Health Functions are largely devolved to provinces and municipalities. The Local Government Code
(1991) outlines the roles of different levels in health care, including barangay (village), municipality and
province. The Aquino Health Agenda: Achieving Universal Health Care for All Filipinos is the Philippines
Government’s continuing commitment to health sector reform and achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs). The National Objectives for Health (2011-2016) sets all the health program goals,
strategies, performance indicators and targets that lead the health sector towards achieving it’s primary
goal of Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP), or universal health care. The overall goal is to achieved the
health system goals of financial risk protection, better health outcomes and responsive health system
and it includes three strategic thrusts: 1) financial risk protection through expansion of the National
Health Insurance Program, enrolment and benefit delivery 2) improved access to quality hospitals
and health care facilities and 3) Attainment of the health –related MDGs The Aquino Health Agenda’s six
strategic instruments are health financing, service delivery, policy, standards and regulation, governance,
human resources, and health information.