National Kidney and Transplant Institute(NKTI)

August 12, 2020 Dear Van Carlo, Thank you for your request dated Mar 17, 2019 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Prevalence, Incidence morbidity and mortality rates of Chronic Kidney disease in the Philippines. Sir, relative to your FOI request, we would like to inquire if you still need the requested information. Kindly reply to this message, your expectation to your FOI request so that the necessary actions, from our end, will be undertaken. We sincerely apologize for this delay. As we have recently reorganized our FOI Committee, rest assured that all FOI requests and the corresponding actions will now be managed and monitored more properly and promptly. Thank you. Respectfully, Dr. Ernesto Que Decision Maker

August 25, 2020 Dear Van Carlo Codeniera, Thank you for your response dated August 18, 2020, with regard to my letter regarding clarifying your request on Prevalence, Incidence morbidity and mortality rates of Chronic Kidney disease in the Philippines, dated Aug 12, 2020 03:32 PM. We have forwarded your query to the concerned unit. There may be additional requirements for the processing of your request. Please email the Program Manager of Renal disease Control Program (REDCOP), who is in charge of gathering and releasing the requested information, at [email protected] and address it to: Dr. Teresita Susan Jorge Program Manager Renal Disease Control Program NKTI We thank you for your understanding and rest assured, with the reorganization of the FOI committee, we will be regularly following up the processing of your request. Should you have any concerns and questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://uploadmanuals07252018-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEU5LVEktMTcyMzY5NTU5MjI1DA, for request with ticket number #NKTI-172369559225. Thank you. Respectfully, Dr. Ernesto Que FOI Decision Maker

Oct. 30, 2020 Dear Van Carlo Codeniera, Thank you for communicating with the PRDR office last October 20 and Oct 28, 2020 and fulfilling their requirements for the release of information. I have personally followed up with them regarding the status of your request this afternoon and am glad to mention that they are already processing it and will email you the results to you the soonest possible time. I will follow up again next week if they were able to furnish you the needed information. We thank you for your understanding and rest assured, with the reorganization of the FOI committee, we will attend to your concerns the best way we can. Should you have further concerns or additional information that you may need, you may directly email me at [email protected] or email the PRDR office at [email protected] and we will gladly attend to your request. Thank you. Respectfully, Dr. Ernesto Que FOI Decision Maker

November 4, 2020 Dear Van Carlo Codeniera, Greetings! Thank you for having communicated with the PRDR office regarding your requested information. We were informed by the PRDR office that they have already provided you the information you requested. Should there be further inquiries or requests, please feel free to contact PRDR directly or you may also directly email me at [email protected] should you have further inquiries on your previous FOI. You may also post new FOI through the NKTI eFOI portal. We thank you for your understanding on the delay of processing your requested information. Our FOI Committee has recently been reorganized and we have improved the processes in attending to FOI requests. We assure you that your further requests will be attended to as promptly as possible. Respectfully, Dr. Ernesto Que FOI Decision Maker