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The secretary of health (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalusugan) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member who is in charge of the Department of Health. The secretary of health is also the ex-officio chairperson of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
Herbosa's appointment was backed by the Philippine Medical Association, with whom he is a "life member", which endorsed him as secretary back in June 2022. [2] He was also supported by the Philippine College of Physicians shortly after his appointment in 2023. The Alliance of Health Workers meanwhile opposed his appointment on part of his ...
Francisco Tiongson Duque III (Tagalog: [fɾɐnˈsisko ˈdukɛ]; born February 13, 1957) is a Filipino physician and government official who served as Secretary of Health in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2017 to 2022, a position he had previously held from 2005 to 2009 in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. [2]
OIC – Assistant Secretary of Universal Health Care – Policy and Strategy (UHC-PSC) Bureaus and offices The DOH is composed of bureaus, services & program offices, under the following clusters: Office of the Secretary – Proper (OSEC) 1. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth); 2. Food and Drug Administration (FDA); 3.
Vergeire conducting a DOH Media Forum on December 6, 2021. She is the third of six children born to barangay chairman Harry Francisco M. Singh and lawyer Clara Dizon D. Singh, while her sister Maria Filomena Singh is a lawyer and judge currently serving as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court since 2022; [8] their family lives in Marikina.
Secretary of Health: 2009: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo: Dr. Janette Garin: Secretary of Health: 2014: Benigno Aquino III: Dr. Paulyn Ubial: Secretary of Health: 2016: Rodrigo Duterte: Dr. Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire: Officer-in-Charge: 2022: Bongbong Marcos: Secretary of Human Settlements and Urban Development Melissa Aradanas: Officer-in-Charge ...
Rodrigo Duterte assumed office as President of the Philippines on June 30, 2016, and his term ended on June 30, 2022. On May 31, 2016, a few weeks before his presidential inauguration, Duterte named his Cabinet members, [8] which comprised a diverse selection of former military generals, childhood friends, classmates, and leftists. [9]
Esperanza Alcantara Icasas-Cabral is a Filipina cardiologist and clinical pharmacologist. She served as Secretary of the Department of Health in the Philippines, taking office in January 2010 to replace Dr. Francisco Duque III after his appointment as chairperson of the Civil Service Commission.