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'Dancing Asec' Eric Tayag appointed as DOH undersecretary

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Filipino doctor Eric Tayag, head of the Philippine National Epidemiology Center shows a flyer during condom distribution at a flower market in Manila, Philippines on 13 February 2010. Francis Malasig, EPA" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/11/15/eric-tayag-epa.jpg"/><figcaption>Filipino doctor Eric Tayag, head of the Philippine National Epidemiology Center shows a flyer during condom distribution at a flower market in Manila, Philippines on 13 February 2010. <em>Francis Malasig, EPA</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATE</strong>) — Dr. Eric Tayag has been named as a new undersecretary of the Department of Health, he confirmed on Tuesday. </p><p>Before his new post, Tayag was the head of the agency’s Knowledge Management and Information Technology Service. </p><p>He was also a long-time DOH spokesperson and is known for dancing to promote the agency’s campaigns.</p><p>The Palace has yet to release Tayag’s appointment papers as of writing.</p><p>In a press briefing Tuesday, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire confirmed Tayag&#x27;s new position in the agency.</p><p>&quot;We received the transmittal of his appointment yesterday. He has not taken his oath yet. We are still scheduling [it]. So, he has not assumed the position yet,&quot; she said.</p><p>Tayag&#x27;s duties as health undersecretary are still being discussed.</p><p>&quot;Pinag-uusapan pa ngayon ng aming mga officials kung saan namin siya appropriately, based on his capacity, mai-assign para mas makatulong sa ating kagawaran,&quot; Vergeire said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2341853" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>CASCOLAN&#x27;S DUTIES</strong></div><p>Meanwhile, Vergeire disclosed that newly appointed Health Undersecretary Camilo Cascolan had assumed office Monday.</p><p>The former Philippine National Police chief is tasked to lead the Field Implementation and Coordination Team in the Visayas.</p><p>&quot;I specifically instructed him to look into first, the vaccination coverage in the areas,&quot; Vergeire said. &quot;Second, [the] logistics management. To [conduct an] inventory on all of our commodities especially COVID-19 vaccines.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/10/22/cascolan-says-to-oversee-doh-operations-in-visayas">Cascolan says to oversee DOH operations in the Visayas</a></li></ul><p>Vergeire asked Cascolan to develop a mechanism to fast-track the inventory of commodities, which could be implemented in other regions.</p><p>&quot;We also gave him the instruction na dapat maayos niya &#x27;yung network ng ating mga ospital, from primary care to higher level care dun sa [Regions] 6, 7 and 8,&quot; she said.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y9tsX1E7KH0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Dr. Eric Tayag has been named as a new undersecretary of the Department of Health, he confirmed on Tuesday. 

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'Dancing Asec' Eric Tayag appointed as DOH undersecretary

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 15, 2022 10:11 AM PHT

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Updated November 15, 2022 02:47 PM PHT

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