Universal Health (History of DOH)

Question 1

DOH History
1. Before 1898

Answer 1

-During the pre-Spanish period, traditional ways of healing (i.e., herbs and rituals) were widely used.
-Public health services in the Philippines began in 1577 when a Franciscan friar, Fr. Juan Clemente, established a dispensary for Manila indigents.
-In 1659, the dispensary became the San Juan de Dios Hospital.

Question 2

DOH History
2. June 23, 1898

Answer 2

-Creation of E. Aguinaldo government of Department of Public Works, Education & Hygiene

Question 3

DOH History
3. September 29, 1898

Answer 3

-Gen. order no. 15 established the Board of Health for the city of Manila

Question 4

DOH History
4. August 26, 1899

Answer 4

-the Board of Health was abolished while Dr. Guy Edie was appointed as the first Commissioner of Health. Registration of births, deaths, and marriages began during this time.

Question 5

DOH History
5. July 1, 1901

Answer 5

Act no. 157: Board of Health of Philippine Islands
-AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Question 6

DOH History
6. October 26, 1905

Answer 6

Act no. 1407: establishment of Bureau of Health. Dr. Victor Heiser was the first director.

Question 7

DOH History
7. 1912

Answer 7

Act no. 2156 (Fajardo Act): health fund for travel and salaries

Question 8

DOH History
8. 1915

Answer 8

Act no. 2568: from BOH to Philippine Health Service “ semi-military system of public health administration”. Dr. Vicente de Jesus was the first Filipino director.

Question 9

9. 1932

Answer 9

Act no. 4007: Reorganization Act of 1932 created the Office of the Commissioner of Health and Public Welfare with Dr. Basilio J. Valdez as its first Commissioner.

Question 10

10. 1941

Answer 10

-On January 7, 1941, the Executive Order No. 317 formalized the Department of Public Health and Welfare with Dr. Jose Fabella as its first Department Secretary.
-The Department included the following: Bureau of Quarantine; health department of chartered cities; provincial, city, and municipal hospitals; dispensaries and clinics; public markets and slaughter houses; health resorts; and all charitable agencies.

Question 11

11. October 4, 1947

Answer 11

• E.O. no. 94: post war reorganizaton of the Department of Health & Public Welfare
• resulted in the split of Department of Public Welfare (w/c became Social Welfare Administration) and Philippine General Hospital to the Office of the President

Question 12

11. October 4, 1947 (cont….)

Answer 12

• another split between curative (Bureau of Hospitals ) & preventive services (Bureau of Health)
• Nursing Service Division was also established

Question 13

12. January 1, 1951

Answer 13

• conversion of Sanitary District to Rural Health Unit, carrying the ff. services:
  *maternal & child health
  *environmental health
  *communicable disease control
  *vital statistics
  *medical care
  *health education
  *public health nursing

Question 14

12. January 1, 1951 (cont…)

Answer 14

• resulted in passage of Rural Health Act of 1954 (RA 1082)

Question 15

13. 1970

Answer 15

• conceptualization of the Restructured Health Care Delivery System (primary, secondary & tertiary levels of care)

Question 16

14. June 2, 1978

Answer 16

• P.D. 1937 renamed DOH to Ministry of Health during the Martial Law
• Sec. Gatmaitan was the 1st minister of health

Question 17

15. December 2. 1982

Answer 17

• E.O. 851 reorganized Ministry of Health as an integrated health care delivery system through the creation of Integrated Provincial Health Office, combining the public health and hospital operations under the PHOs

Question 18

16. April 13, 1987

Answer 18

• E.O. no. 119: MOH was back in the name Department of Health by Cory Aquino

Question 19

17. 1991-1993

Answer 19

-The Republic Act 7160 or Local Government Code of 1991 was fully implemented. The Office for Special Concerns was formed from the branching out of the Office of Public Health Services. The Office of Hospital Facilities, Standards and Regulation was created from the merging of two big offices.

Question 20

17. 1991-1993

Answer 20

-Health projects were intensified. Among these projects are National Micronutrient Campaign, Disaster Management, Urban Health and Nutrition Project, Traditional Medicine, Doctors to the Barrios Program, and “Let’s DOH It”!

Question 21

18. May 24, 1999

Answer 21

• E.O. 102 “Redirecting the Functions & Operations of the DOH” by J. Estrada

Question 22

19. 1999-2004

Answer 22

• Development of the Health Sector Reform Agenda

Question 23

20. 2008

Answer 23

-The Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health and Nutrition Strategy (MNCHN) was pursued to address maternal and neonatal mortality. Republic Act No. 9502 or the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 made quality medicines more accessible to every Filipino.

Question 24

20. 2010

Answer 24

-With the appointment of Dr. Enrique T. Ona as the new Health Secretary came a new platform on health – the Universal Health Care (UHC).
-This reform agenda aims to make essential health services, necessities, and quality health care available and accessible to all Filipinos. “PhilHealth Sabado,” as one of the initiatives to achieving UHC, was launched on October 2 of this year.

Question 25

21. 2018

Answer 25

– RA 11223 “Universal Health Care Act” an act instituting health care for all Filipinos, prescribing reforms in the health care system and appropriating funds therefore