DAP graduate students receive certificate in Public Management (October 13, 2015)

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Some 93 doctors to the barrios (DTTBs), health sector practitioners and professionals received their Certificate in Public Management from Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. at an awarding   ceremony at the DAP Conference Center in Tagaytay City on September 19, 2015.

The honorees, who comprise the sixth batch of the Master in Public Management major in Health Systems and Development (MPM-HSD)  students,  obtained their certificate for earning 15 units of the program’s core courses under the DAP Graduate School of Public and Development Management (GSPDM).

Former Agrarian Secretary and current Zuellig Family Foundation President Ernesto D. Garilao sharing his thoughts and experiences in public health
Former Agrarian Secretary and current Zuellig Family Foundation President Ernesto D. Garilao sharing his thoughts and experiences in public health
Members of MPM-HSD Batch 6 with (first row) DOH Human Resource Management Officer Gywn Dacurawat (5th from right), DAP-GSPDM Associate Dean Ma. Corazon T. Lopez (4th from right) and DAP-GSPDM Institute of Public Management Acting Director Dr. Evelyn Cruzada (3rd from right).
Members of MPM-HSD Batch 6 with (first row) DOH Human Resource Management Officer Gywn Dacurawat (5th from right), DAP-GSPDM Associate Dean Ma. Corazon T. Lopez (4th from right) and DAP-GSPDM Institute of Public Management Acting Director Dr. Evelyn Cruzada (3rd from right).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Agrarian Reform Secretary and current Zuellig Family  Foundation (ZFF) President Ernesto Garilao served as the keynote speaker. He shared some insights on the status of the public health system in the Philippines and  revealed the problems encountered by our “kababayans” in accessing services from rural health units (RHUs).

“We must be in public health because the poor depend on public health. That is why they go to the RHUs, to the provincial hospitals, to the DOH-retained hospitals, and to tertiary hospitals like the PGH,” Garilao pointed out.  He encouraged the class to alleviate the difficulties faced by our “kababayans” by staying  in public health and   owning the indicators of their respective  communities.

“Staying in public health means presence in public health. Be in your municipalities and give your full commitment and full participation… If we own the indicators, we will do something to improve them,” he reiterated.

The MPM-HSD is a 38-unit interdisciplinary graduate program for the DTTBs and other health sector practitioners and professionals. It combines both theoretical and practical-cum-functional competencies as well as building stewardship  values. Graduates of the program are seen  to be health systems reform implementers  and consequently serve as change catalysts in their respective areas. 

Also present at the event were Department of Health (DOH) Director Kenneth G. Ronquillo, DAP Senior Vice President and GSPDM Dean Gloria Jumamil-Mercado, and DAP-GSPDM Acting Director Evelyn Cruzada. (G Turano)