Department of Health(DOH)

April 14, 2020 Dear Hernando Cabrera, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 07, 2020 11:48:44 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Department Order. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. we are providing you the following issuances via email: 1. Administrative Order No. 2005-0021 Guidelines on the Management and Control of Meningococcal Disease 2. Administrative Order No. 2009-0009 Application of Department of Health Policies, Plans and Guidelines Pertaining to Influenza A H1N1 Virus 3. Administrative Order No. 165 s. 2004 Interim Guidelines in Surveillance of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in Humans in the Philippines 4. Administrative Order No. 2018-0021 Guidelines for the Nationwide Implementation of the Enhanced 4S-Strategy against Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika We would like to correct that Administrative Order is an issuance that prescribes policies, rules and regulations and procedures promulgated by the DOH in accordance or pursuant to law and is primarily applicable to individuals and organizations outside the DOH whereas a Department Order is an issuance that prescribes policies, rules and regulations and procedures promulgated by the DOH in accordance or pursuant to law and health industry and international standards and is primarily applicable only to individuals, groups, offices, bureaus, services, hospitals, offices or agencies under the DOH. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as some of the Department Order that you indicated cannot be found or located in the DOH Administrative Issuance billboard. Kindly clarify or elaborate on the other issuances that you are requesting in an another eFOI request. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Receiving Officer