Department of Health

Receiving Officer 01:07 PM, Oct 19, 2023

October 19, 2023

Dear Lovely Mae,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 18, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for PREVALENCE RATE OF BREAST CANCER PER REGION.

We received your request on Oct 18, 2023 and will respond on or before Nov 08, 2023 06:38:21 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC04MTI5MDUwMzYwODcM, for request with ticket number #DOH-812905036087.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 01:34 PM, Oct 19, 2023

Dear Lovely,

Please be informed that we are endorsing your request to the DOH Disease Prevention and Control Bureau (DPCB) for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you.

All the best and God bless!

Maker 03:07 PM, Dec 05, 2023

December 5, 2023

Dear Lovely Mae Quiboy,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 18, 2023 06:38:21 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for PREVALENCE RATE OF BREAST CANCER PER REGION.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

Please refer to the attached briefer for an overview of the services we provide and some materials we readily share.  Rest assured that the Mental Health Division looks into these conditions in compliance with RA11215, otherwise known as the "National Integrated Cancer Control Act".

Thank you for your interest in cancer control. This is in response to your eFOI request (#DOH-812905036087) regarding the prevalence rate of breast cancer per region in the Philippines. Unfortunately, we do not have disaggregated cancers per region, but we have attached the GLOBOCAN for the Philippines as reference. We are still improving our information system across facilities both public and private through developing the electronic medical records (EMR).

Thank you

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Central Appeals and Review Committee, at foi@doh.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Receiving Officer

Attachments:
 GLOBOCAN 2020.pdf
 CANCER CONTROL PROGRAM BRIEFER .pptx.pdf