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WORLD HEALTH DAY, celebrated every April 7, marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization. The 2026 WHD celebration launches a year-long campaign under the theme "Together for health. Stand with science." Visit the WHO's 2026 WHD campaign site.
Department Circular No. 2026-0135
Department Circular No. 2026-0135
Dissemination of the DOH Gender and Development (GAD) Accomplishment Report FY 2025
Dissemination of the DOH Gender and Development (GAD) Accomplishment Report FY 2025
Download the issuance: DC No. 2026-0135 dated March 30, 2026
Download the Report: tinyurl.com/DOH2025GADAR
By authority of the Secretary of Health, signed and issued by Atty. Brigida H. Romualdez-Aquino, Undersecretary of Health, addressed to all DOH executives, central and regional directors, and chiefs of DOH hospitals, treatment and rehabilitation centers, encloses an infographic containing highlights of the DOH GAD Accomplishment Report FY 2025, and includes a link to download a signed copy of the full report as guidance for improving and sustaining GAD mainstreaming in the DOH offices and operating units.
This issuance did not originate from DOH HFDB: Address further inquiries about this issuance to the DOH Gender and Development Focal Point System (GFPS) Secretariat under the Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau.
The DOH HFDB is a member of the DOH GFPS Technical Working Group, and through the Bureau's policy and program development initiatives, it facilitates GAD mainstreaming in health facilities.
See also:
R.A. No. 9710 (Magna Carta of Women)
DPO No. 2025-9252 (Constitution of the DOH GFPS TWG)
GAD Section on the DOH HFDB Google Site (Link to Section: bit.ly/hfdb-gad)
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HEALTH CAMPAIGNS
HEALTH CAMPAIGNS
PUBLIC ADVISORIES
PUBLIC ADVISORIES
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER YEAR (IVY) FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2026, enjoining government agencies to actively participate in the observance. Read DM No. 2026-0150 for more info.
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 87, SERIES OF 2025, dated July 11, 2025, "Directing All Government Agencies and Instrumentalities, and Encouraging Local Government Units and the Private Sector, to Promote Awareness of the Philippines as a Maritime and Archipelagic Nation." (Read from the Official Gazette)
IMAGE CREDIT: Official Gazette of the Philippines Facebook Page
IMAGE CREDIT: Official Gazette of the Philippines Facebook Page
Electronic Freedom of Information (eFOI)
All external clients of DOH Central Office bureaus and services, Centers for Health Development, DOH hospitals and treatment and rehabilitation center shall be required to fill out the FOI Standard Request Form at bit.ly/StandardFOIForm.
For details, read DM No. 2026-0157, "Utilization of the Online DOH Freedom of Information (FOI) Standard Request Form for Walk-in and Email Clients" dated February 20, 2026.
All external clients of DOH Central Office bureaus and services, Centers for Health Development, DOH hospitals and treatment and rehabilitation center shall be required to fill out the FOI Standard Request Form at bit.ly/StandardFOIForm.
For details, read DM No. 2026-0157, "Utilization of the Online DOH Freedom of Information (FOI) Standard Request Form for Walk-in and Email Clients" dated February 20, 2026.
HFOB Sumbungan Portal
Bukas at handa na ang Health Facilities Oversight Board Sumbungan Portal. Bisitahin ang portal upang maghain, magsumite, at bantayan ang status ng inyong mga hinaing kaugnay ng Republic Act No. 10932 o ang Anti-Hospital Deposit Law.
I-scan ang QR Code o pumunta lamang sa hfob.doh.gov.ph
Bukas at handa na ang Health Facilities Oversight Board Sumbungan Portal. Bisitahin ang portal upang maghain, magsumite, at bantayan ang status ng inyong mga hinaing kaugnay ng Republic Act No. 10932 o ang Anti-Hospital Deposit Law.
I-scan ang QR Code o pumunta lamang sa hfob.doh.gov.ph
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