Related Policies/ Issuances/ Other Documents
I. Health Service Delivery
- Administrative Order No. 2020-0021 dated 22 May 2020, “Guidelines on Integration of the Local Health Systems into Province-wide and City-wide Health Systems”
- Administrative Order No. 2020-0037 dated 13 August 2020, “Guidelines on Implementation of the Local Health Systems Maturity Levels (LHS ML)”
- Administrative Order No. 2020-0024 dated May 22, 2020, “Primary Care Policy Framework and Sectoral Strategies”
- Joint Administrative Order No. 2020-0001 dated December 28, 2020 “Guidelines on the Registration of Filipinos to a Primary Care Provider”
- Department Circular No. 2021-0071 dated February 22, 2021 “FY 2020 LHS ML National Baseline Assessment Report for UHC-IS”
- Department Memorandum No. 2021-0277 dated June 15, 2021 "FY 2021 LHS ML Annual Monitoring and Updated LHS ML Monitoring Tool"
- Department Circular No. 2021-0522 dated November 12, 2021 "FY 2021 3rd Quarter LHS ML Progress Reports for the 58 UHC IS"
- Department Memorandum No. 2021-0369 dated August 23, 2021 "Guide for CHDs/ MOH-BARMM Regarding Additional LGUs Committing to Integrate their Local Health Systems
II. LGU Planning & Health Financing
- Administrative Order # 2020-0022 dated 21 May 2020, “Guidelines on the Development of Local Investments Plan for Health”
- Administrative Order # 2020-0018 dated 14 May 2020, “Guidelines on Contracting Province-Wide and City-Wide Health Systems”
- Joint Memorandum Circular 2021-0001 dated 13 January 2021, “Guidelines on the Allocation, Utilization, Monitoring of, and Accountability for the Special Health Fund”
- Department Memorandum # 2021-0434 dated 11 October 2021, “Directions for the Development of 2023-2025 Local Investment Plans for Health and 2023 Annual Operational Plans”
- Department Memorandum # 2021-0491 dated 17 November 2021, “Local Investment Plan for Health Information System”
III. Health Equity
A. Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA)
- Administrative Order #2020-0023 dated 27 May 2020, “Guidelines on Identifying Geographically-Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas and Strengthening their Health Systems”
- Department Memorandum #2020-0490 dated 6 November 2020, “List of Geographically-Isolated_and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) based_on Administrative Order No. 2020-0023, “Guidelines on Identifying Geographically-Isolated_and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) and Strengthening their Health Systems ”
- Department Circular #2020-0192 dated 24 April 2020, “ Ensuring that people in GIDAs, Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples are well-informed on COVID-19 and have access to Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities and Referral Hospitals”
IV. LGU Performance Monitoring
- Administrative Order No. 2021-0002 dated 08 January 2021, “Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of the Local Government Unit Health Scorecard”
- Administrative Order No. 2021-0061 dated December 16, 2021 "Guidelines on the Identification, Documentation, and Replication of Local Government Unit Good Practices in Health"
- Department Memorandum No. 2021-0077 dated January 27, 2021 "Implementation of LGU Health Scorecard Performance results for 2020"
- Department Circular No. 2020-0211 dated April 24, 2020 "Dissemination of the 2012 to 2018 Local Government Unit Health Scorecard Assessment Report"
- Department Memorandum No. 2020-0275 dated April 24, 2020 "Dissemination of the Local Government Unit Health Scorecard Manual of Procedures (LGU HSC MOP)"
- Department Circular No. 2021-0528 dated November 18, 2021 "Dissemination of the 2019 Local Government Unit Health Scorecard Annual Report
- Department Memorandum No. 2021-0486 dated November 15, 2021 "Implementation of the 2021 Local Government Unit Health Scorecard (LGU HSC) Performance Results
V. Leadership & Governance Section
A. LeadGov4Health (Support to the Local Health Board)
B. Support to the DOH Representatives
- Administrative Order No. 2020-0029 dated 09 July 2020, “Roles, Functions and Responsibilities of the Department of Health Representatives”
- Executive Order No. 366 series 2013 on the Creation of the positions of DMO IV and V
C. Support to the Continuing Development of Barangay Health Workers
- Republic Act No. 7883 An Act Granting Benefits and Incentives to Accredited Barangay Health Workers
- Republic Act No. 7883 Implementing Rules and Regulations
- Department Memorandum No. 2020-0183 dated 06 March 2020, "Guidelines on the Issuance of Identification Cards to Registered and Accredited Barangay Health Workers (BHWs)"
- Department Memorandum No. 2020-0308 dated 06 July 6 2020, "Revised Template of the National BHW Registry System"