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DOH TO BOOST DRIVE VS TUBERCULOSIS IN WORKPLACES

Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Secretary Dr. Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire met with the Stop TB Partnership Executive Director Dr. Lucica Ditiu to discuss collaborative actions towards the high-level meeting on Tuberculosis to be held in September.During the meeting, Vergeire expressed the commitment of the Philippines for the UN High Level Meeting on TB in September, […]

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DOH JOINS 76TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY IN GENEVA

The Department of Health (DOH), through Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, joined the other 194 ministries of health in the official opening of the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.  Also in attendance with the OIC are Undersecretary Lilibeth David, Undersecretary Carol Vidal-Taino, Assistant Secretary Maylene Beltran, and National Nutrition Council (NNC) Assistant Secretary […]

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DOH TO HELP PALAWAN UPGRADE EL NIDO HOSPITAL

Department of Health Officer-in-Charge Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire, along with Field Implementation and Coordination Team for NCR and South Luzon (FICT) Assistant Secretary Dr. Gloria Balboa and MIMAROPA Assistant Regional Director Vilma Diez, visited the El Nido Community Hospital (ENCH) in Palawan as part of the hospital rounds in the municipality. The visit opened the […]

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DOH HOLDS VAXXING ACTIVITY IN PUERTO PRINCESA CITY

Department of Health Officer-in-Charge Usec. Maria Rosario Vergeire, together with other DOH officials and Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo Bayron, led the vaccination activity of “Chikiting Ligtas 2023″: Join the Big Catch Up, Magpabakuna para sa Healthy Pilipinas!” in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.During the activity, several children accompanied by their parents were vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases, […]

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DOH, PHILHEALTH, INK UHC REFORMS PACT

Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire, together with Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Acting President & Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. and Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) President Aniceto Orbeta Jr. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to steward conceptualization and implementation of policy reforms in line with Universal Health […]

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DOH CELEBRATES NATIONAL HEALTH WORKERS’ DAY

The Department of Health (DOH) and all its attached agencies joined the celebration of National Health Workers’ Day. As the primary agency of the health sector in the country, the DOH honored all our healthcare workers serving the people in the name of Universal Health Care. Toward the fulfillment of the National Human Resources for […]

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CUA TO LGUS: HELP DOH VACCINATE KIDS

As the government embarks on a month-long nationwide children’s vaccination campaign against measles, rubella and polio, Quirino governor and Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president Dax Cua renewed his call to fellow local leaders to step up their efforts against vaccine-preventable diseases. “We have to work in tandem with the national government to […]

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GOV’T AGENCIES PROMOTE HEALTHY WORKPLACE POLICY

The Department of Health (DOH), together with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Civil Service Commission (CSC), along with the World Health Organization, United States Agency for International Development, International Labour Organization, FHI 360 and other development partners, workers and employee groups, and various workplaces, gathered to celebrate the 2023 World Day for […]

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DOH, WHO, UNICEF LAUNCH ROUTINE VAXXING PROGRAM

In observation of World Immunization Week (WIW) this April 2023, the Department of Health (DOH), together with developmental partners United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO), launched Chikiting Ligtas 2023: Join the Big Catch Up, Magpabakuna para sa Healthy Pilipinas!, a nationwide supplemental immunization campaign, to vaccinate children against measles, rubella, and […]

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TARGET ZERO-DOSE CHILDREN FOR VAXXING, SAYS BINAY

Senator Nancy Binay called on the health department and local government units to come up with strategies and life-saving interventions to reduce the number of children who have not received any routine vaccine. According to Binay, targeting zero-dose children and improving the routine “patak” immunization coverage in barangay- and school-levels can be the critical step […]