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PubMed1988

Proclamation No. 214, 3 February 1988.

This Proclamation declares the second week of February 1988 and every year thereafter as Respect and Care for Life Week. The text of the Proclamation, including its preamble, is as follows: "Whereas, the UN Declaration on Rights of the Child provides that 'the Child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth'; Whereas, Section 12, Article 2 of the Constitution provides that it is the policy of the State to 'protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception'; Whereas, available statistics detail the frightening losses of innocent human lives by abortion; and Whereas, in pursuance of the above constitutional mandate and in support of the UN universal declaration and in order to instill the same, as well as the value and sacredness of human life, in the minds and hearts of the Filipino people and thereby help reverse the above statistical trend, it becomes imperative to set aside a period of time for them to ponder and focus attention on their moral and constitutional obligations to protect human life or one's inherent right to life; Now, Therefore, I, Corazon C. Aquino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the second week of February 1988 and every year thereafter as "Respect and Care for Life Week" under the auspices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and Pro-Life Philippines, and other involved entities or organization[s]."

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PubMed1987

Executive Order No. 119 reorganizing the Ministry of Health, its attached agencies and for other purposes, 30 January 1987.

This Order reorganizes the Ministry of Health. The Ministry has the power to do the following, among other things: "a) define the national health policy and formulate and implement a national health plan within the framework of the government's general policies and plans, and to present proposals to appropriate authorities on national issues which have health implications;" and "f) propagate health information and educate the population on important health, medical and environmental matters which have health implications." Among the staff support services to the Minister is the "Public Information and Health Education Service, which shall provide services related to formulating and implementing plans, programs, and projects for public education on health and for the timely and accurate public communication of Ministry policy on health issues." The Ministry also contains an Office for Public Health Services composed of ten staff services, among which are the following: "a) Maternal and Child Health Service, which shall formulate plans, policies, programs, standards and techniques relative to maternal and child health; provide consultative training and advisory services to implementing agencies; and conduct studies and research related to health services for mothers and children," and "c) Family Planning Service, which shall formulate plans, policies, programs, standards and techniques relative to family planning in the context of health and family welfare; provide consultative training and advisory services to implementing agencies; and conduct studies and research related to family planning."

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PubMed1987

Executive Order No. 160, 13 April 1987.

This Order amends Presidential Decree No. 79 with respect to the composition and functions of the Population Board of Commissioners. The preamble to the Order states that "the Population Commission must be strengthened by making the composition and membership of its Board more responsive to the role the Commission is called upon to perform in the light of the 1987 Constitution." The major changes made by the Order are a) increasing the membership of the Board and including in it private sector representatives; and b) increasing the powers of the Chairman of the Board, in particular, by authorizing the Chairman "to review and, with the concurrence of the Board, authorize major policies and programs as a whole."

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PubMed1987

Executive Order No. 123 reorganizing the Ministry of Social Services and Development, now referred to as Ministry of Social Welfare and Development, 30 January 1987.

This Order reorganizes the Ministry of Social Services and Development. Among the bureaus of the Ministry are the following: "b) Bureau of Family and Community Welfare--assistance to socially disadvantaged families and communities including family planning, planning outreach programs to develop their capability in defining needs and formulating solutions as well as setting up viable community structures which bring about desired social changes..."d) Bureau of Women's Welfare--promoting women's welfare, with specific attention to the prevention or eradication of exploitations of women in any form, such as but not limited to prostitution and illegal recruitment; as well as the promotion of skills for employment and self naturalization; e) Bureau of Child and Youth Welfare--care and protection of abandoned, neglected, abused or exploited children and youth, delinquents, offenders, the disturbed, street children, victims of prostitution and others, for their social adjustment and economic self-sufficiency." The Order authorizes the Ministry to establish regional offices providing, among other things, day care centres, street children centres, centres for youth with special needs, homes for the aged, and homes for unwed mothers. Attached to the Ministry is a Population Commission, which "shall continue as the population planning and coordinating agency."

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