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  2. Department of Health (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Health care in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines' public healthcare system is primarily financed through taxes and delivered by government facilities. The Department of Health oversees government hospitals, while provincial and municipal governments manage district, provincial, and primary care facilities. [26]

  5. Government of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...

  6. Secretary of Health (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    Commissioner of Education, Health and Welfare 3: 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 Mañalac [7] October 20, 1943 January 1, 1944 Jose P. Laurel: Minister of Health, Labor and Public Welfare 4: Emiliano Tría Tirona (1883–1952 ...

  7. Health in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. [8] [9]

  8. Department of Social Welfare and Development - Wikipedia

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    In 1968, Republic Act 5416, known as the Social Welfare Act of 1968, created the Department of Social Welfare, placing it under the executive branch of government. In 1976, the Department of Social Welfare was renamed Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) through Presidential Decree No. 994.

  9. Philippine Senate Committee on Health and Demography

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    According to the Rules of the Senate, [1] the committee handles all matters relating to: Public health in general; Medical, hospital and quarantine services; Population issues, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families, and their effects on national, social and economic conditions