Adopting Global Health
Initiatives

Tobacco Control
TobaccoControl also called as anti smoking is a field of
international public health science,policy and practice
dedicated to addressing tobacco use and thereby
reducing the morbidity and mortality it causes.
The Philippine Cancer Society (PCS) considers smoking
as a national menace. Tobacco consumption
continuously increases,putting lung cancer as the
second most common cause of cancer deaths in the
Philippines (Globocan,2018)
The following are helpful tips for those who want to
quit successfully:

1. Set a realistic timeframe to achieve your goal.
2. Smoke one less cigarette each day.
3. Do not quit suddenly to avoid withdrawal effect.
4. Utilize alternatives to cigarettes, such as chewing
gum.
5. Tell your family amd friends that you want to quit to
gain support.
6. Keep all objects that will remind you of smoking, such
as ashtrays amd lighter's.
7. Consult a doctor to assist you in quitting and help you
manage withdrawal effects

Mental Health Action Plan
The goal of health education is to help individuals
adopt or maintain health enhancing
behaviors.Adoption of a global mental health action
plan must be implemented effectively with the
coordination of various government and
nongovernmental agencies and private partners. On
the next page are some possible healthy behaviors
related to promoting mental and emotional health.

Strategy to Reduce the Harmful
Use of Alcohol
According to the WHO Comparative
assessment of Risk Factors for Global
Burden Disease (200), alcohol consumption
is ranked as the fifth most important risk
factor worldwide. WHO estimated that 2.5
million people all over the world died of
alcohol related causes such as vehicular
accidents,liver and heart diseases, and
cancers.
One strategy to reduce the harm brought
by alcohol is to make it more inaccessible
especially to teenager's

Vaccines and Immunization
• In 2016, the Expanded Program on
Immunization (EPI) that was established in
1979 transitioned to become the National
Immunization Program (NIP). It already
included immunizations of other populations
such as senior citizens, school age children,
and adolescents. The overall goal of NIP is to
reduce morbidity and mortality among
children and vulnerable groups against the
most common vaccine preventable diseases.

VACCINES DISEASES PREVENTED OR TARGET
PATHOGENS
1. BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guérin • Tuberculosis
2. Monovalent Hep B • Hepatitis B
3. Pentavalent vaccine (DTwP-Hib-
HepB)
•Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis,
Haemophilus influenzae type b and
Hepatitis B
4. Bivalent OPV (oral polio vaccine) •Poliomyelitis
5. IPV (inactived polio vaccine) •Poliomyelitis
6.PCV (Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) •Streptococcal pneumonia
7.MMR • Mumps, measles and rubella (German
measles)
8.MR •Measles and rubella
9.Td •Tetanus and diphtheria
10. HPV • Human papilloma virus that causes
cervical cancer
The table shows the vaccines included in the
National Immunization Program.They are the
following: