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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 ...
Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.
Health and Demography: Bong Go: PDP: 2 9 1 13 Higher, Technical and Vocational Education: Alan Peter Cayetano: Independent: 2 11 1 15 Justice and Human Rights: Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III: Nacionalista: 1 6 1 9 Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development: Joel Villanueva: Independent: 1 12 1 15 Local Government: JV Ejercito: NPC: 1 12 1 ...
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.
Teofisto "TG" Guingona was born in Manila, Philippines, on April 19, 1959, [25] to a family of Filipino politicians. His paternal grandfather, Teofisto Guingona Sr., was the governor of Mindanao during the term of President Manuel Quezon; and his maternal grandfather, Vicente Botao de Lara, was the governor of Misamis Oriental.
Fundamentally healthcare and hospital accreditation is about improving how care is delivered to patients and the quality of the care they receive. Accreditation has been defined as "A self-assessment and external peer assessment process used by health care organisations to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards and to implement ways to continuously ...
The Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations of the Senate of the Philippines, or more popularly known as the Blue Ribbon Committee, is the Senate committee tasked to investigate alleged wrongdoings of the government, its officials, and its attached agencies, including government owned and controlled corporations, in aid of legislation, that is, the primary ...
Barangay health volunteers, also known as barangay health workers (BHWs), are health care providers in the Philippines. They undergo a basic training program under an accredited government or non-government organization, and render primary care services in the community.