Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, December 5 said she expects the Commission on Audit (COA) to finish its special audit on the government’s COVID-19 spending by June next year. Hontiveros said she sees no reason for the state auditing agency to further delay auditing the Department of Health...
Chong Hua Hospital (CHH) of Cebu City was recently recognized by the Department of Health (DOH) as one of the country’s top hospitals in the 2022 Hospital Star Awards. At the award ceremony held at JPark Island Resort and Waterpark in Lapu-Lapu City, CHH received the DOH’s Exemplary COVID-19...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) urged eligible Filipinos to get vaccinated and boosted during the "Bakunahang Bayan" vaccination drive that will start on Monday, Dec. 5, until Wednesday, Dec. 7. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that one of the ways to protect yourself against...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan has renewed calls for the Marcos administration to designate a permanent Department of Health (DOH) secretary. 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan Libanan, in a statement Sunday, Dec. 4 said that having a permanent DOH chief at the...
DOH The Department of Health logged 1,234 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, Dec. 3. Active infections nationwide were at 18,430, the DOH's Covid-19 tracker showed. The National Capital Region recorded the most cases in the recent 14 days with 4,616 infections, followed by Calabarzon with 1,989,...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday, Dec. 2 that Covid-19 vaccine wastage has reached 44 million. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) In a press conference, DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria...
The Department of Health (DOH) ensured on Friday, Dec. 2 that it will support and cooperate with the special audit of loans for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines. Covid-19 vaccines (MANILA BULLETIN) This was in relation to some documents that have not been provided by the agency during the time of...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin, a former Department of Health (DOH) secretary, believes that Covid-19 vaccines wastage in the country is actually worse than what's being reported. Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin In an interview over CNN's The Source on Thursday, Dec. 1, Garin floated...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- A total of 2,561 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been recorded in the Northern Mindanao region from the first detection in 1991, a Department of Health Region 10 (DOH-10) official confirmed on Thursday, Dec. 1. Dr. Wellaflor Brito, head of DOH-10 Infectious...
CEBU CITY -- More than 600 cases of human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) have been recorded in Central Visayas from January to September this year, data from the Department of Health-CV showed. Data showed that the province of Cebu has the most HIV/AIDS cases...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has vowed to further expand the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment hubs in the country. The goal of the DOH is to make HIV treatment services more accessible, said DOH-Prevention and Control Bureau Program Expert Roland Sardan in a webinar on...
Department of Health The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Nov. 30, said it will support the conduct of a special audit of loans for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines. The DOH issued the statement after the Commission on Audit (COA) said that the World Bank and Asian Development Bank are...
