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Environmental Health is concerned with preventing illness through managing the environment and by
changing people's behavior to reduce exposure to biological and non-biological agents of disease and injury.
It is concerned primarily with effects of the environment to the health of the people.
Program strategies and activities are focused on environmental sanitation, environmental health impact
assessment and occupational health through inter-agency collaboration. An Inter-Agency COmmittee on
Environmental Health was created by virute of E.O. 489 to facilitate and improve coordination among
concerned agencies. It provides the venue for technical collaboration, effective monitoring and
communication, resource mobilization, policy review and development. The Committee has five sectoral
task forces on water, solid waste, air, toxic and chemical substances and occupational health.
Vision:
Mission:
Goals:
Reduction of environmental and occupational related diseases, disabilities and deaths through health
promotion and mitigation of hazards and risks in the environment and worksplaces.
Strategic Objectives:
1. Development of evidence-based policies, guidelines, standards, programs and parameters for specific
healthy settings.
3. Strengthening inter-sectoral collaboration and broad based mass participation for the promotion and
attainment of healthy settings
• Appropriate development and regular evaluation of relevant programs, projects, policies and plans
on environmental and occupational health
• Timely provision of technical assistance to Centers for Health Development (CHDs) and other
partners
• Development of responsive/relevant legislative and research agenda on DPC
• Timely provision of technical inputs to curriculum development and conduct of human resource
development
• Timely provision of technically sound advice to the Secretary and other stakeholders
• Timely and adequate provision of strategic logistics
Components:
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When was the ban on the use of hospital waste incinerator took effect?
The ban took effect last July 17, 2003.
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Who is/are responsible for the health care waste treatment and disposal in the
healthcare facility?
The Healthcare Waste Management Committee, headed by the Healthcare
Facility Administrator is the one responsible for the proper treatment and disposal
of healthcare wastes.
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What are the symptoms air pollution cause?
Different people react very differently to air pollution. Some people may notice chest tightness or cough,
while others may not notice any effect. The most common symptoms are irritation of the eyes, throat and
lungs.
People with heart disease such as angina, or with lung disease, such as asthma or emphysema, may be very
sensitive to air pollution exposure and may notice symptoms while others may not
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What are the possible measures to reduce levels of these chemicals in the body?
Primarily, it is recommended that the individual be removed from the source of exposure. Some chemicals
may have short residence times in the body while other chemicals may accumulate in the different
compartments (i.e. bones, tissues, etc). Nutritional supplementation (iron, folate, etc) may reduce
absorption of metals in the body. Clinical toxicologists may also recommend detoxification treatment to
manage poisoning cases.
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Who among the road users are the most vulnerable victims?
• Pedestrians
• Pedal Cyclists
• Motorcyclists
• Motorized Two-Wheelers
• Occupants of buses and mini-buses
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Who are most likely to meet accident?
Males are most likely to be involved in road traffic crashes than females, (73%).
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• Over speeding
• Driving under the influence of alcohol
• Not using safety devices (i.e. helmets, seat belts, child restraints)
• Poor road designs
• Inadequate vehicle safety standards
• Poor trauma care systems
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What are the measures that can be instituted to achieve waste minimization?
4. What are the measures that can be instituted to achieve waste minimization?
The following measures can be instituted to achieve waste minimization: reduction at source, segregation,
re-use and recycling and composting.
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What are the roles of the local health units in the implementation of the Solid Waste
Management Program?
The roles of the local health units in the implementation of Solid Waste Management Program will be on the
advocacy, technical assistance and monitoring.
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The Department of Health (DOH) today disclosed that it is launching simultaneously its regional kick-off
activities for its To-DOH LABAN Sa DENGUE, the national anti-dengue campaign, this February with Health
Secretary Francisco T. Duque III leading the rites in the CARAGA region.
"Dengue is now a year-round threat because of rising temperatures and the unpredictable weather that
brings in the rains in the normally dry and warm months of the year. Because of this phenomenon, there are
already many reported dengue cases this early part of 2008. Adding to this is the heightened dengue
awareness among the public, which makes them suspicious of any symptom closely associated with dengue
and seeking medical attention right away," Duque explained.
During the press conference, the health chief encouraged local government officials to expand their search
and destroy operations and include vacant lots and empty houses where dengue mosquitoes can secretly
thrive.
"We cannot be complacent about these things. We understand that it is off-limits to barge into private
properties. But we must invoke public safety and health and expand our “search and destroy” operations
anywhere that the dengue mosquito can breed and thrive. It is useless for one household to participate in
our aggressive sanitation drive and vector control when the house next to them is harboring mosquitoes. In
the end, dengue prevention is about community action and we need the local governments to help us with
this," Duque stressed.
Meanwhile, the DOH has initially given P2.5 million to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) to
purchase re-agents needed for its dengue surveillance.
Duque said that with these re-agents, doctors will be able to tell right away which are dengue suspects from
real dengue cases. It will also enable epidemiologic experts in the country to identify which strain of the
dengue virus is circulating in a particular community.
Among the objectives of this procedure is to identify suspect cases and fully investigate them during routine
surveillance and disease outbreaks. He said that this is going to be particularly helpful in times when there
are many reports of clustering of dengue cases which may indicate a high probability of an outbreak.
"With the availability of re-agents, RITM can run hundreds of samples per day and make the results
available within 24 hours. So, the results of blood samples collected from a reported clustering of cases sent
to RITM for confirmatory test will be immediately available. In other words, this is going to be a big help in
confirming cases before declaring if there is an outbreak or none," Duque explained.
The health chief added that the other objectives of RITM's dengue laboratory surveillance are to provide
serological tests, to determine the circulating serotype, to provide baseline data on the prevalence of
dengue in the country, and to recommend strategies for prevention and control.
On the other hand, Duque also disclosed today that the DOH has established a Dengue War Room at the
National Epidemiology Center to facilitate faster tracking of reported dengue cases in different parts of the
country and immediately identify areas where clustering of cases has been noted.
"This war room is going to be the DOH's dengue operation center where all reports of dengue cases
nationwide, be it sporadic or clustering, will be collected and analyzed. This war room will help us identify
the area where the next possible outbreak will take place. With such information, we can now swiftly send
help and immediately arrest possible spread of dengue cases," the health chief explained.
When was the ban on the use of hospital waste incinerator took effect?
The ban took effect last July 17, 2003.
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Who is/are responsible for the health care waste treatment and disposal in the
healthcare facility?
The Healthcare Waste Management Committee, headed by the Healthcare
Facility Administrator is the one responsible for the proper treatment and disposal
of healthcare wastes.
top
top
What are the symptoms air pollution cause?
Different people react very differently to air pollution. Some people may notice chest tightness or cough,
while others may not notice any effect. The most common symptoms are irritation of the eyes, throat and
lungs.
People with heart disease such as angina, or with lung disease, such as asthma or emphysema, may be very
sensitive to air pollution exposure and may notice symptoms while others may not
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What are the possible measures to reduce levels of these chemicals in the body?
Primarily, it is recommended that the individual be removed from the source of exposure. Some chemicals
may have short residence times in the body while other chemicals may accumulate in the different
compartments (i.e. bones, tissues, etc). Nutritional supplementation (iron, folate, etc) may reduce
absorption of metals in the body. Clinical toxicologists may also recommend detoxification treatment to
manage poisoning cases.
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top
top
top
Who among the road users are the most vulnerable victims?
• Pedestrians
• Pedal Cyclists
• Motorcyclists
• Motorized Two-Wheelers
• Occupants of buses and mini-buses
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Who are most likely to meet accident?
Males are most likely to be involved in road traffic crashes than females, (73%).
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• Over speeding
• Driving under the influence of alcohol
• Not using safety devices (i.e. helmets, seat belts, child restraints)
• Poor road designs
• Inadequate vehicle safety standards
• Poor trauma care systems
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What are the measures that can be instituted to achieve waste minimization?
4. What are the measures that can be instituted to achieve waste minimization?
The following measures can be instituted to achieve waste minimization: reduction at source, segregation,
re-use and recycling and composting.
top
What are the roles of the local health units in the implementation of the Solid Waste
Management Program?
The roles of the local health units in the implementation of Solid Waste Management Program will be on the
advocacy, technical assistance and monitoring.
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