Department of Health

Receiving Officer 05:33 AM, Oct 05, 2023

October 5, 2023

Dear Mery Ann,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 04, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The number of experiencing postpartum depression.

We received your request on Oct 04, 2023 and will respond on or before Oct 25, 2023 05:53:56 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zNzQ0NDAxMjA4NzMM, for request with ticket number #DOH-374440120873.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 09:35 AM, Oct 05, 2023

Dear Mery,

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

All the best and God bless!

Maker 09:58 AM, Dec 30, 2023

December 30, 2023

Dear Mery Ann Fernandez,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 04, 2023 05:53:56 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for The number of experiencing postpartum depression.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

This is in response to your eFOI request (#DOH-374440120873) regarding the percentage of Filipinos experiencing postpartum depression, and the number of Filipino mothers experiencing postpartum depression in the province of Bulacan.

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 encompassess mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders.

As for your request, the proposed Mental Health Information System (MHIS) covers the statistics of priority conditions as stipulated in the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) 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 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. 

Currently, we do not yet have patient records of all the women with postpartum depression in the Philippines. We are still improving the development of electronic medical records (EMR) of patients across all hospitals and health facilities. In the meantime, we would like to share research studies on the matter. 

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:
 ijerph-20-05023 (1).pdf
 prevalence-of-postpartum-depression-among-mothers-who-delivered (1).pdf
 10.1111@ppc.12428 (1).pdf
 postpartum-depression.pdf