DOH Health Programs
(http://www.doh.gov.ph/program)
- Adolescent and Youth Health and Development
Program
- Botika Ng Barangay
- Breastfeeding Program / Mother and Baby
Friendly Hospital Initiative
- Blood Donation Program
- Cancer Control Program
- Child Health
- Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Program
- Dengue Control Program
- Dental Health Program
- Doctors to the Barrios (DttB) Program
- Emerging Disease Control Program
- Environmental Health
- Expanded Program on Immunization
- Family Planning
- Food and Waterborne Diseases Prevention and
Control Program
- Food Fortification Program
- FOURmula One
- Garantisadong Pambata
- GMA 50 / Parallel Drug Importation (PDI)
- Human Resource Health Network
- Healthy Lifestyle Program
- Health Sector Development Program
- Knock-Out Tigdas
- Leprosy Control Program
- Malaria Control Program
- Measles Elimination Campaign (Ligtas Tigdas)
- National Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and
Control Program
- National Filariasis Elimination Program
- National Mental Health Program
- Natural Family Planning
- Newborn Screening
- Nutrition
- Occupational Health Program
- Health Development Program for Older Persons
(Elderly Health)
- Pinoy MD
- Persons with Disabilities Program
- Pnuemonia and Other Acute Respiratory
Infections (ARI's)
- Prevention of Blindness Program
- Rabies Control Program
- Safe Motherhood and Women's Health
- Schistosomiasis Control Program
- Smoking Cessation Program
- Soil Transmitted Helmenthiasis
- TB Control Program
Philippines Demographics Profile 2010
(http://www.indexmundi.com/philippines/demogra
phics_profile.html)
Population
97,976,603 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 35.2% (male 17,606,352/female 16,911,376)
15-64 years: 60.6% (male 29,679,327/female 29,737,919)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 1,744,248/female
2,297,381) (2009 est.)
Median age
total: 22.5 years
male: 22 years
female: 23 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate
1.957% (2009 est.)
Birth rate
26.01 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate
5.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Net migration rate
-1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 65% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change (2005-10
est.)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 20.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 71.09 years
male: 68.17 years
female: 74.15 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate
3.27 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
8,300 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis
A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and
Japanese encephalitis
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
Nationality
noun: Filipino(s)
adjective: Philippine
Ethnic groups
Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%,
Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%,
Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census)
Religions
Roman Catholic 80.9%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%,
Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%,
other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)
Languages
Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official);
eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano,
Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and
Pangasinan
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 92.5%
female: 92.7% (2000 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2006)
Education expenditures
2.5% of GDP (2005)