Activity #

Directions: Read the conversation and answer the

following questions. Write your answers in your
activity notebook.
Processing Questions:
1. What is the sender’s problem?
2. Have you experienced the same
situation? Yes or no? And what did
you do?
Lesson 1
 Consumer Act of the Philippines
(RA 7394)
It is a national policy which aims to protect the
interest of the consumers and buyers of products and
services, promote consumers’ general welfare, and to
set and maintain standards of conduct for both the
business and industrial sectors.
The Consumer Act covers the quality and safety of
different products like food, drugs, cosmetics, and
devices. The policy also promotes the protection of
citizens against hazardous substances that may be on
sale. Hence, proper labeling and fair packaging shall
be required for all the products being sold.
 Traditional and Alternative
Medicine Act of 1997 (RA 8423)
It is an act creating the Philippine Institute of
Traditional and Alternative Health Care
(PITAHC) to accelerate the development of
traditional and alternative health care in the
Philippines, providing for a traditional and
alternative health care development fund and for
other purposes.
Traditional and Alternative Medicine
Act of 1997 (RA 8423)
It shall also be the policy of the State to seek a legally
workable basis by which indigenous societies would own
their knowledge of traditional medicine. When such
knowledge is used by outsiders, the indigenous societies can
require the permitted users to acknowledge its source and
can demand a share of any financial return that may come
from its authorized commercial use.
The policy also identifies medicinal plants in the country
which are readily available. These medicinal plants shall be
taken care of by different agencies.
 Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012
(RA 10354)
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
Health Act of 2012, also known as the
Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, is a law in
the Philippines that guarantees universal access to
methods such as contraception, fertility control,
sexual education, and maternal care.
What is Reproductive Health (RH)?
It refers to the state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
relating to the reproductive system and to its functions
and processes. This implies that people can have a
responsible, safe, consensual, and satisfying sex life,
that they have the capability to reproduce and the
freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so. This
further implies that women and men attain equal
relationships in matters related to sexual relations and
reproduction.
Pillars of Reproductive Health
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
Health Act builds its foundation on four pillars.
 Pillar 1: INFORMED CHOICE
To ensure the health of the mother and the child,
an effective and quality reproductive healthcare
services, which are ethically and medically safe,
legal, accessible, and affordable, shall be given
primacy to them. The government shall also promote
and provide unbiased information and access to
these services. This pillar also covers the provision
for the integration of reproductive health and
sexuality education in schools, and other educational
settings.
Pillar 2: RESPECT FOR LIFE

The Act recognizes that abortion is illegal and

punishable by law. However, mothers who will
be identified to have aborted an unborn child
will be served with post-abortive treatment and
counseling in a humane, nonjudgmental, and
compassionate manner.
Pillar 3: BIRTH CONTROL

Reproductive healthcare, information, and

supplies shall be made available most
especially to poor beneficiaries. However, the
Act also provides that the government must
respect the citizen’s individual preferences and
choices of family planning method.
Pillar 4: RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD

Couples determine their ideal family size. In

addition, the government shall equip each
parent with needed information in all aspects
of family life, reproductive health, and this
pillar.
What is Family Planning?
Family planning is a means to improve the quality of life of
every Filipino.
It is a program which enables couples and individuals to
decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their
children. Couples decide when to have the next baby and use
responsible means to achieve their desired number of children.
The program also provides access to a full range of safe,
affordable, non-abortifacient modern and natural methods of
pregnancy planning.
Family planning is a personal matter. The husband and wife
must decide on the family planning method best suited to their
health, religion, and resources.
What is Responsible Parenthood?
Parents do the following:
• respond to the needs and aspirations of the family and
children.
• determine and plan the desired number, spacing, and
timing of their children based on their health status,
sociocultural and economic concerns, and religious
convictions.
• plan and work to meet the goals of their family.
What is Responsible Parenthood?
Parenthood is about raising children and supporting their
needs financially, morally, teaching them good values, and
giving them love and care. It is one of the most important
duties in our society.
Parenthood is a great responsibility or task. It is not a role
which can be successfully played based on chance. It is a
status which a responsible couple can arrive at after deciding
to have a family.
Couples should be aware that parenthood entails great
responsibilities. They should consider the three R’s before
becoming parents: the Reason for wanting a child, the
Resources needed to raise a child, and the Responsibilities as
parents.
What are the responsibilities of parents?
 Provide physical care
 Inculcate discipline
 Develop social competence
 Encourage learning
 Give opportunities for education and self-development
 Inculcate values
 Provide economic security
 Teach self-discipline and self-control with effective
discipline
 Give love and affection
 Teach with a positive attitude
 Philippine AIDS Prevention and
Control Act of 1998 (RA 8504)
RA 8504 is an act promulgating policies and
prescribing measures for the prevention and
control of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines,
instituting a nationwide HIV/AIDS Information
and Education Program, establishing a
comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring system,
strengthening the Philippine National Aids
Council, and for other purposes.
What is Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV)?
It is a viral infection that attacks and slowly
destroys the immune system of the infected person
that leads to “immune deficiency”. It is progressive
and can lead to lack of body defense to all kinds of
infection including those that do not normally
infect man and can also lead to cancer
susceptibility.
What is Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS)?
It is a condition characterized by a
combination of signs and symptoms, caused by
HIV contracted from another person. AIDS
attacks and weakens the body’s immune system,
making the person who contracted the disease
susceptible to other life-threatening infections.
What are the other provisions of RA
8504?
The Department of Education (DepEd) and
other government agencies should work together
so that information on AIDS is included in the
classroom. The causes, modes of transmission, and
ways of preventing HIV/AIDS and other sexually
transmitted diseases should be taught in schools at
intermediate grades, secondary and tertiary levels,
including non-formal and indigenous learning
systems.
How do you get or transmit
HIV?
You can only get HIV by
coming into direct contact with
certain body fluids from a person
with HIV. These fluids are:
1. Blood
2. Semen
3. Rectal fluids
3. Vaginal fluids
4. Breast milk
HIV is transmitted by:
• Unprotected sex
• Passing from infected mother
to baby
• Sharing contaminated injecting
equipment
• Contaminated blood
transfusion
HIV is NOT acquired or
transmitted by:
1. Insect bites
2.Toilet seats
3. Kissing
4. Sharing eating utensils
5. Touching
 The first HIV case in the Philippines
was reported in 1984. Around 2007, the
DOH noted a rise in epidemic as new
infections started showing a steady
spike and shifted from sex workers to
men who have sex with men (MSM) and
people who inject drugs.
Ma. Dolzura Cortez (died1992) was
the first Filipino AIDS victim who came
out in the open to tell about her life and
how she acquired the AIDS virus.
 National Blood Services Act of 1994 (RA
7719)
Republic Act No. 7719 promotes voluntary blood
donation to provide sufficient supply of safe blood and to
regulate blood banks. This act aims to inculcate public
awareness that blood donation is a humanitarian act.
The National Voluntary Blood Services Program
(NVBSP) of the Department of Health is targeting the
youth as volunteers in its blood donation program. In line
with RA No. 7719, it aims to create public consciousness
on the importance of blood donation in saving the lives of
millions of Filipinos.
 Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
(RA 10175)
The act aims to address legal issues
concerning online interactions. With the
advancement of technology, there are various
platforms where you may express yourself. This
may do both good and harm to you.
 Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
(RA 10175)
“Cyber refers to a computer or a computer network, the
electronic medium in which online communication takes
place”. Consequently, cybercrime is simply any crime
committed in cyberspace. To protect the citizens from this
concern, the government mandated Republic Act No. 10175
or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 that mandates the
prohibition of cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited
commercial communications, and computer-related identity
theft.
The cybercrime offenses are:
A. Offenses against the confidentiality, integrity, and
availability of computer data and systems:
• Illegal Access – access to the whole or any part of a
computer system without the right to do so.
• Illegal Interception – interception made by technical
means, and without right, of any non-public
transmission of computer data to, from or within a
computer system including electromagnetic emissions
from a computer system carrying such computer data.
The cybercrime offenses are:
• Data interference – intentional or reckless alteration,
damaging, deletion, or deterioration of computer data,
electronic document, or electronic data message, without
right, including the introduction or transmission of viruses.
• System Interference – intentional alteration or reckless
hindering or interference with the functioning of a computer
or computer network by inputting, transmitting, damaging,
deleting, deteriorating, altering, or suppressing computer
data or a computer program, electronic document, or
electronic data message, without right or authority,
including the introduction of transmission of viruses.
The cybercrime offenses are:
• Misuse of Devices – use, production, sale,
procurement, importation, distribution, or otherwise
making available, without right, of the following:
a. A device, including a computer program, designed or
adapted primarily for the purpose of committing any of
the offenses under this Act;
b. A computer password, access, code, or similar data by
which the whole or any part of a computer system is
capable of being accessed with intent that it may be used
for the purpose of committing any of the offenses under
this Act.
The cybercrime offenses are:
• Cybersquatting – acquisition of a domain name over the
internet in bad faith to profit, mislead, destroy reputation,
and deprive others from registering the same if such a
domain name is:
a. Similar, identical, or confusingly similar to an existing
trademark registered with the appropriate government
agency at the time of the domain name registration;
b. Identical or in any way similar with the name of a person
other than the registrant, in case of a personal name; and
c. Acquired without right or with intellectual property
interests in it.
The cybercrime offenses are:
B. Computer-related offenses:
• Computer-related Forgery – input, alteration, or
deletion of any computer data without right resulting in
inauthentic data with the intent that it be considered or
acted upon for legal purposes as if it were authentic,
regardless of whether or not the data are directly
readable and intelligible; or the act of knowingly using
computer data which are the product of computer-
related forgery as defined herein, for the purpose of
perpetuating a fraudulent or dishonest design.
The cybercrime offenses are:

• Computer-related Fraud – unauthorized input,

alteration, or deletion of computer data or program
or interference in the functioning of a computer
system, causing damage thereby with fraudulent
intent: Provided that if no damage has yet been
caused, the penalty imposable shall be one (1)
degree lower.
The cybercrime offenses are:

• Computer-related Identity Theft – intentional

acquisition, use, misuse, transfer, possession,
alteration, or deletion of identifying information
belonging to another, whether natural or juridical,
without right: Provided that if no damage has yet
been caused, the penalty imposable shall be one
(1) degree lower.
The cybercrime offenses are:
C. Content-related offenses:
• Cybersex – willful engagement, maintenance, control or
operation, directly or indirectly, of any lascivious
exhibition of sexual organs, or sexual activity, with the
aid of a computer system, for favor or consideration.
• Child Pornography – unlawful or prohibited acts defined
and punishable by Republic Act No. 9775 or the Anti-
Child Pornography Act of 2009, committed through a
computer system. The penalty to be imposed shall be one
(1) degree higher than that provided for in Republic Act
No. 9775.
The cybercrime offenses are:
• Unsolicited Commercial Communications –
transmission of commercial electronic
communications with the use of computer system
which seek to advertise, sell, or offer for sale products
and services is prohibited unless:
a. There is prior consent from the recipient;
b. The primary intent of the communication is for
service and/or administrative announcements from the
sender to its existing users, subscribers, or customers; or
The cybercrime offenses are:
c. The following conditions are present:
1. The commercial electronics communication contains a
simple, valid, and reliable way for the recipient to reject
receipt of further commercial electronic messages from
the same source;
2. The commercial electronic communication does not
purposely disguise the source of the electronic message;
and,
3. The commercial electronic communication does not
purposely include misleading information in any part of
the message in order to induce the recipients to read the
message.
The cybercrime offenses are:
• Libel – unlawful or prohibited acts of libel as
defined in Article 355 of the Revised Penal
Code, as amended, committed through a
computer system or any other similar means
which may be devised in the future.
 National Environmental Awareness
and Education Act of 2008
(RA No. 9512)
This act provides for the promotion of environmental awareness
through environmental education which shall encompass
environmental concepts and principles, environmental laws, the
state of international and local environment, local environmental
best practices, the threats of environmental degradation and its
impact on human well-being, the responsibility of the citizenry to
the environment and the value of conservation, protection and
rehabilitation of natural resources and the environment.
 Seat Belts Use Act of 1999
(RA No. 8750)
This act aims to secure and safeguard its citizenry,
particularly the passengers and drivers of private and
public motor vehicles, from the ruinous and extremely
injurious effects of vehicular accidents. The policy
includes the mandatory wearing of seat belt devices by
the drivers and front seat passengers of private and
public motor vehicles.
 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs
Act of 2002 (RA No. 9165)
The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
(RA No. 9165) safeguards the well-being of its citizenry,
particularly the youth, from the harmful effects of
dangerous drugs on their physical and mental well-
being, and to defend the same against acts or omissions
detrimental to their development and preservation. In
view of the foregoing, the State needs to enhance further
the efficacy of the law against dangerous drugs, it being
one of today’s more serious social ills.
Here are some unlawful acts are subject to penalties
and fines:
• Importing of dangerous drugs and/or controlled
precursors and essential chemicals.
• Selling, trading, administering, dispensing, delivering,
distributing, and transporting dangerous drugs and/or
controlled precursors and essential chemicals.
• Maintaining a drug den, drive, or resort.
• Manufacturing of dangerous drugs and/or controlled
precursors and essential chemicals.
Here are some unlawful acts are subject to penalties
and fines:
• Manufacturing or delivery of equipment, instrument,
apparatus, or other paraphernalia for dangerous drugs
and/or controlled precursors and essential chemicals.
• Possessing dangerous drugs, equipment, instrument,
apparatus, or other paraphernalia.
• Possessing dangerous drugs during parties, social
gatherings or meetings.
• Cultivating or culturing plants classified as dangerous
drugs or sources of such.
• Unnecessary prescribing dangerous drugs.
QUIZ #
Directions: Answer the following questions and write
your answers in your activity notebook.

1. What is HIV? What do the letters stand for? What

can the virus do to a person’s immune system?
2. What is AIDS? What do these letters stand for?
What’s the difference between being tested positive
for HIV and having AIDS?
3. How do people get HIV? How can people protect
themselves against it?
ACTIVITY #
Directions: Discuss the existing health related
laws in a paragraph.

FORMAT: 5-5-5
ACTIVITY #
Directions: Assuming that after 10 years, you
will become a parent. How can you use the
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
Health Act? Write a short essay in your activity
notebook.
Significance of Health-Related
Laws in Safeguarding People’s
Health
 To safeguard means to protect people’s
health, well-being, and human rights, and
enable them to live free from harm, abuse,
and neglect.

What is the significance of the health-

related laws in protecting people’s health?
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

Protects the people against

hazards to health and safety,
and deceptive and unfair
The Consumer Act sales acts and practices. In
of the Philippines this light, the policy
RA 7395) mandates for information
dissemination and education
to facilitate sound choice
and proper exercise of rights
by the consumer.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

Traditional and Provides for the improvement

Alternative of quality and delivery of
Medicine Act of healthcare services in the
1997 (RA 8423) country through the
development of traditional and
alternative healthcare and its
integration into the national
healthcare system.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

● For married couples

Family planning is a preparation
Responsible for responsible parenthood. When
Parenthood and a couple agrees to practice this,
they will only have the number of
Reproductive Health children they can afford to
Act (RA 10354) support. Therefore, there will be
no unwanted pregnancy for the
couple. They will still have
enough time to enjoy each other’s
company without having too
many children to attend to.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

● For the mother

Family planning helps the mother
Responsible maintain good health and gives her
sufficient time between
Parenthood and pregnancies to recover from the
Reproductive Health strain of children. Taking a two-to
Act (RA 10354) three-year interval for delivery
helps a mother to recover and
regain health. It gives her the
freedom to have children only
when she wants them and only
when she is ready for them. It also
gives her opportunity to attend her
own needs.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

● For the children

Through family planning, the
children get quality time and
Responsible attention from their parents and they
Parenthood and are better taken care of. The parents
Reproductive Health could meet the basic needs of the
Act (RA 10354) children, which are food, clothing,
and shelter. In addition, children can
receive the health care that they
need. The parents can provide them
with a good education. More
importantly, children will be
showered with love and will receive
proper attention from their parents.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

● For the father

Family planning helps the father
Responsible shoulder his responsibility and
Parenthood and enables him to give his children
Reproductive Health equal attention. It also lightens
Act (RA 10354) the burden in supporting his
family as there are only a few to
support. It gives his family a
better home, education, and
good future, thus, keeping the
family happy and contented.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

● For the community

Family planning improves the
Responsible economic and social status of the
community. It can provide a
Parenthood and peaceful, orderly, and self-
Reproductive Health sustaining community with fewer
Act (RA 10354) problems, like juvenile
delinquency. The community will
be a healthy place to live in with
more land, open spaces between
houses, playground, sanitation,
and less pollution. Peace and order
are of paramount importance in
every community.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance
● For the country, and the world
With the rapid growth of population in
the country and the world, resources
Responsible are being used more rapidly, health
Parenthood and problems also worsen as modern
Reproductive Health medicine is not able to keep pace with
the health crisis, population growth has
Act (RA 10354) been a source of numerous economic
problems. By observing family planning
for the community, the use of resources
like land, food, and fuel can be reduced
and sanitation control would be
effective. There would be fewer
countries suffering from starvation
brought about by population explosion.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

Promotes public awareness about the

following issues related to HIV/AIDS:
1. Causes
The Philippine 2. Modes of transmission
AIDS Prevention 3. Consequences
and Control Act of 4. Means of prevention and control
1998 (RA 8504) The act also provides for education and
information dissemination in various
institutions and agencies, safe practices
and procedures (testing, screening, and
counseling) in health organizations and
associations, monitoring of cases with
confidentiality, and programs for anti-
discriminatory acts (in workplace,
hospitals, and other public institutions).
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

a) promotes and encourages

voluntary blood donation by the
National Blood citizenry and to instill public
Services Act of consciousness of the principle that
blood donation is a humanitarian
1994 (RA 7719) act;
b) lays down the legal principle that
the provision of blood for
transfusion is a professional medical
service and not a sale of a
commodity;
c) provides adequate, safe,
affordable and equitable distribution
of supply of blood and blood
products;
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

d) informs the public of the need

for voluntary blood donation to
National Blood curb the hazards caused by the
Services Act of commercial sale of blood;
1994 (RA 7719) e) teaches the benefits and
rationale of voluntary blood
donation in the existing health
subjects of the formal education
system in all public and private
schools, in the elementary, high
school and college levels as well as
the non-formal education system;
Law/Policy Importance/Significance

f) to mandate the Department of

Health to establish and organize a
National Blood National Blood Transfusion Service
Services Act of Network in order to rationalize and
improve the provision of adequate
1994 (RA 7719) and safe supply of blood;
g) provides for adequate assistance to
institutions promoting voluntary
blood donation and providing non-
profit blood services;
h) requires all blood collection units
and blood banks/centers to operate on
a non-profit basis;
Law/Policy Importance/Significance

i) establishes scientific and

professional standards for the
National Blood operation of blood collection units
Services Act of and blood banks/centers in the
Philippines;
1994 (RA 7719) j) regulates and ensures the safety of
all activities related to the collection,
storage and banking of blood; and
k) requires upgrading of blood
banks/centers to include preventive
services and education to control
spread of blood transfusion
transmissible diseases.
 Law/Policy Importance/Significance

Punishes content-related
Cybercrime offenses such as cybersex, child
Prevention Act of pornography and libel which
2012 (RA 10175) may be committed through a
computer system. It also
penalizes unsolicited commercial
communication or content that
advertises or sells products or
services.
 What government agencies are
tasked to implement and enforce
the law?
Department of Agriculture
(DA)

Advances
consumer
rights and
welfare.
Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI)

Promotes
agricultural
development
Department of Health
(DOH)

Promotes
quality
health
services
Department of Education
(DepEd)
Ensures
consumer
education
and
information
Bureau of Food and Drugs
(BFAD)
Enforces
laws and
regulations
relating to
food
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP)
Provides an
effective redress
mechanism to
financial consumers
who feel have been
aggrieved with
conduct, products,
and services.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC)

Assures sound
standards for
financial
performance
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Acts as the focal
agency in formulating
and implementing law
enforcement
investigation and
prosecution strategies
in curbing cybercrime
and cyber-related
offenses nationwide.
QUIZ #
Directions: Explain the significance of
the existing health related laws in
safeguarding people’s health here in the
Philippines and how will you follow these
laws in a paragraph.
FORMAT: (5-5-5)