Republic Act No. 10069 - An act declaring may 7 of every year as "Health Workers Day" Republic Act No.

10068 - An act providing for the development a promotion of organic agriculture in the Philippines and for other purposes Republic Act No. 10055 - An act providing the framework and support system for the ownership, management, use and commercialization of intellectual property generated from research and development funded by government and for other purposes. Republic Act No. 10043 - An act establishing a Malaria, tropical Infectious Disease Research and Treatment Institute in the Municipality of Sibutu province of Tawitawi, integrating thereto the Datu Alawaddin Bandon Hospital, and appropriating funds therefor Republic Act No. 10028 - An act expanding the promotion of breastfeefing, amending for the purpose Reporblic Act No. 7600, Otherwise known as "An act institutions with rooming-in and breastfeeding practices and for other purposes Republic Act 10024 - An act regulating the practice of respiratory therapy, creating a professional regulatory board of respiratory therapy, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes Republic Act 10022 - An act amending Republic Act No. 8042 otherwise known as the migrant workers and overseas Filipinos Act of 1995. As amended, further improving the standard of protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers, their families and overseas Filipinos in distress, and for other purposes. Republic Act 9994 - An act granting additional benefits and privileges to senior citizens. Further amending Republic Act No. 7432, as amended, otherwise known as "An Act to Maximize the contribution of Senior Citizens to nation builiding, grant benefits and special privileges and for other purposes". Republic Act 9803 - An act to encourage the donation of food for charitable purposes Republic Act No. 9793 - An act increasing the bed capacity of Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center in Tacloban City from two hundred fifty (250) to five

hundred (500), upgrading its service and facilities and professional health care, authorizing the increase of its medical personnel and appropriating funds therefor Republic Act No. 9792 - An act changing the name of the Davao Medical Cneter in Davao City tothe Southern Philippines Medical Center, increasing its bed capacity from six hundred (600) to one thousand two hundred (1,200), upgrading its service facilities and professional health care, authorizing the increase of its medical personnel and apprpriating funds therefor Republic Act No. 9791 - An act amending Republic Act No. 7532, converting the Batangas Regional Hospital to the Batangas Medical Center, further increasing its bed capacity to five hundred (500) beds Republic Act No. 9790 - An act converting the Culion Sanitarium in the Municipality of Culion, Province of Palawan into the Culion Sanitarium and Genreal Hospital and appropriating funds therefor Republic Act No. 9775 - An act defining and penalizing therefor and ofor other purposes Republic Act No. 9710 - An act providing for the Magna Carta of Women Republic Act No. 9709 - An act establishing a universal newborn hearing screening program for the prevention, early diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss. Republic Act No. 9502 - An act providing for cheaper and quality medicines, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 8293 or the Intellectual Property Code, Republic Act No. 6675 or the Generics Acts of 1988, and Republic Act No. 5921 or the Pharmacy Law, and for other purposes Republic Act No. 9482 - An Act Providing for the Control and Elimination of Human and Animal Rabies, Prescribing Penalties for Violation Thereof and Appropriating Funds Therefore Republic Act No. 9288 - Newborn Screening An Act Promulgating A Comprehensive Policy and A National System For Ensuring Newborn Screening Republic Act No. 9257 - Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003 An Act Granting Additional Benefits and Privileges to Senior Citizens Amending for the Purpose Republic Act

providing incentives to all government and private health the crime of child pornography, prescribing penalties

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" Republic Act No. 9211 - Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 An Act Regulating the Packaging, Use, Sale Distribution and Advertisements of Tobacco Products and for other Purposes Republic Act No. 9165 - Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 An Act Instituting the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, repealing republic act no. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended, providing funds therefor and for other purposes Republic Act No. 8976 Philippine Food Fortification Act of 2000 Republic Act No. 8749 - Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 An Act Providing For A Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Policy And For Other Purposes Republic Act No. 8504 - Prevention and Control of 1988 Promulgating Policies And Prescribing Measures For The Prevention And Control Of Hiv/Aids In The Philippines, Instituting A Nationwide HIV/Aids Information And Educational Program, Establishing A Comprehensive Hiv/Aids

Republic Act No. 8203 - Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs An Act of Prohibiting Counterfeit drugs, Providing Penalties for Violations and Appropriating Funds Thereof Republic Act No. 7883 - Barangay Health Workers Benefits and Incentives Acts of 1995 An Act Granting Benefits and Incentives to Accredit Barangay Health Workers and for Other Purposes Republic Act No. 7876 - Senior Citizens Center Act of the Philippines An Act to Maximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to Nation Building, Grant Benefits and Special Privileges Republic Act No. 7875 - National Health Insurance Act of 1995 An Act Instituting A National Health Insurance Program For All Filipinos And Establishing The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation For The Purpose Republic Act No. 7719 - National Blood Services Act of 1994 An Act Promoting Voluntary Blood Donation, Providing For An Adequate Supply Of Safe Blood Regulating Blood Banks And Providing Penal Ties For Violation Thereof Republic Act No. 7432 - Senior Citizen Act of 1992 An Act to Maximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to Nation Building, Grant Benefits and Special Privileges Republic Act No. 7394 The Consumer Act Of The Philippines

Monitoring System, Strengthening The hilippine National Republic Act No. 7305 - Magna Carta of Public Health Workers Aids Council, And For Other Purposes Republic Act No. 8423 - Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA of 1997) An Act creating the PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF Magna Carta of Public Health Workers Republic Act No. 7277 - An act providing for the rehabilitation, self-development and self-reliance of

TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE (PITAHC) disabled person and thier integration into the mainstream of society and for other purposes. to accelerate the development of traditional and alternative health care in the Philippines, providing for a Republic Act No. 7183 - An Act Regulating the Sale, TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE Manufacture, Distribution and Use of Firecrackers and DEVELOPMENT FUND and for other purposes Republic Act No. 8344 - An Act Prohibiting the Demand of Deposits or Advance Payments An Act Prohibiting The Demand Of Deposits Or Advance Other Pyrotechnic Devices Amendment to RA 7170 - Organ Donation Act of 1991

An Act To Advance Corneal Transplantation In The Payments For The Confinement Or Treatment Of Patients Philippines, Amending For The Purpose Republic Act In Hospitals And Medical Clinics In Certain Cases Numbered Seven Thousand One Hundred And Seventy (R.A. N0. 7170) Otherwise Known As The Organ Donation Act Of 1991

Republic Act No. 6675 - Generics Act of 1988 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 Republic Act No. 6425 - Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 This Act shall be known and cited as "The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972." Republic Act No. 5921 An Act Regulating The Practice Of Pharmacy And Settings Standards Of Pharmaceutical Education In The Philippines And Other Purposes Republic Act No. 4688 - An Act Regulating the Operation and Maintenance of Clinical Laboratories and Requiring the Registration of the same with the Department of Health, Providing Penalty for the Violation thereof, and for Other Purposes Republic Act No. 4226 - Hospital Licensure Act An Act Requiring the Licensure of all Hospitals in the Philippines and Authorizing the Bureau of Medical Services to Serve as the Licensing Agency Republic Act No. 1241- An act to amend certain provisions of RA 997 otherwise known as the "Reorganization Act of 1954," approved June 9, 1954, and for other purposes Republic Act No. 997 - An Act Creating the Government Survey and Reorganization Commission and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Executive Order No. 611 Authorizing Compensation Adjustments to Government Personnel Executive Order No. 567 Devolving the Taguig-Pateros District Hospital from the Department of Health to the City of Taguig Executive Order No. 452 Directing the Enrollment of 2.5 Million Indigent Families Pursuant to Executive Order No. 276s. 2004 also known as the Enhanced PCSO Greater Medicare Access Program and for other Purposes Executive Order No. 441 Delegating to the Secretary of Department Health (DOH) the Power to Exercise Oversight Function over the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Executive Order No. 442 Designating the Philippine International Trading Corporation as the Lead Coordinating Agency to Make Quality Medicines Available, Affordable and Accessible to the greater masses of Filipinos Executive Order No. 437 Encouraging the implementation of CommunityBased Rehabilitation (CBR) for persons with disabilities in the Philippines Executive Order No. 417 Directing the implementation of the Economic Independence Program for Person with Disabilities Executive Order No. 392 Amending Executive Order No. 182 dated February 14, 2003, Entitled " Transferring the Medicare Functions of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Executive Order No. 102 Redirecting the Functions and Operations of the Department of Health. Executive Order No. 51 Adopting a National Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Supplements and related products, penalizing violations thereof, and for other purposes. Executive Order No. 247 Prescribing Guidelines and Establishing a Regulatory Framework for the Prospecting of Biological ang Genetic Resources, their ByProducts and Derivatives, for Scientific and Commercial Purposes; and for other Purposes Executive Order No. 455 Transferring the Supervision and Control of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes from the Department of Social Welfare and Development to the Department of Health, and for other Purposes

Executive Order No. 288 Providing for the Implementing Details for Reorganization Plans Nos. 12-A, 13-A and 14-A relative to Health

Executive Order No. 663 Implementing the the National Commitment for "Bakuna ang Una Sa Sanggol At Ina", Attaining World Health Organization's goals to Eliminate Measles and Neonatal Tetanus, Eradicate Polio, Control Hepatitis B and Other VaccinePreventable Diseases Executive Order No. 637 Providing the Basis for the Computation of the Incentive Benefits of Personnel who may be Affected by the Implementation of the Rationalization Program under Executive Order No. 366s. 2004

Executive Order No. 472 Transferring the National Nutrition Council from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Health

Presidential Decree No. 996 Providing for Compulsory Basic Immunization for Infants and children below eight years of age Presidential Decree No. 498 Amending sections two, three, four, seven, eight, eleven, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen, twenty-one and twenty-nine of Republic Act No. 5527, also known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969 Presidential Decree No. 965 A Decree Requiring Applicant for Marriage License to Receive Instructions on Family Planning and Responsible Parenthood Presidential Decree No. 1631 Creating the Lunsod ng Kabataan Presidential Decree No. 1823 Creating the Lung Center of the Philippines Presidential Decree No. 384 Amending Republic Act Numbered 4073, entitled an An Act Further LIberalizing the Treatment of Leprosy by Amending and Repealing certain Sections of the REvised Administrative Code Presidential Decree No. 1832 Creating National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines Presidential Decree No. 893 Reconstituting the National Schistosomiasis Control Commission into the Schistosomiasis Control Council and for other Purposes Presidential Decree No. 79 Revising the Population Act of Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-one

Presidential Proclamation No. 1168 November 10, 2006 Declaring the Month of November of Every Year as Malaria Awareness Month Presidential Decree 480 June 6, 1974 Creating a Radiation Health Office in the Department of Health Presidential Decree 881 January 30, 1976 Empowering the Secretary of Health to regulate the labeling, sale and distribution of hazardous substances Presidential Decree No. 856 Code on Sanitation of the Philippines (with Implementing Rules and Regulations) Presidential Decree No. 522 Prescribing Sanitation Requirements for the Operation of Establishments and Facilities for the Protection and Convenience of the Travelling Public Presidential Decree No. 651 Requiring the Registration of Births and Deaths in the Philippines which occured from January 1, 1974 and thereafter

DOH Annual Calendar January 2011 Deworming of School Children (Grade 1-6)Round 1 18-22 National Cancer Awareness Week 24-30 Goiter Awareness Week 29 World Leprosy Day

1-5 National Mental Retardation Week 4 World Cancer Day 3rd wk Leprosy Prevention and Control Week 7284 reads March 2011 Colon and Rectal Cancer Awareness Month Rabies Awareness Month 8830 readsBurn Injury Prevention Month National Womens Health Month 8 National Women;s Day

February 2011 Heart Month Oral Health Month National Health Insurance Program Month

22 World Water Day 24 World TB Day

National Disaster Consciousness Month Schistosomiasis Awareness Month 8 National Allergy Day 11 World Population Day 5865 reads 12-17 National Disability Prevention and

April 2011 Cancer in Children Awareness Month 7 World Health Day 22 Philippine Earth's Day 25 World Malaria Day 4th wk Head and Neck Consciousness Week

Rehabilitation Week 25-29 National Diabetes Awareness Week

8157 reads August 2011 Family Planning Month 5279 reads Lung Cancer Awareness Month National Lung Month National Tuberculosis Awareness Month Sight-Saving Month National Breastfeeding Awareness Month 2-6 Mother-Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Week 6-12 National Hospital Week 11-17 Phil. National Research System Week 3rd wk Brain Attack Awareness Week 5351 reads 16-20 Asthma Week 19 National Tuberculosis day 6318 reads September 2011 Generics Awareness Month Liver Cancer Awareness Month 1-7 National Epilepsy Awareness Week 7-11 Obesity Prevention and Awareness Week 26- World Heart Day 28 World Rabies Day 5198 reads

May 2011 Cervical Cancer Awareness Month Natural Family Planning Month Road Safety Month 2 10-14 15 19 31 World Asthma Day Safe Motherhood Week

AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day World Hypertension Day World No Tobacco Day

June 2011 Dengue Awareness Month National Kidney Month No Smoking Month Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 5 World Environmental Day

14 World Blood Donor Day 14-18 Safe Kids Week 23 DOH Anniversary 25 National Patients Safety Day 4th week National Poison Prevention Week

6840 readsOctober 2011 National Childrens Month July 2011 Deworming of School Children (Grade 1-6) Breast Cancer Awarenss Month Round 2 National Blood Donors Month Nutrition Month 10 World Sight Day 10 World Mental Health Day 1-7 Elderly Filipino Week

4-8 National Mental Health Week 4-8 National Newborn Screening Week 11-15 Bone and Joint Awareness Week 11-15 Garantisadong Pambata Round 3 15 Global Handwashing Day 18-22 Health Education Week 18-22 National Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Week 25-29 Food Safety Awareness Week 29 World Psoriasis Day 5231 reads December 2011 Firecrakers Injury Prevention Month 1 - World AIDS Day 6 - National Health Emergency Preparedness Day 3-9 Ear, Nose and Throat Consciousness Week 10 - National Youth Health Day

November 2011 Cancer Pain Awareness Month Filariasis Awareness Month Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month Malaria Awareness Month 1-5 - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Week 2nd Week - National Skin Disease Detection and Prevention Week 8-12 15-19 Week 22-26 7 14 - Population and Development Week - National Food Fortification Day - World Diabetes Day - Deaf Awareness Week - Drug Abuse Prevention and Control

November 25-December 12 - 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW)