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Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo courtesy of DOH) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday emphasized the importance of a holistic approach and interagency collaboration in the elimination of tuberculosis (TB) nationwide. "Tuberculosis is not only an issue for the Department of Health, but an issue that involves different sectors of our government," DOH officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said during the 7th National Coordinating Committee for Tuberculosis 2023. There is a need to generate political...

VIRUSES are meant to mutate and thus, the general population and more importantly the health workers, need to be constantly protected from outbreaks through vaccination. Aside from the basic wearing of face masks in enclosed areas, vaccination remains the primary protection from the spread of Covid-19, especially now that face-to-face…

Office of the Ombudsman The criminal complaint for graft and malversation, aside from an administrative charge, filed before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against several incumbent and former officials of the Department of Health (DOH) has been amended to include Officer-in-Charge Dr. Mari

Department of Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire (PNA file photo by Yancy Lim) MANILA-The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday assured the public all the processes entailed in its programs for cancer patients needing assistance are implemented with transparency. This, after Dr. Clarito Cairo Jr., DOH Disease Prevention and Control Bureau cancer control division program manager, disclosed that senior health officials allegedly conspired over the multimillion fund for the cancer program. "Everything was done in a transparent manner, hindi lamang po ang Kagawaran ng Kalusugan a...

(Screengrab from PTV) MANILA - Smoking increases a person's risk of having coronary heart disease and sudden death, health experts said Friday. "Smoking associated with two to four-fold increase in the risk of coronary heart disease, a greater than 70 percent excess rate of death from coronary heart disease and an elevated risk of sudden death," Department of Health Disease Prevention and Control Bureau lead Dr. Maria Rosario Sylvia Uy said in a media forum. The latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of d...