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Environment Awareness Act and Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act.pptx
1. Existing National Laws Related to
Health trends, Issues and Concerns
(National Environment Awareness and Education Act of 2008
and Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997)
2. National Environmental Awareness
and Educational Act of 2008
R.A. 9512 promotes the importance of
environmental conservation and ecological balance in
sustaining national development through national
awareness of the role of natural resources in economic
growth. This is in accordance with the protection and
advancement of the right of the people to a balanced and
healthful ecology at one with the rhythm and harmony of
nature.
3. Furthermore, the law recognizes the following:
a. The youth’s significant role in building the nation as well as the role of
education in fostering patriotism and nationalism, accelerating social progress, and
promoting human total hu liberation and development, environmental education is
integrated in the school curricula at all levels, both private and public.
b. It includes the barangay day care centers, pre-schools and non-formal,
technical-vocational, professional level, indigenous learning, and out-of-school youth
causes for programs.
This is made possible through the collaboration of the Department of Education
(DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD), together with Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and
other relevant agencies.
4. Traditional and Alternative
Medicine Act of 1997 (R.A. 8423)
R.A. 8423 led to the creation of the Philippine
Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care
(PITAHC) which aims to advance traditional and
alternative healthcare in the Philippines and provide
funds for its development.
The law also aims to improve the quality and
delivery of healthcare services to the Filipino people by
developing traditional and alternative healthcare and its
integration into the national healthcare delivery system.
5. Furthermore, this law seeks to help the indigenous people
societies in setting a legally workable basis regarding their
ownership of their knowledge of traditional medicine. It aims to
grant indigenous societies with official authority especially when
outsiders use such knowledge for commercial purposes. In this way,
proper acknowledgement and financial compensation shall be given
to the indigenous societies for the use of their knowledge of
traditional medicine.
6. Objectives of R.A. 8423:
1. To encourage scientific research on and develop traditional alternative
healthcare system.
2. To promote and advocate the use
3. To develop and coordinate skills training courses
4. To formulate standards, guidelines, and codes of ethical practices
5. To protect indigenous people.
