Juan Flavier

Juan Martin Flavier (born June 23, 1935 in Tondo , Manila , † October 30, 2014 in Quezon City ) was a Filipino politician .

biography

Flavier came from a poor background and worked to enable himself to attend school and later to study medicine at the University of the Philippines , which he graduated in 1960. He then worked as a doctor in the slums of Tondo and the Cordillera mining region , as well as in poorer barangays of Nueva Ecija and Cavite . In order to treat the villagers better, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University and graduated with a Master from in Public Health (Master in Public Health).

Political career

Upon his return to the Philippines, he became president of the Village Reconstruction Movement and the International Institute for Village Reconstruction, two organizations dedicated to serving ordinary people through education, training and motivation.

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

In June 1995 he became a member of the Senate and was elected with the fifth best result among the twelve senators to be elected. During his first six-year election period, he earned the reputation of a parliamentarian present at most committee meetings and all general debates, and was instrumental in legislative initiatives in the fields of medicine, poverty reduction, environmental protection and the protection of indigenous peoples through 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 the second best of the twelve elected members again and was a member of the Senate until June 2007. During this second legislative term he was also committed to health, environmental and development issues 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 the Breaking of the Fast (Eid ul-Fitr) became one of the recognized holidays in the Philippines in 2002 .

During his twelve-year membership, he was not only Chairman of the Committee on Health and Demography , but between 2002 and 2007 also President of the Senate Pro tempore and thus representative of the Senate President in his absence or illness.

Publications

He wrote several books about his experiences as a doctor and politician 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 do it! How We Did It (1998)

Web links

• Senate homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ex-senator Juan Flavier dies. (No longer available online.) Sun Star, Oct. 30, 2014, archived from the original on Oct. 31, 2014 ; accessed on November 1, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.