In order to maximize opportunities for better and wider coverage of health and nutrition

services delivery, OK sa DepEd and the One Health Week shall also mobilize the
community and promote collaboration with partners and stakeholders, especially at the
school level. As such, the schools are tasked to network with partners within their
localities for various health endeavors such as the improvement and maintenance of
health facilities; provision of health and nutrition services including manpower,
medicines, and equipment; and finalization of deliverables and schedule of joint health
activities for the school year.

Sustainable and holistic health and nutrition programs

“We want to promote and provide all learners and DepEd personnel with a sustainable,
holistic school health and nutrition program towards healthier behaviors and better
learning outcomes,” DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones shared. “As such, OK sa
DepEd is instrumental to the delivery of quality, accessible, relevant, and liberating
basic education,” she added.

“OK sa DepEd, more than a convergence of all our health programs, is also an
opportunity for us to identify health concerns in our schools and also set baseline data
on the health of our learners. This information will prove vital in the formulation of better
policies and identify areas of concern,” Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del B.
Pascua said.

To ensure effective and efficient implementation, as well as the sustainability of the

program, DepEd has issued the policy and guidelines on the OK sa DepEd through
DepEd Order No. 28, 2018 dated July 6, 2018. The issuance includes the strategies
and activities (management and institutional arrangements, planning and targeting,
coordination with partners, orientation of personnel, conduct of the One Health Week,
continuation of the health and nutrition services and activities, funding, reporting and
recording, and monitoring and evaluation), roles and responsibilities of the field offices,
and prohibited acts and undertakings.

The OK sa DepEd Program shall officially launch at the national level on July 13, 2018
at Pembo Elementary School in Makati City.