I. Background/Description
The program addresses the incidence of occupational diseases and work-related diseases and injuries among workers through health promotion and protection in all workplaces. It initially focuses on public health workers and informal sector workers including, but not limited to those in agriculture, transport, and small-scale mining. It aims to improve workers’ access to basic occupational health services at the local level.
II. Vision
“Healthy Filipino Workforce”
III. Mission
- Direct, harmonize and converge all efforts in occupational disease prevention and control; and
- Ensure equitable, accessible and efficient health services to workers
- Establish dynamic partnership, shared advocacy, responsibility and accountability
IV. Objectives/Goals
By 2022, reduce the number of occupational diseases and injuries by 30% from the 2015 baseline as identified in the Occupational Health and Safety Profile of the Philippines.
V. Program Components
- Policies / Guidelines / Standards Development
- Capacity Building
- Technical Assistance
- Research
- Communication and Promotion
- Advocacy and Lobbying
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Human Resource Development
- Information Management
VI. Target Population/Client
- Informal Sector Workers (ISW) consisting of Agricultural Workers, Small-scale Miners, and Transport Group
- Public Health Workers (PHW)
VII. Area of Coverage
Nationwide
VIII. Partner Institutions
- Inter-Agency Committee on Environmental Health (IACEH)
- Occupational Health Sector
- Toxic and Hazardous Substances Sector
- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
- Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC)
- Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC)
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
- Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)
- Mines and Geoscience Bureau (MGB)
- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Energy Utilization Management Bureau (EUMB)
- Civil Service Commission (CSC)
- UP College of Public Health
- UP-PGH National Poison Management Control Center
- Philippine College of Occupational Medicine
- Occupational Health Nurses Association of the Phils.
IX. Policies and Laws
- 1961, Administrative Order No. 63 “Industrial Hygiene Code”
- 1975, Presidential Decree No. 856 Code on Sanitation of the Philippines (Chapter VII – Industrial Hygiene)
- 1987, Philippine Constitution of 1987 (Article II, Section 15)
- 2008, Joint Administrative Order between DTI-DENR-DA-DOF-DOH-DILG-DOLE-DOTC No. 01 “The Adoption and Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)”
- 2012, DOH Administrative Order No. 2012-0020 “Guidelines Governing the Occupational Health and Safety of Public Health Workers”
- 2013, DOH Administrative Order No. 2013-0018 “National Occupational Health Policy for the Informal Mining, Transport and Agricultural Sectors”
- 2013, DOH Administrative Order No. 2013-0009 “National Chemical Safety Management and Toxicology Policy
- 2013, DOH Department Personnel Order No. 2013-3584 “Designation of Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries as Heads of Technical and Operations Cluster for Kalusugang Pangkalahatan, the Occupational Health and Safety Committee for the Department of Health and other Attached Agencies” and its Reconstitution DPO No. 2014-2282 and 2014-2282-A “Reconstitution of the Occupational Health and Safety Committee for the Department of Health and other Attached Agencies”
X. Strategies and Action Points
Environmental and Occupational Health Strategic Plan 2017-2022
XI. Program Accomplishments/Status
- Framework on the National Program on Chemical Safety Management and National Action Plan (2012)
- National Action and Implementation Plan for the National Chemical Safety Management Program (2013)
- Posting in DOH Website Emergency Hotlines for Poisoning Cases/Incidents
- Technical Assistance in the establishment of Poison Control and Information Centers in DOH-retained and specialty hospitals (i.e. East Avenue Medical Center, Rizal Medical Center, Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, Batangas Medical Center, Bicol Medical Center, Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, Western Visayas Sanitarium, Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center, Zamboanga Medical Center, Northern Mindanao Medical Center, and Southern Philippines Medical Center)
- Technical assistance and funding support on the following publications:
- Implementing Rules and Regulations on Chapter VII – Industrial Hygiene of the Sanitation Code of the Philippines, Amending Administrative Order No. 111 s. 1991
- Standard Treatment Guidelines for Occupational Poisoning (1997)
- Occupational Toxicology Manual on the Management of Poisoning in Geothermal Operations (1998)
- Occupational Toxicology Manual on the Management of Pesticide Poisoning (1998)
- Policies and Guidelines on Effective and Proper Handling, Collection, Transport, Treatment, Storage and Disposal of Health Care Wastes, Joint Administrative Order No. 02 Series of 2005
- Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water (2007)
- Manual of Technical Guidelines in the Management of Toxic Substance Exposures at the Field Level (2009)
- Training Module on Occupational Health and Safety for Hospital Workers (2009)
- National Profile on Chemical Management (2011)
- Standard Treatment Guidelines and Algorithms in the Management of Metal Intoxication (2012)
- National Asbestos Profile (2013)
- Lason Sa Ginto (2015)
- Occupational Health and Safety Profile of the Philippines (2015)
XII. Timeline/Calendar of Activities
- Every May 7 – Health Workers’ Day (Republic Act No. 10069)
- Every 4th Week of June - National Poison Prevention Week (Proclamation No. 1777, series of 2009)
XIII. Statistics and Reports
- ONEISS and PCC submitted reports for poisoning case
- 2015 baseline OH profile (leading occupational diseases)
XIV. Program Managers Contract Information
Dr. RODOLFO ANTONIO M. ALBORNOZ
Medical Officer V
Division Chief, Occupational Diseases Division
Dr. VALERIANO V. TIMBANG JR.
Medical Officer IV
Focal Person : Occupational Health for Informal Sector Workers
Engr. RENE N. TIMBANG
Supervising Health Program Officer
Focal Person: Occupational Health for Public Health Workers
Engr. ELMER G. BENEDICTOS
Supervising Health Program Officer
Focal Person: Industrial Hygiene
Engr. JOCELYN C. SORIA
Supervising Health Program Officer
Focal Person: Chemical Safety and Toxicology
Telephone No: 651-7800 loc.2324-2327
Fax No.: 732-9966
Email Address: odd.dpcb@gmail.com
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Date Updated: October 9, 2017