Department of Health(DOH)

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request made on Oct. 20, 2024, under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

We have received your request on Health-related cases among provinces in the Philippines. We will respond and process your request on or before Nov. 10, 2024, in compliance with the Executive Order’s implementing rules and regulations.

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to Epidemiology Bureau (EB) for action. We'll send you feedback once available.

For item 3 on malnourished individuals, please be informed that DOH does not have custody of this information and coordinate with the National Nutrition Council (NNC) at http://nnc.gov.ph

For item 6, kindly visit the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) website at https://hfsrb.doh.gov.ph/list-of-licensed-health-facilities/ for the list of DOH-licensed health facilities

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-140841688571.

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

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated Oct. 20, 2024, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You have requested the Health related cases among provinces in the Philippines.

I am pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved. For item no. 1 in the data request, unfortunately, we are unable to provide provincial disaggregation. Instead we have attached the link to the HIV & AIDS Surveillance of the Philippines (HASP) Report where the requester can find the number of diagnosed HIV cases per region for 2023.This can be found in Table 1 (page 3) of the report.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DOo4eEzBnoamfdzt8Bmj78b8kRNEQqjz/view

Visit the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) website at https://hfsrb.doh.gov.ph/list-of-licensed-health-facilities/ for the DOH licensed health facilities.

On your requests for data on number of malnourished people, smokers and drinkers, we ask that you coordinate with the National Nutrition Council (NNC) and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for this information respectively.

Kindly accomplish the FOI Feedback form at the link

https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm

Your right to request a review

If you are dissatisfied with our response to your FOl request, you have the option to request an internal review. To initiate this process, kindly submit your written appeal for review addressed to the Central Appeals and Review Committee (CARC) at [email protected]. Please provide a detailed explanation of your dissatisfaction with our response within 15 calendar days from the date of receiving this response. We will conduct the review and communicate the outcome within 30 calendar days from the receipt of your review request. Should you remain unsatisfied with the review outcome, you retain the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Foi Receiving Officer

FOI Officer

Department of Health

140841688571_HARP-Report-Oct-Dec-2023 - FOI Receiving Officer - [email protected]