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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines, formerly the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD / ˈ b iː f æ d /; 1982–2009), is a health regulatory agency under the Department of Health created on 1963 by Republic Act No. 3720, amended on 1987 by Executive Order 175 otherwise known as the "Food, Drugs and Devices, and Cosmetics Act", and subsequently reorganized by Republic Act No ...
With a shift to a parliamentary form of government, the Department of Health was transformed into the Ministry of Health on June 2, 1978, with Dr. Clemente S. Gatmaitan as the first health minister. On April 13, 1987, the Department of Health was created from the previous Ministry of Health with Dr. Alfredo R. A. Bengzon as secretary of health.
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines that provides health insurance to the country. It was created on 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic ...
DOH – Department of Health; DOJ – Department of Justice; DOLE – Department of Labor and Employment; DOST – Department of Science and Technology; DOT – Department of Tourism; DOTr – Department of Transportation; DPWH – Department of Public Works and Highways; DSWD – Department of Social Welfare and Development
www.doh.gov.ph 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).
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.
The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is the largest government hospital under the Department of Health of the Republic of the Philippines. It is located at the JP Laurel Ave, Bajada, Davao City. It began as the Davao Medical Center. Its name was changed on November 19, 2009, by Republic Act 9792. [1]
National Nutrition Council, abbreviated as NNC, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Health responsible for creating a conducive policy environment for national and local nutrition planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and surveillance using state-of the art technology and approaches.