Environmental Health
Environmental Health is concerned with preventing illness through managing the environmentand by changing people's behavior to reduce exposure to biological and non-biological agents of disease and injury. It is concerned primarily with effects of the environment to the health of the people.Program strategies and activities are focused on environmental sanitation, environmental healthimpact assessment and occupational health through inter-agency collaboration. An Inter-AgencyCOmmittee on Environmental Health was created by virute of E.O. 489 to facilitate and improvecoordination among concerned agencies. It provides the venue for technical collaboration,effective monitoring and communication, resource mobilization, policy review anddevelopment. The Committee has five sectoral task forces on water, solid waste, air, toxic andchemical substances and occupational health.
Vision:
Health Settings for All Filipinos
Mission:
Provide leadership in ensuring health settings
Goals:
Reduction of environmental and occupational related diseases, disabilities and deaths throughhealth promotion and mitigation of hazards and risks in the environment and worksplaces.
Strategic Objectives:
1. Development of evidence-based policies, guidelines, standards, programs and parameters for specific healthy settings.2. Provision of technical assistance to implementers and other relevant partners3. Strengthening inter-sectoral collaboration and broad based mass participation for the promotion and attainment of healthy settings
Key Result Areas:
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Appropriate development and regular evaluation of relevant programs, projects, policiesand plans on environmental and occupational health
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Timely provision of technical assistance to Centers for Health Development (CHDs) andother partners
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Development of responsive/relevant legislative and research agenda on DPC
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Timely provision of technical inputs to curriculum development and conduct of humanresource development
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Timely provision of technically sound advice to the Secretary and other stakeholders
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Timely and adequate provision of strategic logistics
C
omponents:
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Inter- agency Committee on Environmental Health
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IACEH Task Force on Water
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IACEH Task Force on Solid Waste
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IACEH Task Force on Toxic Chemicals
y
IACEH Task Force on Occupational Health
y
Environmental Sanitation
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Environmental Health Impact Assessment
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Occupational Health
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anuary 2010
Deworming of School Children (Grade 1-6) - Round 118-22 National Cancer Awareness Week24-30 Goiter Awareness Week29 World Leprosy Day
February 2010
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ational Health Insurance Program Month Oral Health Month1-5
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ational Mental Retardation Weeks4 ± World Cancer Day3rd wk Leprosy Prevention and Control Week
March 2010
Burn Injury Prevention MonthColon and Rectal Cancer Awareness Month
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ational Women¶s Health MonthRabies Awareness Month8
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ational Women¶s Day22 World Water Day24 World TB Day
April 2010
Cancer in Children Awareness Month 7 World Health Day12-16 Garantisadong Pambata ± Round 122 Philippine Earth's Day25 World Malaria Day4th wk Head and
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eck Consciousness Week
May 2010
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
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atural Family Planning MonthRoad Safety Month2 World Asthma Day10-14 Safe Motherhood Week
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