1. Teodoro Javier Herbosa was born on May 5,1958 and is a Filipino physician who has served as the secretary of health since June 5,2023.
14 Facts About Ted Herbosa
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Ted Herbosa is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines.
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Ted Herbosa graduated from UP Diliman with a bachelor's degree in biology in 1979 and finished his studies in medicine at UP Manila by 1983.
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Ted Herbosa would accomplish an international diploma course in emergency and crisis management from the University of Geneva in Switzerland and finished his post-graduate studies at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of the Tel Aviv University in Israel.
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Ted Herbosa was undersecretary at the Department of Health from 2010 to 2015.
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Ted Herbosa was involved in the formation of the Hospital Accreditation Commission, the modernization of the Philippine Orthopedic Center, as well as the promotion of public-private partnerships in the health sector of the Philippines.
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Ted Herbosa was a special adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19, a government body formed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Ted Herbosa was criticized for "death by community panty" post in Twitter in reaction to a death of an old man lining up in a pantry in Quezon City for perceived apathy.
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Ted Herbosa was executive vice president of the University of the Philippines System during the administration of UP President Danilo Concepcion.
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Ted Herbosa served the role from October 2017 to April 2021.
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Ted Herbosa's appointment was backed by the Philippine Medical Association, with whom he is a "life member", which endorsed him as secretary back in June 2022.
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Ted Herbosa was supported by the Philippine College of Physicians shortly after his appointment in 2023.
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Ted Herbosa would apologize for what he "said before" which the media linked to his prior statements regarding community pantries and health worker protests.
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Ted Herbosa is a descendant of Lucia Rizal Mercado, the sister of Jose Rizal, widely considered to be the Philippines' national hero, as well as a great-grandnephew of Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, one of the three women who sew the first Philippine flag.