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New Health chief convenes 'Council of Experts' for Universal Health Care implementation

Health Secretary Jose Pujalte Jr. convenes the Department of Health's 'Council of Experts' composed of former Health secretaries to advise him on how Universal Health Care should be implemented under his administration. The experts are composed of Jaime Galvez-Tan, Carmencita Reodica, Manuel Dayrit, Esperanza Cabral, and Janet Garin.

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Transcript
00:00The DOH is to focus on policies that are implementable and readily felt within the next two years.
00:10And we want to prioritize the following, continue expanding zero-balance billing,
00:18revisit primary health care registration,
00:23to address fraud on implementation of field health case rates, for example, in YACA.
00:34Monitoring of service quality, complementation with HVET programs, among others.
00:44So, further directives is to strengthen the procurement systems to ensure protection of health workers,
00:54implement a catch-up plan for our budget utilization,
00:59focus more on strategic initiatives, dedicate special teams,
01:07and to focus on immediate distribution of commodities
01:12and communication strategies to align with program implementation.
01:19Well, sa meeting kanina, hindi na napag-usapan yung amendments that is being addressed by Congress.
01:25And in fact, bukas ng umaga, the Technical Working Group will be working on that.
01:29Aminado naman namin na hindi siya magiging mapilis,
01:33subalit, habang hindi pa matatag yung batas dahil nga sa dalawang killer provisions,
01:38the Department of Health Headed by Secretary Briggs Cujalte
01:41will now move forward para maramdaman ng tao ang kalusugan
01:45and at the same time, yung mga programang nandiyan dyan ay ma-maximize,
01:49at the same time, mabantayan.
01:52Kasi napakaraming programa ang magaganda, lalo na yung field health,
01:56na yung mga programang ito ay hindi nag-transcend ng buo
02:00dahil nga merong mga kailangang ayusin na buson.
02:05What I'm going to do in the next couple of months
02:09is may schedule na nga kaming gumawa, ginawa.
02:13Last week I already started with Mindanao
02:16and then next week it will be Visayas
02:19and then Luzon, then repeat
02:21until I finish visiting the different regions
02:28and we intend to collaborate with the local government
02:35and pag-visita nga namin may dala akong engineer
02:40to inspect or to help them
02:44with their local health facilities
02:48kung paano makakatulong ng DOH.
02:51That's one.
02:52That's one.
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