Health Secretary Duque, during his opening remarks at the recent 12th National Health Sector Meeting, ponders on his vision of health reforms in the Philippines that would attempt to overcome the challenges of unfair and inequitable access to health care for all Filipinos. Duque also thanked the whole Department of Health family, donors, and all DOH attached agencies for their dedication and support over the past several years of his leadership. “The last two years have been phenomenal and historic, with the passage of two major legislation- the Universally, Accessible, Affordable Quality Medicines Act Of 2008 and the FDA Law of 2009- both testaments to our moral responsibility to our citizens to provide them with the drugs and medicines that they need as a matter of human right”, Duque said.
He also stressed that the two equally important laws represents an opportunity for him as a government official to show that there are rooms for changes and exercise the highest political will, so that cure and better quality of life are not a privilege of the few but a freedom available for all.
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