Medicine, he promoted

community0based rehabilitation program. As Undersecretary, he initiated

strategic planning for hospital development and started networking among majorhospitals in preparation for disasters. He convinced highly trained surgeons and

consultants to operate in far-flung hospitals increasing access to these service. He

was appointed Secretary of Health when Secretary Bengson resigned to run for

Senate.As Secretary of Health, he had to grapple to the challenges of the

immediate emotional and conceptual problems of devolution of health services

brought about the Local Government Code of 1991. Secretary Periquets term

ended with the change in the national political leadership in 1992.


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Dr. Juan FlavierTerm : July 1992 January 1995

Perhaps the most popular Secretary of Health was Dr. JM Flavier. Buoyant and hilarious,

he was right for the mass immunization and micronutrient implementation campaign that

marked his administration. With the battle cry Lets DOH it he popularized the programs and

projects of the Department and injected excitement in the early years of his administration. He

encouraged participation of non-governmental organizations in the DOH projects and was able

to tap industrial sectors. During his term, Barangay Health Workers were organized and amongthe many projects initiated were: Healthy Places Initiative, Stop D.E.A.T.H Program, National

Voluntary Blood Service Program, Oplan Sagip Mata, Yosi Kadiri, Doctors to the Barrios Project,

Hataw Fitness Program, Pusong Pinoy, and Hospitals as Center for Wellness Program.However, the internal turmoil following the devolution of the field health services

persisted. Municipal Health Officers organized and demanded for their legal benefits. Catholic

groups doubted the purity of the tetanus toxoid vaccines. Essential drugs as antibiotics for

tuberculosis and vaccine s for Heaptitis B failed to arrive on time. There were no less than 13

different communities processing various financial transactions.Like Secretary Bengzon, Secretary Flavier resigned to run for senatorial seat, which, this

time, was successfully obtained. Senator Flavier chaired the Senate Committee on Social Justiceand Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples


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Dr. Jaime Galvez-TanTerm : January 1995 June 1995

He has the rare combination of the following expertise: solid grassroots community work in far

flung doctorless rural areas; national and international health planning and programming, a faculty of

colleges of medicine and health sciences; clinical practice combining North American European medicine

with Asian and Filipino traditional medicine; national health policy development, national health field

operations management, private sector health business development, research management and local

government health development. He has worked with NGOs, international development agencies, theacademe and government agencies. Dr. Galvez Tan is a Professor of the University of the Philippines

College of Medicine; and the President of Health Futures Foundation, Inc. He was Vice Chancellor for

Research of the University of the Philippines Manila and Executive Director of the National Institutes of

Health Philippines 2002-2005. He served as Regional Adviser in Health and Nutrition for East Asia and

the Pacific Region of UNICEF in Bangkok in 1996. He served the Philippine Department of Health as

Secretary in 1995 and as Undersecretary and Chief of Staff from 1992-94.

He acts as consultant to WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, ILO, World Bank, Asian Development

Bank, AUSAID, JICA and USAID, bringing him to Europe (8 countries), Asia (14), Pacific (4) Africa (4), Latin

America (4), Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Kazakhstan and Russia.His foremost distinctions are: One of the Outstanding Bedans of the Century 1901-2001 San Beda

College; 1998 Community Service Award, U.P. AlumniAssociation; 1974 Excellence in Leadership Award,

U.P. College of Medicine having been University Councilor 1971, U.P. Student Council Chairman 1972

and Student Regent, U.P. Board of Regents in 1972-73. He is married to Ma. Rebecca V. Maraa with 2

children: Ginoo Karlo, born 1982 & Riva Maria 1986


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Dr. Hilarion J. RamiroTerm : July 1995 March 1996

As former Regional Health Director for Region X, Dr. H.J. Ramiro was the

Congressman of Misamis Occidental before his appointment as Secretary of

Health. This appointment was his vindication, after having been removed from his

Directorship during the Peoples Power reorganization in 1986. Dr. Ramiro thus

returned to the Department of Health with enthusiasm and hope. With his strongpolitical sense to meet the felt needs of the masses, he immediately launched

Peoples Health Day on 29 September 1995 to help indigent Filipinos more easily

avail of expensive surgical and medical care. On the first day alone, the following

were done in DOH-retained hospitals and medical center: 500 major surgeries,

665 minor surgeries, 363 electrocardiogram and ultrasound examinations, 4,086

laboratory examinations, 761 x-rays examinations and 17,188 medical

consultations. Secretary Ramiro was able to re-establish communication with the

catholic groups through the Catholic bishops conference of the Philippines not

only concerning the controversial tetanus toxoid vaccine but also otherpopulation and family planning issues.

Dr. Ramiro had to hastily resign when controversies regarding financial

transactions during his term become publicly uncomfortable.


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DR. CARMENCITA REODICATerm : March 1996 June 1998

Her 32 years of experience as a public health worker and government administrator could not have

prepared her better for the difficult task of Secretary of Health during one of the most turbulent times in

DOHs history. Like Secretary R.A. Bengzon, her appointment was dealt by destiny coming unexpectedly

at the wake of investigations of financial transactions, resignation and suspension of several top DOH

officials. DOHs public credibility and internal morale were at their lowest. Instinctively or perhaps, with

shrewd calculation, the President made one of his wisest moves in history. Showing strong faith in the

strength and power of a woman, President Ramos appointed Dr. Carmencita Noriega-Reodica as the

first woman Secretary of Health in March 1996. In less than two years, Health Secretary Chit Reodica not

only regained the stability within the DOH but also restored DOH to its top position in the publics

awareness and approval.

As Secretary of Health, Secretary Reodica moved the DOH actively towards a people-based in

contrast to disease- or program-based approach to public health. Keeping the life-cycle in mind, she

focuses programs on specific target age and sectoral groups such as very young children, adolescents,

and women. This approach more readily lends itself to integration of services from the point of view of

the largest clients and not of the provider of services. Her ultimate vision: healthy and productive

individuals and families. For the DOH, she continues the struggle towards making DOH a Center of

Excellence.During Secretary Reodicas term, the following programs were initiated: Early Childhood

Development ( a multi-agency collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare and Development

and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports); the Adolescent Health program, the Measles

Elimination Campaign, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) and various approaches

like the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM), the syndromic approach to STD/AIDS, the quality

assurance system for programs, and the life cycle planning approach.


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Dr. Felipe EstrellaTerm : July 1, 1998 August 23, 1998

Dr. Estrella is a Doctor of Medicine graduate from the University of the Philippines (UP)

College of Medicine Batch 1955. He started his career as an Adjunct Resident of the

Department of Gynecology in PGH in the same year.After serving UP Manila as a professor and a consultant for nearly 40 years, he got the position

of Vice-Chancellor for Administration in 1985. The following year, he became the Director ofPGH. He held the said position for 8 year, from Semptember 1986 to October 1994.During his term, the PGH was cited in 1994 as one of the "33 Centers of Excellence in

Government Service" by the Senate Civil Service Committee that was chaired then by Senator

Blas F. Ople.While attending to his tasks as PGH administrator, Dr. Estrella was also aCOnsultant to the Senate President, Senate-Manila and Special Adviser to the University

President at UP Diliman.After he retired from PGH, he was a consultant to the Department of Obstetrics and

Gynecology of the Medical City. He joined the Medical City as its Director of Medical Services in

February 1995. He also worked as a Consultant to the Office of Senator Edgardo Angara

(September 1995), Euromed Laboratories, Philippines (November 1995), and UP Health Services

(January to December 1997).Dr. Estrella has attended post graduate training and education courses at the Radium

Hemment in Stockholm, Sweden; the Memorial Hospital for cancer and Allied Diseases in New

York, USA; the University of Vienna, Austria; and the Harvard Medical School, Harvard

University, Massachusetts, USA.He also won awards such as the 1997 Gawad Propesyonal sa Medisina from the UP

Manila Alumnia Association and the 1992 Presidential or Lingkod Bayan Award.


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Dr. Alberto Romualdez

Term : September 1998 January 2001

On 11 September 1998, President Joseph Ejercito Estrada appointed a new health secretary - Dr.

Alberto G. Romualdez, Jr. Maybe, he was coined as the new hero the DOH employees are waiting for to

save them from disgrace during this time.Sec. Romualdez is a graduate of Doctor of Medicine from the University of the Philippines and Bachelor

of Arts in Biological Sciences from the Ateneo de Manila University. He is a fellow on Tumor Immunology

at the University of Connecticut and Membrane Biophysics at the Harvard Medical School in the U.S.A.Unlike his predecessors, Sec. Romualdez is not new in the DOH. He started as a Medical Adviser to the

then Minister of Health from 1979-1982. He then became the director of the Research Institute for

Tropical Medicine from 1981-1984.Dr. Romualdez was appointed as Assistant Secretary in 1988. However, he opted to work for the

World Health Organization's (WHO) Western Pacific Region holding position as acting then regional

adviser in Development of Human Resources of Health and director of Health Services, Development

and Planning. From June 1996 until his appointment as Health Secretary, he was Medical Director of the

HCA Philippines, Inc. and at the same time consultant of the WHO and the DOH.On 14 September, his 58th birthday, Sec. Romualdez was introduced to the DOH employees during the

regular Monday flag ceremony.Among his priority concerns on his first few weeks were: (1) to improve efficiency in the use of

resources away from graft issues, (2) to improve access to health services especially to thoseunderserved for reasons of geography or economy, and (3) to review the strengths and weaknesses of

the DOH's organizational structure within the framework of devolution as mandated by the Local

Government Code.He said: "When he appointed me, President Estrada's instruction was simple: make sure that the

DOH serves the people, especially the poor... I know that all of you understand this to be the

Department's true mission in the first place. I am therefore sure of your cooperation in accomplishing

the President's instruction. In other words, if you just do your jobs, the rest will follow.


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Dr. Manuel DayritTerm : February 2001 May 2005

Secretary Manuel M. Dayrit has a public health career that spans 27 years. A Bachelor of Arts

graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University, he earned his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the

University of the Philippines in 1976. After graduation, he plunged himslef into community-based health

work in the rural areas of Mindanao. In 1982, taking a break from community work and concurrent

teaching activities at the Davao Medical School where he was lecturer, he won a British Council

scholarship to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. There, he completed a Master of

Science in Community Health with a Mark of Distinction.In 1984, he joined the Department of Health as a research epidemiologist. For his work in AIDS, cholera

and red tide, he was named Outstanding Young Scientist by the National Academy of Science and

Technology in 1990.Secretary Dayrit was involved in a wide range of activities in the Department of Health among

others, the training of field epidemiologists, disease control programs, public information and health

advocacy, and the regulation of blood banks and clinical laboratories. He rose to the post of Assistant

Secretary in 1992.He left government in 1997 to join the private sector. He worked with Aetna HMO as Assistant Vice

President for Health Services. Later, he joined a pharmaceutical company, United Laboratories, Inc. As

Assistant Vice President for Regulatory Affairs.He has become on of the countrys public health leaders, given the breadth and depth of his

experiences in the community, academe and research, government, private sector and international

health. Appointed as Secretary of Health on February 19, 2001 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,

he has led the Department of Health and its partners to new heights of public service.


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Dr. Francisco Duque IIITerm : June 2005 January 2010

Dr. Francisco T. Duque II I finished both his undergraduate and post-graduate courses in

Medicine at University of Santo Tomas. He finished Master of Science majoring in Pathology at

Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA on 1987. He also attended Immunology Scientific Training

in the Department of Microbiology in Georgetown University, School of Medicine.

After graduating, he went back to the Philippines and attended several post graduate courses on

Planning and Managing Medical Education for the 21st century in the Asian Institute of Management

(AIM) and Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Foundation.

In 1992, he finished a post graduate course on Executive Education in Health Program Management in

Harvard University, School of Public Health and Graduate School of Management in Boston,

Massachusetts, USA.

In 1988, he began his career as an associate professor in Lyceum FQD Medical Foundation,

Department of Medicine and Pathology, College of Medicine. He continued his career in education and

eventually became the Dean of Lyceum Northwestern FQD Medical Foundation, College of Medicine in

1989.

In 1999, he was appointed by president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as director of Philippine Health

Insurance Corporation (PHILHEALTH). After serving a year and a half, he briefly became Undersecretary

of Department of Health in 2001. Until, in the same year, he became the president and chief executive

of PHILHEALTH .On June 1 2005, he officially became the 24th Secretary of Health. As an educator, civic leader,

health care provider, scientist, administrator, executive and a bureaucrat, Secretary Duque has gained a

broad understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the health sector. He set his priorities on

four agenda which he formulated, namely: 1) increasing investment for health; 2) ensuring universal

access to essential health care; 3) assuring the quality and affordability of health goods and services; and

4) enhancing the performance of the health sector.Secretary Duque called it as FOURmula One for

Health,


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Dr. Esperanza I. CabralTerm : January 2010 June 2011

On January 15, the Department of Health officially welcome a new health secretary - Dr.

Esperanza I. Cabral. At the turn-over ceremonies, she lauded the accomplishments of the department

under the term of Sec. Francisco T. Duque III. She also called on the DOH personnel to join her in her

drive to reduce the inequities in the country's health services and to set the groundwork for the next

administration in improving the entire Philippine healthcare system during the five-and-a-half months

that she will be at the helm of the DOH.

Sec. Cabral is a renowned cardiologist and top-ranked physician. She is a teacher, scientist and

doctor, with countless hours spent tending to her patients, students and research. A graduate of

Medicine atthe University of the Philippines, Dr. Cabral completed training in Internal Medicine,

Cardiology and Clinical Pharmacology at the Philippine General Hospital and Harvard Medical

School, Massachusetts GeneralHospital and the Joslin Clinic in Boston. She has also served as professor

at the UPCollege of Medicine and Pharmacology, director of the Philippine Heart Center as well as Chief

of Cardiology at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center.

Her distinguished and multifaceted career has been recognized with notable citations such as

the National Outstanding Young Scientist for Medicine Award for 1981 by the Department of Science

and Technology, the 1982 Achievement Award by the Philippine Society of Experimental and Clinical

Pharmacology, the Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service Award for Medicine in 1986, and the

First Dr. Jose P. Rizal Award by the Philippine Medical Association in 1991.With more than 30 years of success and accomplishments behind her, Dr. Cabral moved on to

head the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in 2006. With her at the helm, the

DSWD was rated as the country's top ranking government agency by the Pulse Asia's Ulat ng Bayan

Survey with the highest approval rating for performance in the entire bureaucracy. The DSWD also

enjoyed the lowest disapproval rating among government agencies surveyed.


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Dr. Enrique T. OnaTerm : 2010 Present

Secretary Enrique T. Ona was born on June, 4 1939 in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. His parents

hail from Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur where his father became the first Provincial Health Officer

and his mother served as a puericulture nurse.He graduated from medical school at the University of the Philippines in 1962. He further extended his

medical and nephrology training abroad where he earned a medical license at the State of

Massachusetts, USA.Sec. Ona belongs to the DOH family having served as the Executive Director of the National

Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) from 1998 until his appointment on July 1, 2010 as the new

health chief. He is recognized as one of the top surgeons in the field of vascular surgery and organimplantation. He is also a dedicated advocate of preventive nephrology in the country. He is currently

the President of the Transplantation Society of the Philippines, a position he holds since 1989 and also

the President of Maria Corazon Torres Javier Foundation from 2009 to present.Because of his dedication and contribution to health, Secretary Ona has been the recipient of various

prestigious awards including the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardees for Medicine in 1979,

The Presidential Award of Recognition in Organ Transplantation in 2000 and the Outstanding Health

Research Award by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development presented last July 19,

2010.It was during his residency abroad that he met his beloved wife, Dr. Norma Martinez, an equally

successful and nationally renowned hematologist. They are blessed with four boys namely, Arsenio

Kenneth, Enrique Stanley, Victor Gabriel, and Manolo Steven.As a family man, Dr. Ona spends most of his time off at home playing with his grandson or indulginghimself in a game of tennis or golf. Family and friends fondly call him Manong Ike, and they describe him

as kind and generous.NKTI staff describe the Secretary as a strict but lenient chief. They recall that during his tenure

at NKTI, he arrives between 8-9 am and leaves around 7 pm. At the end of the day he sees to it that

everything is accomplished and every paper signed before leaving for home. No stone is left unturned,

they say.

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