Paulyn Ubial, Secretary of the Philippines Department of Health, discusses her Department’s work to achieve universal healthcare and expand access to high-quality health services to the entire Filipino population. She also discusses her work to empower women in the country as the founder of the women’s health and development program.
To begin, could you please share some of your initial goals and aspirations for your tenure as Secretary of the Philippines Department of Health?
"The problem we are facing at the moment is that we have only 13 drug rehab facilities run by the Department of Health, five within the local governments, and another 20 within the private sector. The total capacity of all of these treatment centers is approximately 5,000."
