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Garin: Herbosa's DOH post will depend on CSC, DOJ 'input'
Acting Health Secretary Janette Garin says the health department has asked the civil service and justice agencies to clarify the status of the undersecretary
Janette Garin: DOH Acting Secretary or OIC?
Which one is her official designation? Even documents from the health department add to the confusion
Palace: Herbosa still health undersecretary
Malacañang says Health Undersecretary Ted Herbosa has returned to the health department and is awaiting further instructions from Acting Secretary Janette Garin
DOH shakeup, Binay 'unli-greed,' Ozone disco fire | The wRap
Acting health secretary Janet Garin is under fire for the agency’s revamp Senator Trillanes says Vice President Binay is in panic mode 18 years after the Ozone Disco fire owners and officials are sentenced to jail
Garin under fire over DOH 'revamp'
Health Undersecretary Ted Herbosa says he is considering legal action against Acting Secretary Janette Garin for trying to fire him
DOH introduces nat'l accreditation body for hospitals
The objective of the Hospital Accreditation Commission is to make hospital services in the Philippines more globally competitive through accreditation
Only 2 OFWs from Ebola-hit Sierra Leone being monitored
A health official reiterates the Philippines has the processes to control Ebola
Shortage? Doctors in PH 'enough' – Ona
Health Secretary Enrique Ona says the problem in the Philippines is maldistribution of doctors and the incentives given to them
Where are the health workers?
While Filipinos go abroad to address the shortage on health professionals in those host countries only 3 public doctors for every 100 000 population back home
A year of sin tax: More work ahead
Even with an increase in excise taxes since the sin tax law was enacted the country s cigarette and tobacco prices are still among the lowest in the world
A year of sin tax: Too early to assess public health impact
Revenues however is giving the DOH its highest budget increase in history: a 58 from P53 billion in 2013 to approximately P84 billion in 2014
Late treatment for many PH typhoon victims - WHO
According to the World Health Organization WHO many people who suffered serious injuries when a super typhoon devastated the central Philippines have had to wait nearly a month for treatment
DOH: Yolanda damaged 432 health facilities
The health department needs at least 4 000 emergency delivery kits and iron supplementation for pregnant and post partum women
Burial of Yolanda casualties must wait – health official
Cadavers pose no public health concern says Health Undersecretary Ted Herbosa Survivors have to have closure by identifying their dead before burial
Mental health, infections main concerns in Tacloban City
Government and volunteer doctors have started getting reports of diarrhea cases too
'Quasi' Romualdez, champion of health reforms, dies
2nd UPDATE The former DOH secretary – who pushed for universal healthcare reproductive health and tobacco control – dies of heart attack October 18
Family planning makes good business sense
Benefits from awareness and knowledge about family planning increased the profitability of firms labor productivity and better quality of life of workers and families
Fighting cancer? Pass sin tax – DOH
The health department says the sin tax is an anti cancer tax
Cholera outbreak declared in Virac, Catanduanes
Health official says 748 Virac residents were confirmed to have contracted the bacteria that causes cholera in the past 6 months
