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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 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 would be appointed as Secretary of the DOH by Philippine President Bongbong Marcos on June 5, 2023, and took oath the following day. [5]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]
She later earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of the Philippines Manila. [2] [9] Starting in 1996, Vergeire spent 11 years working at the Marikina City Health Office. She joined the Department of Health in 2007 as a medical officer in the Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau. [2] [9]
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]
Agency/Department Date Replaced by Ernesto Adobo Jr. (OIC) Secretary: Department of Environment and Natural Resources: July 12, 2022 Toni Yulo-Loyzaga: Vic Rodriguez: Executive Secretary: Office of the President of the Philippines: September 27, 2022 Lucas Bersamin: Trixie Cruz-Angeles: Press Secretary: Presidential Communications Group ...
From 2001 to 2005, she was the assistant regional director of the Western Visayas Center for Health Development, and was later promoted to regional director of Davao Center for Health Development, serving from 2006 to 2008. [8] In Davao City, she became acquainted with then-mayor Rodrigo Duterte. [9] [10] [11]
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]