Department of Health(DOH)

Hi! I would like to request for information regarding:

1.) The number of reported depressed people per region in the Philippines from 2010-2019

Thank You!

November 4, 2019

Dear Emmanuel,

Thank you for your request dated Nov 02, 2019 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The number of reported depressed people per region in the Philippines.

We received your request on Nov 02, 2019 and will respond on or before Nov 22, 2019 11:10:50 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://zcwdv320190208-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0wNDQwNzQ5ODIxMzkM, for request with ticket number #DOH-044074982139.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer

November 4, 2019

Dear Emmanuel Mercado,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 02, 2019 11:10:50 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for The number of reported depressed people per region in the Philippines.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have [some of]* the information you have requested. The National Mental Health Program currently does not have ANY OFFICIAL data on mental health disorders in our country in all its aspects. The program is currently developing a registry and information system to gather these information. We hope they can await as the department, more specifically, the program strives to address their concerns and strengthen mental health in our country. We are hereby providing you the background of the National Mental Health program posted in the DOH website: https://www.doh.gov.ph/national-mental-health-program and the FAQs on the Mental Health Law. 

We are only able to provide the list of Accredited Psychiatric Facilities in the Philippines. For further reference, please visit the link below: 

https://hfsrb.doh.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Psych-Fac-2016_researcherProt.pdf

 We can also provide you the regional level data on Alzheimer's Disease Mortality Rate for 2016. You may view this in the Philippine Health Statistics Annual Report at https://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/publications/2016_PHILIPPINE-HEALTH-STATISTICS.pdf

Finally, we may also try to visit the Philippines' country profile in the Mental Health Atlas 2017 posted at the World Health Organization website: https://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/atlas/profiles-2017/PHL.pdf?ua=1


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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 Officer