PHILIPPINE DOH - THE DEPARTMENT OF
Promote the health & nutrition of families &
HEALTH
VISION:
“Health for all Filipinos”
MISSION:
Ensure accessibility & quality of health care to improve
the quality of life of all Filipinos, especially the poor.
DOH HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Kagawaran ng Kalusugan
 responsible for ensuring access to basic public
health services by all Filipinos through the
provision of quality health care and the
regulation of all health services and products.
 It is the government's over-all technical
authority on health.
 Secretary of Health Francisco Duque
NATIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Improve the general health status of the
population (↓infant mortality rate, ↓ child
mortality rate, ↓ maternal mortality rate, ↓ total
fertility rate, ↑ life expectancy & the quality of
life years).
2. ↓ morbidity, mortality, disability &  Increasing investment for Primary Health
complications from Diarrheas, Pneumonias,
Tuberculosis, Dengue, Intestinal Parasitism,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Hepatitis B,
Accident & Injuries, Dental Caries &
Periodontal Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases,
Cancer, Diabetes, Asthma & Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Nephritis &
Chronic Kidney Diseases, Mental Disorders,
Protein Energy Malnutrition, Iron Deficiency
Anemia & Obesity.
3. Eliminate the ff. diseases as public health
problems: Schistosomiasis, Malaria, Filariasis,
Leprosy, Rabies, Measles, Tetanus, Diphtheria
& Pertussis, and Vitamin A Deficiency & Iodine
Deficiency Disorders.
4. Eradicate Poliomyelitis
5. Promote healthy lifestyle through healthy diet &
nutrition, physical activity & fitness, personal
hygiene, mental health & less stressful life &
prevent violent & risk-taking behaviors.
6.
special populations through child, adolescent &
youth, adult health, women’s health, health of
older persons, health of indigenous people,
health of migrant workers and health of different
disabled persons and of the rural & urban poor.
7. Promote environmental health and sustainable
development through the promotion and
maintenance of healthy homes, schools,
workplaces, establishments and communities’
towns and cities.
BASIC PRINCIPLES TO ACHIEVE
IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH
 Universal access to basic health services must
be ensured.
 The health and nutrition of vulnerable groups
must be prioritized.
 The epidemiological shift from infection to
degenerative diseases must be managed.
 The performance of the health sector must be
enhanced.
PRIMARY STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE GOALS
Care.
 Development of national standards and
objectives for health.
 Assurance of health care.
 Support to the local system development.
 Support for frontline health workers.
DEVOLUTION OF HEALTH SERVICES
DEVOLUTION
 The transfer or delegation of power to a
lower level, especially by central
government to local or regional
administration.
 Synonyms: decentralization, delegation,
dispersal, distribution, transfer, surrender,
relinquishment.
 "the devolution of power to the regions".