History Of Public Health And Public Health Nursing In The Philippines Flashcards
o Franciscan FriarJuan Clemente opened medical dispensary in Intramuros for the indigent
1577
o Dominican Father Juan de Pergero worked toward installing a water system in San Juan del Monte and Manila
1690
o Smallpox vaccination was introduced by Francisco de Balmis , the personal physician of King Charles IV of Spain
• 1805
o First medicos titulares were appointed by the Spanish government
1876
o 2-year courses consisting of fundamental medical and dental subjects was first offered in the University of Santo Tomas. Graduated were known as “cirujanos ministrantes” and serve as male nurses and sanitation inspectors
• 1888
o United States Philippines Commission, through _, 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
Act 157
o 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
o 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
o Lagota de Leche was the first center dedicated to the service of the mothers and babies
Asociacion Feminista Filipina (1905)
o 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
o Congress passed _ or the Rural Health Act that provided the creation of RHU in every municipality
• 1954
RA 1082
o Enacted in 1957 amended certain provisions in the Rural Health Act
▪ Created 8 categories of rural health units corresponding to the population size of the municipalities
• RA 1891
o 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)
o Adopted during the world summit in September 2000
• Millennium Development Goals
• FOURmula One (F1) for health, _ and Universal Health Care in _ agenda launched in 1999
2005
2010
