Lesson 2

• Spanish-colonial Period
• Hospital Del Santo Nombre de Jesus - first hospital in Cebu in 1565
• Sitio del Real Hospital Militar de Manila established in 1571
• San Juan de Dios treats the disabled, abandoned, and the poor
• San Lazaro Hospital provides care for lepers in Baclaran/Pasay
• Smallpox vaccine introduced in the 1800s
• Public health measures for beri-beri and cholera
• Philippine Revolution and American Colonial Period
• Bureau of Public Health organized
• More hospitals established, public health measures implemented to prevent disease spread, formal medical education introduced, and more medical benefits provided to Filipinos
• June 12, 1898
• Philippines Commonwealth and Establishment of the Republic
• Department of Health and Public Welfare established on May 31, 1939, under Manuel L. Quezon
• Expansion of health facilities and sanitation disrupted by World War II
• Increase in tuberculosis, malaria, and malnutrition cases during the Japanese War
• Establishment of the Department of Health
• Executive Order No. 94 on October 4, 1947, established the DOH supervising the Bureau of Health, Bureau of Quarantine, Bureau of Hospitals, and local health offices
• Rural Health Act of 1954 (Republic Act No. 1082) strengthened health and dental services in rural areas, converting prenatal hospitals to RHUs
• Executive Order No. 852 s 1983
• President Ferdinand Marcos transitioned DOH to Ministry of Health for effective coordination between national development and security operations
• Executive Order No. 119 s. 1987
• Reorganized the Ministry of Health after People’s Power, under President Corazon Aquino
• Republic Act No. 7160
• Local Government Code of 1991 gave LGUs authority over health services
• Republic Act No. 7875
• National Health Insurance Act of 1995 established a health insurance program for all Filipinos through the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
• Health Sector Reform Agenda (1999)
• Aims to improve healthcare delivery, regulation, and financing through systemic reforms in public health, hospital system, local health, health regulation, and health financing
• Executive Order No. 102 s 1999
• President Joseph Ejercito Estrada updated the functions of DOH on May 24, 1999
• Formula One for Health
• Administrative Order No. 2005-0023 implemented in 2005, focusing on Service Delivery, Health Care Financing, Health Governance, and Health Regulation to achieve National Objectives for Health and Millennium Development Goals
• Four pillars: Service Delivery, Health Care Financing, Health Governance, and Health Regulation