Department of Health (Philippines)

Department of Health
Kagawaran ng Kalusugan
The DOH seal

Department of Health Central Office
Department overview
FormedSeptember 10, 1898; 126 years ago (1898-09-10)
HeadquartersSan Lazaro Compound, Rizal Avenue, Santa Cruz, Manila
14°36′55.95″N 120°58′54.99″E / 14.6155417°N 120.9819417°E / 14.6155417; 120.9819417
MottoFloreat Salubritas Populi ("Promotion of Health for the People")
Annual budget₱296.3 billion (2023) Increase[1]
Department executives
Websitedoh.gov.ph

The Department of Health (DOH; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) 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.[2] It has its headquarters at the San Lazaro Compound, along Rizal Avenue in Manila.

The current head of the department is Sec. Ted Herbosa. The health secretary is also a member of the Cabinet.

  1. ^ "People's Proposed Budget 2023" (PDF). Department of Budget and Management. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "DOH Profile". Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.