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The Ofcial News Bulletin of the Center for Health Development IV-B (MIMAROPA)
Usec. Herbosa Director Balboa Former Mayor Adier
Posing the challenge of making the “bigger dent” in health status in the country,
Undersecretary Teodoro Herbosa pushed for clearer engagement and greater teamwork
among key players in the health system through converting and utilizing data into droplets
of wisdom in the 1st Luzon Zonal Meeting in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, April 27.
Undersecretary Herbosa, whose experiece is heavily exposed to the development of trauma system
and emergency training in the Philippines, emphasized the development of data into knowledge
products towards the fulllment of the Universal Health Care.
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“Love your doctors!”
This was emphasized by former Aborlan Mayor Celsa Adier and executive assistant of Palawan
Governor Abraham Kahlil Mitra as she graced the opening ceremonies in front of approximately
100 chiefs of hospital, bureau directors, regional directors and assistant regional directors. Ms.
Adier shared nuggets of experiences in the communities of Palawan on how local government units
and communities treat doctors as modern-day local heroes.
On the other hand, relating the list of scheduled discussions on health emergency management and
disaster risk response, Director Gloria J. Balboa of Center for Health Development IVB asserted
pride in Palawan as the safest place in the country in terms of disaster.
Present also in the Luzon Zonal Meeting were DOH stalwarts Assistant Secretaries Paulyn Jean
Ubial, Elmer Punzalan and Enrique Tayag, who also presented the topic on enhancing surveillance
for new direction.
The event was also attended by parties headed by Director Valeriano Lopez of Ilocos Region,
Director Tita Callueng of Cagayan Valley Region, Dr. Edna Abcede of Central Luzon, Director
Juanito Taleon of CALABARZON, Dr. Virgilio Ludovice of Bicol Region, Director Myrna
Cabotaje of Cordillera Administrative Region, Director Irma Asuncion of the National Capital
Region, Visayas Zonal Coordinator Director Susana Madarieta of Central Visayas, Mindanao Zonal
Coordinator Director Teogenes Baluma of Davao and different health sector partners.
The event was hosted by the Health Service Delivery Cluster staff and Region IV-B MIMAROPA.
TurningData into‘Gold’
CHD IV-B (MIMAROPA)
hosts 1st Luzon Zonal Meeting
A p r i l 2 8 ,
2 0 1 1 * P u e r t o P r i n c e s a C i t y ,
P a l a w a n
Isla MIMAROPA The 1st Luzon Zonal Meeting Edition
“Kalusugan sa mga Isla, Kayamanan ng MIMAROPA”
April 28, 2011 * Puerto Princesa City, Palawan
Merging wit, plans, program updates and cultural entertainment, the delegates of the 1st
Luzon Zonal Meeting brought together health agenda, concerns and creativity into one total
package as it culminates the rst day of dialogues with info-tainment value.
Assistant Secretary Enrique Tayag started off with the updates on event-based surveillance and
response. As highlighted by Dr. Tayag, such surveillance “complements indicator-based surveillance
which are both systems are essential components of a single national surveillance system so as to
provide input or valuable feedback to policy makers which may be useful for policy development,
program redirection or changes in treatment protocols.”
On the other hand, Director Eduardo Janairo of the National Center for Disease prevention and
Control proposed the transformation of program managers to outcome managers and from program
coordinators to program experts and convenors in order to lead and synchronize efforts in disease
prevention and control towards healthy families and communities.
In order to drive DOH into a peak performing organization and to realize the fulllment of its
reknowned directions, Dr. Janet Fandino consulted the delegates to engage in their study to set the
culture of competencies where DOH employees are learning, growing and working together and
ultimately, institutionalizing an HRMD system that shall be directed towards achieving the quality of
life, productivity, human resources for health satisfaction and development and readiness to change.
Acknowledging that the Provincial Investment Plan for Health gave an impetus towards rapid
improvements in local government units’ planning process for health, Director Lilibeth David of
the Bureau of Local Health Assistance and Development urged delegates to address the weak areas
of the current process specically on improveming efciency and quality of the PIPH by reducing
performance disparity.
Meanwhile Dr. Cecile Gatan-Magturo worked on addressing the gaps in response to climate change by
recognizing health as the “bottom line,’ identifying the health sector as a priority for adaptation support
from global to local levels and promoting health as a central criteria for supporting mitigation policies.
Dr. Manuel Ponce followed suit and provided the avenue for the delegates to discuss critical issues on
the policy issuances of DOH.
Lastly, Mayor Edward Hagedorn entertained the delegates with a cultural presentation and the journey
of Puerto Princesa to where it is now - a premier local government unit advocating environmental
preservation and protection at its helm.
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Info-taining:Plans andCreativitycombined
The ISLA MiMaRoPa serves
as a communicaon tool
for the region in response
to the call for an eecve,
ecient and equitable health
system through responsible
informaon disseminaon.
Luzon Zonal Meeting’s
frst day ends in a
cultural blast; Mayor
Edward Hagedorn
charms the night out
with Palawan’s Climate
Change adaptation