Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) Directory

The Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) was a special program of government organized to promote and advocate traditional medicine natonwide. It was organized in 1992, by the Department of Health (DOH), through the former Health Secretary and incumbent Senator Juan Flavier, by the virtue of Administrative Order No. 12. In order to institutionalize the program, the drafting of a traditional medicine law started in 1994. Then in 1997, President Fidel V. Ramos, appreciating the potential of traditional medicine in our health and economy, included this as one of his administration's pole-vaulting strategies.

Philippine National AIDS Council Secretariat (PNAC) Directory

The Philippine National AIDS Council Secretariat (PNAC) is the central advisory, planning and policy-making body for the comprehensive and integrated HIV/AIDS prevention and control program in the Philippines

National Nutrition Council (NNC) Directory

The National Nutrition Council (NNC) oversees the implementation of the hunger mitigation program. It formulates national food and nutrition policies and strategies; and coordinates planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the national nutrition program.

Commission on Population (POPCOM) Directory

The Commission on Population (POPCOM) is the central policymaking, planning, coordinating, and monitoring body of the population program.

Department of Health (DOH) Directory

The Department of Health (DOH) holds the over-all technical authority on health as it is a national health policy-maker and regulatory institution. Basically, the DOH has three major roles in the health sector: (1) leadership in health; (2) enabler and capacity builder; and (3) administrator of specific services. Its mandate is to develop national plans, technical standards, and guidelines on health. Aside from being the regulator of all health services and products, the DOH is the provider of special tertiary health care services and technical assistance to health providers and stakeholders.