Iris Baltazar-Diaz Email & Phone Number

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Currently providing technical assistance to the Department of Health - Health Promotion Bureau alongside the Department of Education, Early Childhood Care and Development Council, Commission on Higher Education, TESDA, Legal Education Board, DSWD and DILG in developing a Healthy Learning Institutions Framework as basis for health competencies that learners, teachers and school community must have from early, basic and higher education in the Philippines.

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Philippines

Provided technical advice and assistance to the Director of the Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau on the development and evaluation of health policies of the Philippines - Department of Health (DOH)Provided technical secretariat assistance to the Executive Committee of the Department of Health through drafting Executive Committee resolutions, policy agenda-setting, and monitoring of DOH teams' attainment of key directives

In collaboration with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, co-led the technical arm of the shift in the national provider payment mechanism from the All Case Rates to the Diagnosis Related Groups- based Global Budget system (DRG-GB) Provided health policy and systems research support on projects and reforms on Universal Health Coverage, integrated care/service delivery network, and hospital performance management

Master Of Science - Health Policy, Planning And Financing

Award classification: Graduated with Merit; Dissertation with Distinction Joint masters programme with the London School of Economics.

Master Of Science - Health Policy, Planning And Financing

Activities and Societies: Member, LSE Filipino SocietyCompleted courses on Randomised Evaluation of Health Programmes: From Design.

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.)

Recipient, Scholarship Award for Academic Excellence (2012-2013; 2011-2012) Co-Founder (2011), President (2012-2013), Internal.

Post-Graduate Medical Internship

Bachelor Of Science In Public Health

College of Public Health Representative, University Student Council College of Public Health Representative, BIGKIS-UP Manila Member.

Health And Social Protection