Dear eFOI user,
Thank you for your request yesterday, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
We have received your request on Geriatric Data, February 20, 2025. We will respond and process your request on or before March 12, 2025, in compliance with the Executive Order’s implementing rules and regulations.
Please be informed that we have endorsed your request for item number 2 to the CALABARZON Center for Health Development (CHD) for action. We'll send you feedback once available.
For item 1, you may visit the Human Resource for Health (HRH) Statistics through PowerBI (http://tinyurl.com/HRHPHStat) for reference. This dashboard contains information on the number of health workers and their areas of practice from years 2016 to 2023. Please feel free to utilize this resource at your convenience. Please be advised that we do not have data specific on Geriatric doctors and suggest that you coordinate with the Philippine Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology https://philsocgeria.com/ for this information.
For item 3 on the List of medical schools that offer geriatric programs in CALABARZON, we also do not have custody of this information and we suggest that you coordinate with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for this information. Finally for item 4 on the list of caregivers, you may coordinate directly with TESDA at https://www.tesda.gov.ph/
Should you have any questions regarding this request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal for request with ticket number #DOH-023089372195.
Further, please be advised that this is a public site, and any information shared in this conversation thread will be visible to the public. Therefore, we kindly request that you refrain from disclosing any sensitive personal information or data in this thread.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Officer
Department of Health
