Marcos OKs P27.92-B project for resilient health system

NEDA BOARD MEETING. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the 21st National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board meeting in Malacañang on Wednesday (Oct. 16, 2024). During the meeting, the President, as chair of the NEDA Board, approved the “Philippines: Health System Resilience Project, Phase 1” program of the Department of Health which seeks to enhance health emergency prevention, preparedness, and response in vulnerable areas in the country. (Photo courtesy of PCO)

By Darryl John Esguerra | Philippine News Agency

Serving as chair of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved on Wednesday the Department of Health’s (DOH) flagship program to rebuild a resilient and responsive healthcare system.

Dubbed the Philippines: Health System Resilience Project, Phase 1, the program seeks to enhance health emergency prevention, preparedness, and response in vulnerable areas in the country.

According to the President, the P27.921-billion project serves as an “application of lessons learned during the pandemic.”

“Maganda ito kasi specific to the Philippines. It’s not a general … (it is) specific even to the area,” Marcos told Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa who presented the project during the NEDA Board meeting at Malacañan Palace.

The program is also geared toward building an enabling environment, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC).

The project will prioritize areas in the country with poor access to healthcare.

The health department has already identified 17 provinces for its pilot run.

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