EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 521

: EO 521 abolishes the National Health Planning Committee created under Executive Order No. 205 and reallocates steering of health reforms to the Secretary of Health.
: Executive Order No. 205, dated 31 January 2002.
: The need to strengthen line accountabilities rather than dilute them through a proliferation of interagency committees.
: It is abolished.
: He shall steer the implementation of health reforms and formulate the blueprint for implementing health sector reforms throughout the country.
: The Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan for 2004–2010.
: EO 521 repeals Executive Order No. 205.
: Repealing EO 205 removes the legal basis for the Committee, reinforcing its abolition under Section 1.
: Immediately, as stated in Section 4.
: Signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita.
: It centralizes steering authority in the line agency (Department of Health) under the Secretary of Health, aiming to avoid diffusion of responsibilities.
: EO 521 requires the Secretary of Health’s blueprint to be formulated in accordance with that Medium-Term Plan.