OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
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
1. Policies / Guidelines / Standards Development
2. Capacity Building
3. Technical Assistance
4. Research
5. Communication and Promotion
6. Advocacy and Lobbying
7. Monitoring and Evaluation
8. Human Resource Development
9. 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
SSMCHealth, Inc. Units/Hospitals
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
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)
