Former Department of Health (DOH) secretary-turned-congresswoman Janette Garin has frowned over the P4.2-billion budget cut in the health agency's communicable disease prevention allocation for 2023. Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The funds were...
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has signed on to support the government’s intensified booster vaccination drive program and is the health department’s largest private sector partner to date. In a statement, SMC said it is throwing its full support behind government's...
A ranking lady solon in the House of Representatives has vowed to take up the cudgels for cancer vicitms in the Philippines amid efforts to restore the P500-million line item appropriation for cancer patients in the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. Bagong Henerasyon Party-list...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The term "fully vaccinated" against Covid-19 still applies to those who got the two-dose primary series of vaccination, the Department of Health (DOH) said on...
The optional wearing of face masks in indoor spaces or areas is still not recommended at this point in time, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The easing of restrictions related to Covid-19 pandemic should be done gradually, said DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire....
House members' deliberation on the proposed 2023 budget of the Department of Health (DOH) reached a "record" 10 hours and two minutes, making it the longest budget briefing in the ongoing budget process in the lower chamber. The DOH contingent at the House Appropriations Committee budget briefing...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) says it has identified a potential source of funds for the P1-billion special risk allowance (SRA) of local health care workers (HCWs), which had been requested by the Department of Health (DOH). (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) During the DOH's budget hearing...
Over 20 million Covid-19 vaccines in the country have expired, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed to congressmen Monday, Sept. 12 during the agency's budget hearing. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Screenshot from Zoom) Leading the DOH contingent to House Committee on...
The Philippines ranks "among the lowest 10" in the world when it comes to immunizing children against infectious diseases, with over one million kids unvaccinated, according to Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) Vergeire...
The Department of Health (DOH) expects to begin purchase of new generation Covid-19 vaccines early next year. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed by DOH Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire during the House Committee on Appropriations' deliberation on...
Twenty-seven thousand individuals. (Danie Franco/ Unsplash) That's how many Filipinos are expected to be affected by the reduction in the assistance funds allocated for indigent patients to Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporation (GOCC) hospitals. During the House Committee on Appropriations'...
Amid the recommendation to make mask wearing optional outdoors, the Department of Health (DOH) bared that its position is to retain the mandatory use of face masks. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this was their stance during the recent meeting of the members of the...
