CHN WEEK 1 Flashcards
Franciscan FriarJuan Clemente opened medical dispensary in Intramuros for the indigent
1577
Dominican Father Juan de Pergero worked toward installing a water system in San Juan del Monte and Manila
1690
smallpox vaccination was introduced by Francisco de Balmis , the personal physician of King Charles IV of Spain
1805
first medicos titulares were appointed by the Spanish government
1876
2-year courses consisting of fundamental medical and dental subjects was first offered in the University of Santo Tomas. Graduated were known as “cirujanosministrantes” and serve as male nurses and sanitation inspectors
1888
United States Philippines Commission, through Act 157, created the Board of Health of the Philippine Islands with a Commissioner of the Public Health ,as its chief executive officer (now the Department of Health)
1901
created sanitary divisions made up of one to four municipalities. Each sanitary division had a president who had to be a physician
Fajardo Act of 1912
the Philippine General hospital began to extend public health nursing services in the homes of patients by organizing a unit called Social and Home Care services
1915
Lagota de Leche was the first center dedicated to the service of the mothers and babies
Asociacion Feminista Filipina (1905)
the Department of Health was reorganized into bureaus: quarantine, hospitals that took charge of the municipal and charity clinics and health with the sanitary divisions under it.
1947
Congress passed RA 1082 or the Rural Health Act that provided the creation of RHU in every municipality
1954
enacted in 1957 amend certain provisions in the Rural Health Act•Created 8 categories of rural health units corresponding to the population size of the municipalities
RA 1891
enacted in 1991, amended that devolution of basic health services including health services, to local government units and the establishment of a local health board in every province and city of municipality
RA 7160 (Local Government Code)
adopted during the world summit in September 2000
Millennium Development Goals
for health, 2005 and Universal Health Care in 2010 – agenda launched
in 1999
FOURmula One (F1)
aims to achieve the health system goals of better health outcomes, sustained health financing, and responsive health system that will provide equitable access to health care
Universal Health Care
LE
life expectancy
HALE
healthy life expectancy
LICs
low-income countries
DALYs
Disability Adjusted Life Years