The Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC), an attached agency of the Department of Health (DOH), and the governing body for Traditional & Complementary Medicine (T&CM) in the Philippines conducted its Gold, Silver, and Bronze Seal of Excellence awarding at the SEDA Vertis North, Quezon City.
“The PITAHC’s efforts are a part of our pivotal tasks to increase the number of possible healthcare options and remedies for our countrymen,” DOH Secretary Teddy Herbosa said.
The awardees were judged based on their comprehensive efforts to implement Republic Act (RA) 8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997, its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), including PITAHC programs and activities, highlighting achievements on: P – Pioneering and innovative Practices, I – Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials developed, produced/reproduced and distributed, T – Training & Education attended by staff, A – Advancement of at least one T&CM Modality through research, H – Herbal/Communal Garden and C – Community development and services.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a simple step.”
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a simple step, may this awarding ceremony pave the way for the promotion of the advocacy of Traditional & Complementary Medicine,” said PITAHC Director General Annabelle Pabiona-De Guzman.
PITAHC has conceptualized the “PITAHC Seal of Excellence: the Search for Traditional and Complementary Champions” an award system envisioned to promote the highest level of professional standards, inspire excellence, and community service as part of PITAHC’s communication plan.
The PITAHC Seal of Excellence (SOE) will recognize the outstanding practices and contributions of the Local Government Units (LGUs), the DOH Centers for Health Development (CHDs), and the DOH retained Hospitals in raising the profile of T&CM among Filipino health consumers and the society at large.
“This only galvanized our bid for better provision of quality healthcare services.”
“We commend the PITAHC in this endeavor to highlight LGUs and CHDs as this only galvanized our bid for better provision of quality healthcare services in line with Universal Healthcare and one of our Eight-Point Action agenda, which is to provide a ligtas, dekalidad, at mapagkalingang serbisyo to our people. Through these efforts, we truly embody the spirit of being united in achieving a Healthy Pilipinas kung saan Bawat buhay ay mahalaga,” Herbosa concluded.
