
The Department of Health is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products. It is the government's over-all technical authority on health. It has its headquarters at the San Lazaro Compound, along Rizal Avenue in Manila.
This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on people who has been working or had worked at the Department of Health and its predecessors. Find more at the master project page, Philippines Portal.
Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare
- Sergio Osmeña | December 24, 1941 - August 1, 1944
Secretaries of Health and Public Welfare
- Basilio Pica Valdés | February 27, 1945 - April 1945
- José Corteza Locsín | June 29, 1945 - May 27, 1946
- Antonio Villarama | May 28, 1946 - October 4, 1947
Secretaries of Health
- Antonio Villarama | October 4, 1947 - December 31, 1949
- Juan Salcedo Jr. | December 14, 1950 - May 1954
- Paulino Garcia | June 1954 - July 15, 1958
- Elpidio Valencia | July 15, 1958 - December 30, 1961
- Francisco Quimson Duque, Jr. | December 30, 1961 - July 22, 1963
- Floro Dabu | July 23, 1963 - March 6, 1964
- Rodolfo Tajanlangit Caños | May 1, 1964 - June 20, 1964
- Manuel A. Cuenco | December 13, 1964 - December 30, 1965
- Paulino Garcia | December 30, 1965 - August 2, 1968
- Amadeo Cruz | August 2, 1968 - December 25, 1971
- Clemente Gatmaitan | December 25, 1971 - June 30, 1978
Ministers of Health
- Clemente Gatmaitan | June 30, 1978 - July 23, 1979
- Enrique Manjarres Garcia | July 24, 1979 - June 30, 1981
- Dr. Jesus Cruz Azurin | July 25, 1981 - February 25, 1986
- Alfredo Bengzon | March 25, 1986 - January 30, 1987
Secretaries of Health
- Alfredo Bengzon | January 30, 1987 - February 7, 1992
- Antonio Periquet | February 10, 1992 - June 30, 1992
- Juan Martin Flavier | July 1, 1992 - January 30, 1995
- Jaime Galvez Tan | January 30, 1995 - July 5, 1995
- Hilarion Ramiro Jr. | July 10, 1995 - March 22, 1996
- Carmencita Noriega Reodica | April 8, 1996 - June 29, 1998
- Felipe Estrella Jr. | June 30, 1998 - September 13, 1998
- Alberto Romualdez Jr. | September 14, 1998 - January 20, 2001
- Manuel Dayrit | January 20, 2001 - June 1, 2005
- Francisco Duque III | June 1, 2005 - September 1, 2009
- Esperanza Cabral | September 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
- Enrique Tangonan Ona Jr. | June 30, 2010 - December 19, 2014
- Janette Garin | February 17, 2015 - June 30, 2016
- Paulyn Ubial (ad interim) | June 30, 2016 - October 10, 2017
- Herminigildo Villon Valle (acting) | October 12, 2017 - October 25, 2017
- Francisco Duque III | October 26, 2017 - June 30, 2022
- Maria Rosario Vergeire (officer-in-charge) | July 14, 2022 - June 5, 2023
- Teodoro Herbosa | June 5, 2023 - Present
Resources
- "Department of Health (Philippines)" Wikipedia.
- "Secretary of Health (Philippines)" Wikipedia.
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