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The Department of Health (DOH; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products.
The Board of Health's biggest challenge was smallpox, which they battled by standardizing vaccine production and campaigning for vaccination. Despite American efforts, public sanitation was dismal, and diseases were still spreading. Manila faced Bubonic plague; smallpox still spread in provinces; lepers roamed the streets. [16]
Secretary of Public Instruction, Health and Welfare [4] 1 [a] Sergio Osmeña (1878–1961) [5] December 24, 1941 August 1, 1944 Manuel L. Quezon: Commissioner of Education, Health and Welfare 2: Claro M. Recto (1890–1960) [6] January 26, 1942 October 14, 1943 Jorge B. Vargas [b] Minister of Education, Health and Public Welfare – [c] Gabriel ...
infrastructure facilities such as roads, bridges, school buildings, health clinics, fish ports, water supply systems, seawalls, dikes, drainage and sewerage, and traffic signals and road signs; state/local colleges and universities; public markets, slaughterhouses, and other local enterprises;
The National Institutes of Health was created on January 26, 1996 by the University of the Philippines Board of Regents to enhance research undertakings of UP Manila with regards to public health. It serves as an institutional home of a network of researchers and research institutions.
Moreno thanked the city's six district hospitals and Manila Health Department for their service during the pandemic. [148] The DOH also recognized Moreno for the city achieving a 143% accomplishment rate of its child-vaccination program. [149] Manila was the only city in the National Capital Region that was not under COVID-19 Alert Level 4. [150]
The 1987 Constitution allows for the creation of autonomous regions in the Cordillera Central of Luzon and in the Muslim-majority areas of Mindanao. [2] However, only the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and its predecessor, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, have been approved by voters in plebiscites held in 1989, 2001, and 2019.
On March 3, 1902, the Insular Government at Manila was notified of an "Asiatic cholera" found in Canton, China.On March 8, the spread of the disease reached Hongkong.On March 20, the board of health which consists of U.S. Army medical officers, was notified that two patients at the San Juan de Dios Hospital was showing symptoms of this Asiatic cholera.