Juan Flavier

Juan Martin Flavian ( born June 23, 1935 in Tondo, Manila ) is a Filipino politician.

Biography

Flavian came from a poor family and worked to get to school and later studied medicine at the University of the Philippines to allow, from which he graduated in 1960. Subsequently, he worked as a doctor in the slums of Tondo and the mining region Cordillera active and in poorer barangays of Nueva Ecija and Cavite. In order to treat the villagers better, he completed postgraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University and graduated with a Masters in Public Health ( Masters in Public Health).

Political career

After his return to the Philippines, he was president of the Movement for rural reconstruction, and the International Institute for rural reconstruction, two organizations dedicated to the service of ordinary people through education, training and motivation.

In 1992 he was appointed by President Fidel Ramos to the Minister of Health ( Secretary of Health) and coined henceforth in the health field the botched phrase "Let's DOH it!" ( Let 's do it! ), He of the English abbreviation of the Ministry of Health ( Department of Health ( DOH) ) borrowed. With his wide experience in the field work he conducted innovative approaches to health care as a the Oplan Alis Disease, a massive immunization campaign, which resulted later that the World Health Organization ( WHO), the Philippines as free from poliomyelitis said. In addition, he promoted Sangkap Pinoy, a nationwide campaign against malnutrition by micronutrients, the anti-AIDS health information campaign and other health programs with the aim to give people a greater health consciousness.

In June 1995 he became a member of the Senate and was selected with the fifth best result among the twelve to be elected senators. During his first six-year election period, he gained a reputation as a parliamentarian present in most committee meetings and all General debate and was instrumental in the legislative initiatives in the field of medicine, poverty reduction, environmental protection and protection of indigenous peoples by the Traditional Medicine Law, the Poverty Alleviation Law, the Clean Air Act and the Indigenous People's Rights Act.

In the elections in June 2001, he was awarded second prize of the twelve elected member of the Senate again and was this to June 2007. Also during this second term he fought for issues of health, environment and development and was instrumental in the anti -money Laundering Act of 2001, Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, Plant Variety Protection Act, Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 and The Tobacco Regulation Act involved. On his initiative, the festival of breaking the fast ( Eid ul -Fitr ) in 2002 to one of the recognized holidays in the Philippines was.

During his twelve years of membership he was not only chairman of the committee on health and demography, but between 2002 and 2007 and President of the Senate pro tempore, and thus representative of the Senate President in his absence or illness.

Publications

About his experiences as a doctor and a politician, he wrote several books such as:

  • Doctor To the Barrios, Experiences with the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (1970 )
  • My Friends in the Barrios (1974 )
  • Back to the Barrios: Balikbaryo (1978 )
  • Mobilizing Local Leaders for Rural Development: The Case of the People 's School ( IIRR Working paper ) ( 1980)
  • Parables of the Barrio: Vol III, nos. 101-150 (1991)
  • Let's DOH It: How We Did It (1998)
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