Department of Health(DOH)

hi i would like to request the following data

if possible to show the data on every province in CALABARZON

1. list of geriatricians or any doctors or nurses in the field of geriatrics in CALABARZON
2. list of the prevalence of age related diseases among senior citizens in both CALABARZON
3. List of medical schools that offer geriatric programs in CALABARZON
4. List of caregivers in CALABARZON

Dear eFOI user, 
Thank you for your request yesterday, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
We have received your request on Geriatric Data, February 20, 2025. We will respond and process your request on or before March 12, 2025, in compliance with the Executive Order’s implementing rules and regulations.
Please be informed that we have endorsed your request for item number 2 to the CALABARZON Center for Health Development (CHD) for action. We'll send you feedback once available.
For item 1, you may visit the Human Resource for Health (HRH) Statistics through PowerBI (http://tinyurl.com/HRHPHStat) for reference. This dashboard contains information on the number of health workers and their areas of practice from years 2016 to 2023. Please feel free to utilize this resource at your convenience. Please be advised that we do not have data specific on Geriatric doctors and suggest that you coordinate with the Philippine Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology  https://philsocgeria.com/ for this information.  
For item 3 on the List of medical schools that offer geriatric programs in CALABARZON, we also do not have custody of this information and we suggest that you coordinate with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for this information.  Finally for item 4 on the list of caregivers, you may coordinate directly with TESDA at https://www.tesda.gov.ph/
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-023089372195.
Further, please be advised that this is a public site, and any information shared in this conversation thread will be visible to the public. Therefore, we kindly request that you refrain from disclosing any sensitive personal information or data in this thread.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Officer
Department of Health 

Good afternoon!

Regarding the link that you sent for number 1, the HRI statistics through PowerBI is not working, and i was hoping to get another one that works. 

thankyou so much

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 Geriatric Data, dated Feb. 19, 2025. 
While our primary objective is to provide information whenever possible, please be informed that while we have available data on the number of physicians in our region, we do not have specific data on subspecialties, including geriatric physicians. Regrettably, we also do not have an available record on the list of caregivers in the region.  
With this, may we recommend that the researcher(s) contact organizations for physicians and subspecialties, such as the following:  
Philippine Society of Geriatric Medicine (PSGM) 
Philippine Academy of Family Physicians Philippine Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology 
Philippine Geriatric Medicine Philippine College of Geriatric Medicine  
The National Database of Human Resources for Health Information System (NDHRHIS) of the Department of Health - Health Human Resource Development Bureau (DOH-HHRDB) may also be used as a general reference. It can be accessed using this link: https://ndhrhis.doh.gov.ph/. This database contains information about the distribution of human resources for health (HRH), specifically the following professions – doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, medical technologists, nutritionist-dietitians, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, radiologic technologists, and x-ray technologists.  As to the medical schools that offer geriatric programs in CALABARZON, we recommend that the researcher(s) reach out to the Commission on Higher Education  (CHED), as this is the government office responsible for such specific educational institutions.  Kindly accomplish the FOI Request Feedback form at the link: https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm  
For additional support, we encourage you to consult the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.
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Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Receiving Officer
Department of Health