Department of Health(DOH)

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated Sept. 16, 2024, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You have requested the Number of Neurologists and Neurosurgeons in the Philippines

I am pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved. We would like to refer you to the Human Resource for Health (HRH) Statistics through PowerBI (http://tinyurl.com/HRHPHStat). This dashboard provides information on the number of health workers and their areas of practice from 2016 to 2023, which may serve as a valuable resource for your reference. Please feel free to utilize this resource at your convenience. Please be informed that we do not have this specific data on Neurologists and Neurosurgeons. We ask that you also coordinate with the Philippine Neurological Association at https://www.philippineneurologicalassociation.com/ and Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons, Inc. at https://www.afninc.org/ for this information. Thank you

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Officer

Department of Health