Department of Health(DOH)

Hi! I would like to request for information regarding:

●The number of high-income cancer patients in the Philippines
●Statistics on the number of cancer patients based on socio-economic status in the Philippines
●Number of international patients traveling to the Philippines for cancer-related therapies or treatments

Dear eFOI user, 
Thank you for your request made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
We have received your request on CANCER PATIENTS. We will respond and process your request on or before March 13, 2025, in compliance with the Executive Order’s implementing rules and regulations.
Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to the following DOH Offices for action. 
EPIDEMIOLOGY BUREAU
DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL BUREAU
We'll send you feedback once available.
Should you have any questions regarding this request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal for request with ticket number #DOH-934788661256.
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Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Officer
Department of Health 

Dear eFOI user,
Mabuhay!
Thank you for utilizing the eFOI portal (www.foi.gov.ph) and exercising your right to information under Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016 on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
We have received your request on CANCER PATIENTS, dated Feb. 20, 2025.
We regret to inform you that your request is not available in the Field Health Services Information System (FHSIS). All data being collected by the FHSIS can be found on the DOH website: https://doh.gov.ph/data/publications/ (Publications > Health Report & Statistics) or at this link https://bit.ly/FHSISPHSannualreports. Additionally, the FHSIS report captures data from public primary care facilities and the morbidity data is based on 42 pre-selected diseases (https://bit.ly/2023FHSISmorbidity).
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Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Officer
Department of Health