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The Department of Health (DOH) continues to monitor and act on Pertussis (Filipino: Ubong Dalahit, o Tusperina) in the country. National data show 28 new cases recorded from March 10 to 16, bringing the total to 568 from January 1 to March 16, 2024. Forty Pertussis deaths have been reported. The total number of cases […]
The Department of Health (DOH) assured President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that hospitals across the country will remain up and running despite the El Niño phenomenon. In a report to the President’s task force on El Niño response, DOH officials said they are working closely with national government agencies to ensure that healthcare services will not […]
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa, together with Assistant Secretary Ariel Valencia, Imus, Cavite City Mayor Alex Advincula, and Vice Mayor Homer Saquilayan, led the Blessing and Inauguration of the Imus Super Health Center in Carsadang Bago 1 Imus, Cavite recently. The said super health center offers different health services like x-ray, animal bite […]
Department of Health Secretary Ted Herbosa, along with Field Implementation and Coordination Team (FICT) NCR and South Luzon Undersecretary Nestor Santiago and FICT North and Central Luzon Undersecretary Enrique Tayag, Health Systems Development Team (HSDT) Undersecretary Lilibeth David, and Management Services Team Assistant Secretary Leonita Gorgolon, led the 2023 Ligtas Lakas Awarding Ceremony held in […]
Health Secretary Teddy Herbosa led the two-day caravan of the “Bagong Pilipinas” campaign in Eastern Visayas recently. Joining Herbosa was Health Undersecretary Maria Francia Laxamana. The health chief visited the Biliran Provincial Hospital (BPH) to meet with BPH head Dr. Joyce Cañeja to check on the health facilities and equipment augmented to the provincial hospital. […]
The Department of Health (DOH), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), donor governments, the private sector, and civil societies converged for a stakeholder summit to discuss urgent actions to close the child immunization gap. The summit, “Closing the Immunization Gap,” was participated in by national and local officials, development partners, professional associations, […]
Following the directions of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to reduce tuberculosis cases in the country, Health Secretary Teddy Herbosa vowed to implement targeted interventions to reach every corner of the nation to ensure that the most vulnerable are not left alone to suffer in silence. Herbosa stressed that the responsibility of treating TB does not […]
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teddy Herbosa has appointed Dr. Tony Leachon as a new Special Adviser for Non-communicable Diseases. Leachon is a renowned internist and cardiologist who currently serves at the Manila Doctors’ Hospital. “In leading the change, we need to move with a sense of urgency, work with a coalition of stakeholders and […]
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teddy Herbosa led the Ceremonial Signing of the Pledge of Commitment and the Relaunching of the HIV Control Program in DOH Hospitals in Region 3 “Healthy Pilipinas: Bawat Buhay Mahalaga!” at the Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) Auditorium in Balanga City. Herbosa, along with FICT Undersecretary Enrique Tayag, […]
Department of Health Secretary Teddy Herbosa recently led a Meet and Greet press conference with health reporters at the DOH Central Office with Dr. Carl Balita, Chairman at CEB Group of Companies, and President and CEO of Carl Balita Review Center. Herbosa underscored his proposal to augment the number of nurses through allowing nurses who […]