2020
The DDB took part in addressing COVID-19. Following a directive from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) through the issuance of National Budget Circular 580, the DDB offered P86,964,874.39 as part of its cross-cutting measures for Fiscal Year 2020 allotment. The DDB provided healthcare resources, supplies, and equipment as its share to medical institutions and various communities since the start of the of the enhanced community quarantine. The DDB also deployed volunteers and rendered technical support in the mass swabbing centers established by the government for COVID-19 testing and diagnosis.
- The Dangerous Drugs Board, in 2020, released the results of the 2019 Household Survey on the Patterns and Trends of Drug Use. The report brings together the effort of different government agencies to hear the voice of Filipinos to express their perception, awareness and experience with drug-related matters in the Philippines. For three months, field interviewers from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) were able to survey 9,341 Filipinos ages 10 to 69 years old. Through this research, the DDB explored external factors and linkages that lead to drug use. The study showed a trend that at the age of 17, many of the lifetime users were already smoking; at age 18, they start drinking alcohol, until they finally try drugs at the age of 22.
- Due to the pandemic, most transactions and services of the DDB were shifted online. For 2020, a total of 2,957 certifications and exemptions were processed through the Online Application for Certification and Exemption Information System (OACEIS).
