Gov’t to hire 26,035 contractual health workers with regular-employee benefits 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Chino LeycoThe Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Saturday said it has authorized the creation of 26,035 contractual positions for health workers to support the implementation of the Human Resource for Health Deployment Program (HRHDP). In a statement, the DBM said contractual positions, which are all under the Department of Health (DOH), will enjoy employer-employee relationship and are covered by civil service rules and regulations. The HRHDP is a strategy of the DOH to augment, redistribute, and retain health workers in the country to enhance access to quality health services. The goal of the HRHDP is to assign at least one dedicated health worker per barangay to ensure availability of health services eight hours a day, seven days a week.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 20, 2019 10:52 UTC