Health M4 & 8

• Republic Act No. 10354 is also known as?

  Responsible Parenthood and reproductive health act of 2012
• What does Republic Act No. 10354 provide?


  It provides maternal and child healthcare, family planning, and responsible parenthood
• What is Reproductive Health?


  Concerns problems such as sexually transmitted infections
• What are the four pillars in Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act?


  1. Informed Choice
  2. Respect for life
  3. Birth Control
  4. Responsible Parenthood
• What is Informed Choice?


  Covers the provision and integration of productive health and sexuality education in schools, and other educational settings
• What does the government promote in the first pillar (informed choice)?


  That the government shall promote and provide unbiased information and services
• What is Respect for Life?


  The act recognizes that abortion is illegal and punishable by law
• What is Birth Control?


  Reproductive healthcare information and supplies shall be made available most especially to poor beneficiaries
• What is Responsible Parenthood?


  • Couples determine their ideal family size
  • The government shall equip each parent with needed information in all aspects of family life, reproductive health, and responsible parenthood
• On July 28, 1997 what act was passed on by the congress?


  Republic Act No. 8504 or the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998
• What goal does the Republic Act No. 8504 include?

  • Establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring system
  • Strengthening the Philippine National AIDS Council
  • Promoting policies and measures to prevent and control HIV/AIDS
  • Establishing a nationwide HIV/AIDS information and educational program
• What is HIV?


  Human Immunodeficiency Virus is an infection that attacks the body's immune system
• What is AIDS?


  Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome is the most advanced stage of the disease
• HIV


  • Highly infectious through unprotected sexual intercourse, breastfeeding, blood transfusion/injecting drugs
  • Currently, there are several treatment for HIV and AIDS, but no known cure yet
• The Republic Act No. 8504

  • The Act promulgates policies and measures for preventing and controlling HIV/AIDS in the Philippines
  • Aims to create a nationwide HIV/AIDS information and educational program, establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring system, strengthening the Philippine National AIDS Council and for other purposes
• The Republic Act No. 8504

  Also provides..

  • Education dissemination in various institutions and agencies
  • Safe practice and procedure in health organizations and associations
  • Monitoring of cases with confidentiality
  • Programs for anti-discriminatory acts
• What is Republic Act No. 9211 also known as?


  Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003
• How does this Tobacco Act protect us?


  It protects people from the sale, use, and advertisements of hazardous tobacco products
• What is Tobacco?


  Also known as Nicotiana Tobacum is an herbaceous plant that can only be found in cultivation and then processed into either a herbal plant or tobacco
• Republic Act No. 9211


  • To promote a healthy environment, the act bans smoking in various public spaces, including youth centers, medical facilities, transit terminals, and food preparation areas, with designated smoking zones required
• What does the Act No. 9211 restrict?


  The act restricts tobacco sales to minors, prohibits vending machines without age verification, bans sales within 100 meters of schools, and requires signage to indicate target consumers
• What is one of the major recurring concerns in the Philippines?

  Drugs
• What is the primary purpose of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002?

  To protect citizens from the harmful effects of dangerous drugs
• What is the Republic Act number for the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002?

  Republic Act No. 9165
• What are the unlawful acts under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002?

  • Importing dangerous drugs
  • Selling and distributing dangerous drugs
  • Maintaining a drug den
  • Manufacturing dangerous drugs
  • Manufacturing or delivering drug paraphernalia
  • Possessing dangerous drugs
  • Possessing drugs at gatherings
  • Cultivating dangerous drug plants
  • Unnecessary prescribing of dangerous drugs
• What is the penalty for importing dangerous drugs under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act?

  Life imprisonment to death
• How does the government regulate gateway drugs?

  • Through the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act
  • Through the Tobacco Regulation Act
• What is Republic Act 9512 also known as?


  National Environmental Awareness and Education act of 2008
• What does the R.A Act No. 9512 promote?


  This Act promotes environmental awareness through environmental education. Various agencies, DSWD, DOST, and DENR shall integrate environmental education in their curricula
• The R.A Act No. 9512 explains..


  That it shall encompass the concepts and principles, laws, international and national best practices, threats of degradation and its impacts on human well-being, responsibilities of humans in conservation, protection and rehabilitation of resources, and sustainable development through the environment.
• What should environmental education be part of?


  National Services Training Program
• What is Republic Act No. 7719 also known as?


  The National Blood Services Act of 1994
• What does the R.A Act No. 7719 aim for?


  It aims to promote and encourage..

  • Blood donation by the citizenry
  • Provide for adequate, safe, and affordable and equitable distribution of blood and blood products
• The Act No. 7719 provisions the establishment of a Blood Services Network which consists:


  • National Council for Blood Services and its various committees
  • Philippine National Blood Services
  • Authorized Blood Collection Units and Facilities
  • Private and Public Hospital Blood Banks and Blood Stations
  • Non-Hospital Health Facilities
  • National Reference Laboratories for Immunology and Immunohematology
• What is the purpose of National Council for Blood Services and its various committees?

  • It serves as the governing body of the network and is responsible for the approval of various policies on blood services
• What is the purpose of Philippine National Blood Services?


  • Under its Blood Services, it works on the recruitment, retention, and care of voluntary blood donors, collection of blood from qualified donors, testing of units of blood for infectious diseases, and the like.
• What is Republic Act No. 10175 also known as?


  Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
• When was the Act No. 10175 approved in the Philippines?


  September 12, 2012
• What are the cybercrime offenses include in the Act?

  • Cyber-squatting
  • Cybersex
  • Child Pornography
  • Identity theft
  • Illegal access to data and libel
• How does the Act No. 10175 protect citizens?


  • The government mandated the R.A NO. 10175
  • The law mandates the prohibitions of cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited commercial communications, and computer-related identity theft