TEAM HEALTH

Issues and Concern National Level

01.04.2023
 Topics
● Reproductive Health Laws
○ HIV, AIDS
○ Responsible Parenthood
● Cybercrime

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Overview
Child Pornography

● Gateway Drugs

● Anti Hazing Law

● Anti Bullying Act

● Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act

Reproductive Health Laws
● The Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, and officially
designated as Republic Act No. 10354, is a Philippine law that
provided universal access to methods on contraception, fertility
control, sexual education, and maternal care in the Philippines.

● While there is general agreement about its provisions on

maternal and child health, there is great debate on its mandate
that the Philippine government and the private sector will fund
and undertake widespread distribution of family planning
devices such as condoms, birth control pills, and IUDs, as the
government continues to disseminate information on their use
through all health care centers.
Cybercrime
● A cybercrime is a crime that involves a computer or a computer
network. The computer may have been used in committing the
crime, or it may be the target. Cybercrime may harm someone's
security or finances.

● There are many privacy concerns surrounding cybercrime when

confidential information is intercepted or disclosed, lawfully or
otherwise. Internationally, both governmental and non-state
actors engage in cybercrimes, including surveillance, financial
theft, and other cross-border crimes. Cybercrimes crossing
international borders and involving the actions of at least one
nation-state are sometimes referred to as cyberwarfare.
Cybercrime - (Author of the law)
● The Cybercrime Prevention Act ultimately was the product of
House Bill No. 5808, authored by Representative Susan Yap-
Sulit of the second district of Tarlac and 36 other co-authors,
and Senate Bill No. 2796, proposed by Senator Edgardo Angara.
Cybercrime - (Fines, Sanctions)
● Computer-related identity theft which involves unauthorized
acquiring, using or misusing, possessing and transferring,
altering or deleting another person's identifying information is
punishable with up to six months imprisonment and fines
amounting in the hundreds of thousands.
Cybercrime - (Statistics in 2022)
● The Office of Cybercrime at the Department of Justice reported
that 3,700 cyber-libel cases were filed as of May 2022. Of that
number, 1,317 were filed in court while 1,131 were dismissed.
Twelve cases ended in a conviction.
Cybercrime - (Ways to prevent)
● Install the latest updates or enable automatic updates .

● Regularly backup your files safely.

● Don’t click on phishing emails and dodgy links.

● Don’t give out personal information unless the site is secure.

● Install firewalls.

● Block suspicious accounts on social media.

● Don’t store your card details on websites.

● Build your security consciousness.

Child Pornography
● Child pornography is pornography that unlawfully exploits
children for sexual stimulation. It may be produced with the
direct involvement or sexual assault of a child (also known as
child sexual abuse images) or it may be simulated child
pornography. Abuse of the child occurs during the sexual acts or
lascivious exhibitions of genitals or pubic areas which are
recorded in the production of child pornography. Child
pornography may use a variety of mediums, including writings,
magazines, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation,
sound recording, video, and video games. Child pornography
may be created for profit or other reasons.
Gateway Drugs
● The gateway drug effect is a comprehensive catchphrase for the
often observed effect that the use of a psychoactive substance
is coupled to an increased probability of the use of further
substances. Possible causes are biological alterations in the
brain due to the earlier substance exposure and similar attitudes
of people who use different substances across different
substances.
Anti Hazing Law
● The Anti-Hazing Act of 1995, officially designated as Republic
Act No. 8049, is a Philippine law that regulates the acts of
hazing and other initiation rites in fraternities and sororities in
the country. It prohibits and penalizes physical harm and
violence in such practices.
Anti Bullying Act
● Republic Act 10627, or the Anti-Bullying Act (the “Act”), aims to
protect children enrolled in kindergarten, elementary, and
secondary schools and learning centers (collectively, “Schools”)
from being bullied. It requires Schools to adopt policies to
address the existence of bullying in their respective institutions.

● It is a legislation enacted to help reduce and eliminate bullying.

This legislation may be national or sub-national and is
commonly aimed at ending bullying in schools or workplaces.
Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act
● The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, officially
designated as Republic Act No. 9165, is a consolidation of
Senate Bill No. 1858 and House Bill No. 4433. It was enacted
and passed by the Senate of the Philippines and House of
Representatives of the Philippines on May 30, 2002 and May
29, 2002, respectively. It was signed into law by President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on June 7, 2002.
 References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_Parenthood_and_Repr
oductive_Health_Act_of_2012#HIV/AIDS
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybercrime_Prevention_Act_of_20
12#:~:text=Senator%20Edgardo%20Angara%2C%20the%20mai
n,as%20the%20freedom%20of%20expression
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https://www.duranschulze.com/cybercrime-law-in-full-enforcem
ent/
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/08/09/philippine-activist-arres
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hazing_Act_of_1995#:~:text=
The%20Anti-Hazing%20Act%20of,and%20violence%20in%20su
ch%20practices
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https://elegal.ph/republic-act-no-10627-the-anti-bullying-act/#:
~:text=Republic%20Act%2010627%2C%20or%20the,bullying%2
0in%20their%20respective%20institutions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Dangerous_Drugs_
Act_of_2002