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Magna Carta for Health Worker

 Republic Act 7305
 THE MAGNA CARTA OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS
 -- For purposes of this Act, "health workers" shall mean all persons who are
engaged in health and health-related work, and all persons employed in all
hospitals, sanitaria, health infirmaries, health centers, rural health units, barangay
health stations, clinics and other health-related establishments owned and
operated by the Government or its political subdivisions with original charters and
shall include medical, allied health professional, administrative and support
personnel employed regardless of their employment status.
 Declaration of the Policy. - The State shall instill health consciousness among our
people to effectively carry out the health programs and projects to the government
essential for the growth and health of the nation. Towards this end, this Act aims:
 (a) to promote and improve the social and economic well-being of the health
workers, their living and working conditions and terms of employment;
 (b) to develop their skills and capabilities in order that they will be more
responsive and better equipped to deliver health projects and programs; and
 (c) to encourage those with proper qualifications and excellent abilities to join
and remain in government service.
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 Approved: March 26, 1992.
2. Clean Air Act
 Republic Act No. 8749
 The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.
 --Republic Act No. 8749, otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Air Act, is a
comprehensive air quality management policy and program which aims to achieve
and maintain healthy air for all Filipinos.
 Lifted from:
 Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (2003, August). Primer on
the Clean Air Act. Diliman: DENR-Public Affairs Office.
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 Declaration of Principles. - The State shall protect and advance the right of the
people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and
harmony of nature.
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 The State shall promote and protect the global environment to attain sustainable
development while recognizing the primary responsibility of local government
units to deal with environmental problems.
 State recognizes that the responsibility of cleaning the habitat and environment is
primarily area-based.
 State also recognizes the principle that “polluters must pay”.
 , the State recognizes that a clean and healthy environment is for the good of all
and should, therefore, be the concern of all.
3. Generic Act
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6675
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 AN ACT TO PROMOTE, REQUIRE AND ENSURE THE PRODUCTION OF
AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION, USE AND ACCEPTANCE OF
DRUGS AND MEDICINES IDENTIFIED BY THEIR GENERIC NAMES.
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 This Act shall be known as the "Generics Act of 1988."
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 Statement of Policy. - It hereby declared the policy of the State:
 To promote, encourage and require the use of generic terminology in the
importation, manufacture, distribution, marketing, advertising and promotion,
prescription and dispensing of drugs;
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 To ensure the adequate supply of drugs with generic names at the lowest possible
cost and endeavour to make them available free for indigent patients;
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  To encourage the extensive use of drugs with generic names through a national
system of procurement and distribution;
 To emphasize the scientific basis for the use of drugs, in order that health
professionals may become more aware and cognisant of the therapeutic
effectiveness; and
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 To promote drug safety by minimizing duplication in medications and/or use of
drugs with potentially adverse drug interactions.
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 This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 453 and House Bill No.
10900 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on
August 25, 1988, respectively.
 Approved: September 13, 1988.
4. National Health Insurance Act
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10606]
 AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7875, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
 THE “NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT OF 1995″, AS AMENDED,
AND
 FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress
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 This Act shall be known as the ‘National Health Insurance
 Act of 2013′.”
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 Declaration of Principles and Policies. – It is hereby declared the policy of the
 State to adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development
which
 shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social services available
to all
 the people at affordable cost and to provide free medical care to paupers. Towards
this
 end, the State shall provide comprehensive health care services to all Filipinos
through a
 socialized health insurance program that will prioritize the health care needs of
the
 underprivileged, sick, elderly, persons with disabilities (PWDs), women and
children and
 provide free health care services to indigents.
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 Effectivity. – This Act shall sake effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
 the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
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 Approved,
 (Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.
 Speaker of the House
 of Representatives
 (Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE
 President of the Senate
 This Act winch is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2849 and House Bill No.
6048 was
 finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 4,
2013.
 (Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
 Secretary General
 House of Representatives
 (Sgd.) EDWIN B. BELLEN
 Acting Senate Secretary
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 Approved: JUN 19 2013
5. Laws on notifiable disease
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3573
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 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3573 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BALLESTEROS, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, TO BE
KNOWN AS THE BALLESTEROS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND
AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR
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 Section 1. There shall be established, under the supervision of the Director of
Medical Services, an emergency hospital in the Municipality of Ballesteros,
Province of Cagayan, to be known as the Ballesteros Emergency Hospital.
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 Sec. 2. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated,
out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
establishment, operation and maintenance of said hospital during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred sixty-four. Therefore, such sum as may be needed for its
operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriation
Acts.
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 Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11332]
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 AN ACT PROVIDING POLICIES AND PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES ON
SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO NOTIFIABLE DISEASES,
EPIDEMICS, AND HEALTH EVENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, REPEALING FOR THE
 PURPOSE ACT NO. 3573, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “LAW ON
REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES”
6. National blood service act
 BLOOD DONATION PROGRAM
 Republic Act No. 7719, also known as the National Blood Services Act
of 1994, promotes voluntary blood donation to provide sufficient supply of safe
blood and to regulate blood banks. This act aims to inculcate public awareness
that blood donation is a humanitarian act.
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 The National Voluntary Blood Services Program (NVBSP) of the
Department of Health is targeting the youth as volunteers in its blood donation
program this year. In accordance with RA No. 7719, it aims to create public
consciousness on the importance of blood donation in saving the lives of millions
of Filipinos.
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 Based from the data from the National Voluntary Blood Services
Program, a total of 654,763 blood units were collected in 2009. Fifty-eight
percent of which was from voluntary blood donation and the remaining from
replacement donation. This year, particular provinces have already achieved
100% voluntary blood donation. The DOH is hoping that many individuals will
become regular voluntary unpaid donors to guarantee sufficient supply of safe
blood and to meet national blood necessities.
7. Senior citizens law
 EPUBLIC ACT NO. 9257
 An act granting additional benefits and privileges to Senior Citizens amending for
the purpose Republic Act No. 7432, otherwise known as "An act to maximize the
contribution of Senior Citizens to nation building, grant benefits and special
privileges and for other purposes"
8. Revised dangerous drug act
 republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
  RA 9165 mandates the government to "pursue an intensive and unrelenting
campaign against the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs and other similar
substances."
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 Under the law, those caught importing, selling, manufacturing, and using illegal
drugs and its forms may be fined and imprisoned for at least 12 years to a
lifetime, depending on the severity of the crime.
9. Act on cheaper medicine
 Act on Cheaper Medicine-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines
signed Republic Act no. 9502 on June 6, 2008. This Act is officially titled the
“Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008,” and was
originally proposed in October 2007.
 The new law amends the Pharmacy Law (Republic Act no. 5921), the Intellectual
Property Code (Republic Act no. 8293), and the Generics Act of 1988 (Republic
Act no. 6675).
 The Intellectual Property Code amendments allow for parallel importation of
cheaper drugs and medicines from abroad whose local patents have not expired.
In addition, it allows generic drug manufacturers to experiment, produce, and
register patented drugs before the expiration date of the patents. This way, generic
drug companies will be able to market their product immediately after patent
expiration. The law will also make drug patents more difficult to obtain in the
future, by disqualifying newly discovered uses of known drugs.
10. Save the children
 Save the children-
 Save the Children Philippines hailed the enactment of the law on Special
Protection for Children in Situations of Armed Conflict (CSAC) that aims to
protect minors from killings, recruitment by armed groups, rape, and sexual
violence during such events.
 Save the Children Philippines Chief Executive Officer Atty. Albert Muyot said
that the new law, Republic Act 11188, “protects thousands of children living
through armed conflict”
  The CSAC law, Save the Children said, “provides penalties for the grave
violations of children’s rights including killings, intentional and casual maiming,
taking them as hostages or human shields, as well as recruitment into both
government forces and lawless groups.” The law, organization added, also
“imposes penalties on those who commit rape, sexual violence on children and
women and deny them access to humanitarian assistance such as medical aid,
food and psychosocial services
11. Violence against women
 Violence against women
 Republic Act No. 9262 is known as The Anti-Violence against Women and their
Children Act of 2004.[41] Recognizing "the need to protect the family and its
members particularly women and children from violence and threats to their
personal safety and security", RA 9262 was signed by former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo on March 2, 2004.[41]
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 Under the RA 9262, VAW refers to "any act or a series of acts committed by any
person against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or against a woman with
whom the person has or had a sexual or dating relationship, or with whom he has
a common child, or against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate, within or
without the family abode, which result in or is likely to result in physical, sexual,
psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse including threats of such acts,
battery, assault, coercion, harassment, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty
12. Disaster risk reduction management
 Disaster risk reduction management-
 Philippine Disaster Reduction and Management Act (RA 10121)
 Legislative (law) / 2010
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 The Act shifted the policy environment and the way the country deals with
disasters from mere response to preparedness. RA 10121 provides a
comprehensive, all-hazard, multi-sectoral, inter-agency, and community-based
 approach to disaster risk management through the formulation of the National
Disaster Risk Management Framework.
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 A National Disaster Risk Management Plan (NDRMP) is being formulated,
developed, and implemented as the master plan that will provide the strategies,
organisation, tasks of concerned agencies and local government units, and other
guidelines in dealing with disasters or emergencies. Through this plan, a coherent,
integrated, efficient, and responsive disaster risk management at all levels will
hopefully be achieved.
 The law also promotes the development of capacities in disaster management at
the individual, organisational, and institutional levels. A very important feature of
this law is its call for the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction in physical and
land-use planning, budget, infrastructure, education, health, environment,
housing, and other sectors
13. Rooming-in and breastfeeding act of 1992
 The Rooming-In and Breast-feeding Act of 1992
 AN ACT PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO ALL GOVERNMENT AND
PRIVATE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS WITH ROOMING-IN AND
BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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 — The State adopts rooming-in as a national policy to encourage, protect and
support the practice of breast-feeding. It shall create an environment where basic
physical, emotional, and psychological needs of mothers and infants are fulfilled
through the practice of rooming-in and breast-feeding.
14. Responsible parenthood and reproductive health law
 The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act
No. 10354), informally known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, is a
law in the Philippines, which guarantees universal access to methods on
contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care.
15. Mandatory infants and children immunization
 “Mandatory Infants and Children Health Immunization Act of 2011”
  REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10152
 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY BASIC IMMUNIZATION
SERVICES FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN, REPEALING FOR THE
PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 996, AS AMENDED
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 In accordance with Article II, Section 15 of the Constitution, it is hereby declared
to be the policy of the State to take a proactive role in the preventive health care
of infants and children. Towards this end, the State shall adopt a comprehensive,
mandatory and sustainable immunization program for vaccine-preventable
diseases for all infants and children.
16. Children safety on motorcycles act of 2015
 The Children’s Safety On Motorcycles Act of 2015
 It is the policy of the State to defend the right of children to assistance, including
proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse,
cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their development.
 Towards this end, the State shall pursue a more proactive and preventive approach
to secure the safety of passengers, especially children, by regulating the operation
of motorcycles along roads and highways.
17. Children’s emergency relief and protection act of 2016
 Philippines: Children's emergency relief and protection act. This Republic Act
No. 10821 of the Government of the Philippines mandates the provision of
emergency relief and protection for children before, during, and after disaster and
other emergency situations.
18. Child and youth welfare code of the Philippines
 Presidential Decree No. 603
 The Child and Youth Welfare Code
 Files:
 THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE
 it shall apply to persons below twenty-one years of age except those emancipated
in accordance with law. "Child" or "minor" or "youth" as used in this Code, shall
refer to such persons. Art.
  Every child has the right to a wholesome family life that will provide him with
love, care and understanding guidance and counseling, and moral and material
security. The dependent or abandoned child shall be provided with the nearest
substitute for a home.
19. Tobacco regulation act of 2003
 Roadmap to Tobacco Control Legislation
 Republic Act No. 9211, also known as the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003, is an
omnibus law regulating smoking in public places, tobacco advertising, promotion
and sponsorship, and sales restrictions, among other requirements. The Inter-
Agency Tobacco-Committee issued Implementing Rules and Regulations of the
Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003. The Committee’s Implementing Rules and
Regulations are comprehensive and cover a broad range of topics on tobacco
control. In addition to the advertising, promotion and sponsorship provisions in
Rep. Act No. 9211 and the Implementing Rules and Regulations, the Consumer
Act of the Philippines (Rep. Act No. 7394) addresses false, deceptive, or
misleading advertising in general.