{"id":115450,"date":"2017-09-01T07:47:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T11:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=115450"},"modified":"2017-09-01T07:47:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T11:47:50","slug":"doh-holds-dialogue-with-patients-csos-in-mindanao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/01\/doh-holds-dialogue-with-patients-csos-in-mindanao\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH holds dialogue with patients, CSOs in Mindanao"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111980\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Seal_of_the_Department_of_Health_of_the_Philippines.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111980\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Seal_of_the_Department_of_Health_of_the_Philippines.png\" alt=\"FILE: Seal of Department of Health (DOH) (Photo by Department of Health - Official Site of the DOH, Public Domain)\" width=\"752\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Seal_of_the_Department_of_Health_of_the_Philippines.png 752w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Seal_of_the_Department_of_Health_of_the_Philippines-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Seal_of_the_Department_of_Health_of_the_Philippines-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Seal of Department of Health (DOH) (Photo by Department of Health &#8211; Official Site of the DOH, Public Domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Dr. Paulyn Ubial recently held a dialogue with patients\u2019 groups and civil society organizations (CSOs) based in Mindanao in an effort to strengthen their line of communication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 4th Policy Dialogue on Universal Health Care and Access to Medicines in Davao City is part of the continuing efforts of the Department of Health to listen to the concerns of patients, as well as to create and strengthen enabling partnerships with patient groups and civil society toward increasing access to health care services and medicines,\u201d the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis mechanism serves as the platform for patients\u2019 views on DOH policies and programs, particularly on improving access to medicines, (so they would) be heard by policy makers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSecretary\u2019s Hour\u201d, the highlight of the event, enabled the patients to speak directly with Ubial regarding their health concerns and suggest ways to help the government better address their needs.<\/p>\n<p>The dialogue likewise enabled the DOH to inform the patients about its programs, especially the Medicines Access Programs that aim to reach those who are in need of health care services but are unable to access them due to various reasons, such as poverty, the department stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the DOH, it would also enlighten patients on President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s directives on reducing the prices of medicines, increasing their availability, and promoting the use of generic drugs in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Policy Dialogue on Universal Health Care and Access to Medicines, held quarterly by the DOH, recognizes that patients are key partners of the government in fulfilling the Philippine Health Agenda to achieve Universal Health Coverage, the DOH stated.\u00a0<strong><em>(DOH PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Dr. Paulyn Ubial recently held a dialogue with patients\u2019 groups and civil society organizations &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2401],"class_list":["post-115450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-doh","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}