DOH MILESTONES!

1898

Department of Public Works, Educations, and Hygiene

Board of Health for the City of Manila

1898

Before 1898 Hospital system with 13 hospitals

Central Board of Vaccination & Board of Health and Charity Medicos Titulares

1899

Abolishment of Board of Health

Registration of births, deaths, and marriages

1901

Insular Board of Health

Provincial and municipal health boards

1905

Abolishment of the Insular Board of Health

Establishment of the Bureau of Health

1906

District health officers, instead of provincial health boards

1912

Fajardo Act

Consolidated municipalities into sanitary divisions

1915

Bureau of Health renamed and became Philippine Health Service

1932

Office of the Commissioner of the Health and Public Welfare

1941

Formalized the Department of Health and Public Welfare

1947

Reorganization and renaming of the Department of Health and Public Welfare into Department of Health

1950

Second Reorganization of the Department

1969

Decentralization of health service

Creation of eight regional health offices

1969

Philippine Medical Care Act of 1969

1970

Restructured Health Care Service Delivery; Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Levels

1972

Renamed into Ministry of Health

Additional four regional health offices

1982

Creation of the Integrated Provincial Health Office and Health Education and Manpower Development Service

1986-1987

Renamed back to Department of Health

Additional three regional offices (NCR, CAR, & ARMM) National Health Facilities

1991-1993

Office of Health Facilities, Standards, and Regulations

Intensified Programs: Doctors to the Barrios, National Micronutrient Campaign, & “Let’s DOH it!”

1999

Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA)of the Philippines 1999-2004

National Objectives for Health 1999-2004

2000

HRSA as the major framework for health policies and investments

2001

Guidelines on the HRSA implementation plan with 13 convergence sites

2003

One-Script Systems Improvement Program

68 DOH-retained hospitals provided with fiscal autonom

2005

FOURmula ONE for Health (F1)

As blueprint of reform

2006

National and International Recognitions

From the presidential Anti-Graft Commission and Guinness World Records Limited

2007

One-Stop shop licensure system for hospitals

Sector-Wide Development Approach for Health

2008

Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health and Nutrition Strategy (MNCHN)

Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008

2010

Universal Health Coverage as the new platform on health

2011

Framework on HealthSector Response to Terrorism

National Policy on Climate Change Adaption for the Health Sector

2012

Sin Tax Reform Law

Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health

2013

Food Safety Act

Malaria Elimination Hubs

2014

Graphic Health Warning Law

Service Delivery Networks for Kalusugang Pangkalahatan

2015

Universal Health Care High Impact Five (HI-5) Strategy for Hospitals

DOH Academy

2016

Philippine Health Agenda 2016-2022

“All for Health towards Health for All” Framework

2017

Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water of 2017

DOH Quitline