Download the policy issuance: A.O. No. 2025-0014 dated August 11, 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IVYhqEWLwoCVcDscTcnEsvF8aB2ROy2M/view?usp=sharing
Signed and approved by the Secretary of Health, Dr. Teodoro Herbosa. The policy specifically aims to establish its guiding principles; standardize use of terms across all DOH offices, attached agencies, and other stakeholders; and define roles and responsibilities of these offices in implementing the policy. Includes as annex to the issuance a copy of "Standards on Disability Categorization in the Philippines."
Did not originate from the HFDB: Address further inquiries about this issuance to the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau.