Departments and Agencies > Department of Health

Department of Health (DOH)
Homepage of the Philippine Department of Health.
www.doh.gov.ph/

Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD)
Ensures the safety and quality of foods, drugs, cosmetics, household substances and other products and the accuracy of their labels.
www.bfad.gov.ph/

Bureau of Health Devices and Technology (BHDT)
Guarantees safe and reliable health devices and technology through sustainable, effective and credible regulation.
www.doh.gov.ph/bhdt/

Bureau of International Health Cooperation (BIHC)
Ensures complementarity of global policies with domestic policies and effective management of international support for the health sector.
www.doh.gov.ph/bihc/index.htm

Bureau of Local Health Development (BLHD)
Provides technical leadership on local health systems for equitable and quality health care through the development of policies, frameworks, standards, guidelines, models, capacity and capability-building and strategic alliances.
www.doh.gov.ph/blhd2/blhd_frameset.htm

Bureau of Quarantine and International Health Surveillance (BQIHS)
Supervises sanitation of interisland vessels, ports, airports and environs, catering points and food service establishments and the medical examination of foreigners.
www.doh.gov.ph/biqhs/main.htm

National Center for Disease Prevention and Control (NCDPC)
Prevents and controls disease towards healthy families and communities through good governance, dynamic partnerships and shared values.
www.doh.gov.ph/ncdpc.htm

National Center for Mental Health (NCMH)
Provides responsive and comprehensive mental health care.
www.ncmh.gov.ph/

National Epidemiology Center (NEC)
Develops an evidence-based culture among public health workers and decision makers.
www.doh.gov.ph/NEC/Main.htm

Philippine Heart Center (PHC)
Provides medical and cardiovascular services.
www.phc.gov.ph/

Philippine National AIDS Council
Central advisory, planning and policy-making body for the comprehensive and integrated HIV/AIDS prevention and control program in the Philippines.
www.doh.gov.ph/aids/

Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM)
Controls infectious and tropical diseases of public health importance locally and globally through multidisciplinary research.
www.ritm.gov.ph/