Department of Health

Receiving Officer 05:04 PM, Oct 17, 2023

October 17, 2023

Dear Charlene,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 17, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Statistics about cerebral palsy in the Philippines for the past 20 years.

We received your request on Oct 17, 2023 and will respond on or before Nov 07, 2023 02:45:15 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC04MjY1NDYxMDAwMjEM, for request with ticket number #DOH-826546100021.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 05:29 PM, Oct 19, 2023

Dear Charlene,

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 03:12 PM, Jan 30, 2024

January 30, 2024

Dear Charlene Prudenciado,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 17, 2023 02:45:15 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Statistics about cerebral palsy in the Philippines for the past 20 years.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

Thank you for your interest in mental health. We hope to address your request as best as possible. Please refer to the Mental Health Program 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 RA11036, otherwise known as the Mental Health Act, which encompasses mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders. This is in response to your eFOI request (#DOH-826546100021) regarding the following:

1. Prevalence, incidence, and trend of cerebral palsy in the Philippines for the past 20 years. - We do not have the prevalence rate of autism in the Philippines (hospital data is not yet consolidated and we are yet to establish the mental health information that should also include developmental conditions including cerebral palsy). However, we'd like to share the disability materials from WHO at https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/disability#tab=tab_1. Here you will find some estimates for cerebral palsy
2. Rank and percentage of persons with cerebral palsy among the total number of PWDs in the Philippines currently. -  Attached is the directory of Centers for Health Development .for your reference and you may ask in these offices for specific data. You also also check the Philippine Registry for Persons with Disability. 
3. Number of children who have cerebral palsy and;
4. Number of children ages 4-12 years old who has Cerebral Palsy -  Please refer to the National Council for Disability Affairs for Disability Cases Per Geographical Region. However, the data available may not be disaggregated depending on the specific condition. As for your request, the proposed Mental Health Information System (MHIS) should cover the statistics of priority conditions as stipulated in the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP)  https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/treatment-care/mental-health-gap-action-programme#:~:text=mhGAP%20Operations%20Manual-,The%20WHO%20Mental%20Health%20Gap%20Action%20Programme%20(mhGAP)%20aims%20at,to%20achieve%20universal%20health...

  namely: depression, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, suicide, epilepsy, dementia, disorders due to use of alcohol, disorders due to use of illicit drugs, and mental and neurological disorders in children. The MHIS (to be managed by the National Center for Mental Health) should integrate and consolidate mental health related data including cases on mental health conditions. Although this may also be through the improvement of the iClinicSys of the DOH Knowledge Management and Information Technology Service (KMITS). As stated, not all listed cases would have data in our surveys and we are yet to improve hospital data through the establishment of electronic medical records.

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:
 2020 Mental Health Atlas.pdf
 Cerebral Palsy.pdf
 NSMHW  Report and Policy Recommendations  version 38_07012023 (2) (1).pdf