Science and Medicine
Department of Health (Philippines)
The Department of Health (DOH; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products. It is the government's over-all technical authority on health. It has its headquarters at the San Lazaro Compound, along Rizal Avenue in Manila. The current head of the department is Sec. Ted Herbosa. The health secretary is also a member of the Cabinet.
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See also
- ▸Decriminalization of sex work
- ▸Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur
- ▸1902 cholera outbreak of the Philippines
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