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MANILA - The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region, in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the City Government of Trece Martires, has put up a Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) in Barangay Osorio. The construction of the DOH-DATRC is a component of a JPY1.85-billion (PHP734 million) undertaking called "Consolidated Rehabilitation of Illegal Drug Users" (CARE), a bilateral project in line with the Japan-Philippines Joint Statement on Bilateral Cooperation to combat illegal drugs, as part of the efforts to uphold public safety. According to DOH officer-in-charge Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega, DATRC will be the apex or an end-referral of all rehabilitation centers in the country. "The DOH shares a vision of a healthy Pilipinas through health promotion activities of substance use and abuse. The DOH believes that substance use and abuse is a ....

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