GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | HOSPITAL PHARMACY 2016

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE PHILIPPINES

I. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER (OSHC)
Description:
Created by virtue of Executive Order No. 307, on November 1987 by then President
Corazon C. Aquino, the OSHC is envisioned as the national authority for research and
training on matters pertaining to safety and health at work. It provides the expertise and
intervention mechanism to improve workplace conditions in the Philippines.
It has a dual mandate of protecting Filipino workers against accidents and illnesses and
promoting workers' welfare through effective programs that enhance productivity,
workers well-being and afford social protection to its client sector. The Center adopts a
multisectoral strategy with its partners -- business, workers group, other Government
and Non-Governmental Organizations and the Academe to fulfill its mandate.
The OSHC has been designated as the national CIS Center for the Philippines on July
1991 to become the focal agency which receives and disseminates information matters
from CIS Center in Geneva and the Asia-Pacific Regional Program on Occupational Safety
and Health based in Bangkok which is under the International Labour Organization (ILO)
to members of the inter-agency committee and other data users in the Philippines. This
is consistent with its critical responsibility to provide access and improve the quality of
Occupational Safety and Health information in the Philippine workplace.
Mission/Mandate
The protection of workers through the preventive approach of reducing/eliminating
occupational accidents and illnesses.
The promotion of workers' welfare through the effective implementation of OSH
programs that will enhance productivity and subsequently contribute to national
economic development efforts.
Functions
Undertake continuing studies and researches on occupational safety and health.
Plan, develop and implement occupational safety and health training programs.
Serve as clearing house for occupational safety and health information, methods,
techniques, and approaches; and, institute an information dissemination
mechanism.
Monitor work environment and conduct medical examinations of workers.
Serve as duly recognized agency for testing and setting standard specifications of
Personal Protective Equipment and other safety devices.
Assist other GO's in policy and standards formulation on occupational safety and
health matters; issue technical guidelines for prevention of occupational disease
and accidents.
Enlist assistance of GO's and NGO's in achieving the objectives of the Center.
Perform such other acts appropriate for attainment of the above functions and
enforcement of the provisions of Executive Order 307.
II. NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL (UNDER DOH)
Mission

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To lead and synchronize all efforts in disease prevention and control towards healthy
families and communities through good Governance, Dynamic Partnership and Share
Values.

NDCPC COMPONENT OFFICES

Infectious Disease Office (IDO)
Degenerative Disease Office (DDO)
Family Health Office (FHO)
Environmental and Occupational Health Office (EOHO)
General Functions:
Develops plans, policies, programs, projects and strategies for disease prevention
and control and health protection.
Provides coordination, technical assistance, capability building, consultancy and
advisory services to disease prevention and control and health protection.
Advises the Secretary and the Undersecretary of Health on matters pertaining to
disease prevention and control and health protection.
III. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LEGAL BASIS
Executive Order No. 192 dated June 10, 1987 Providing for the Reorganization of the
Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Renaming it as the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and for other Purposes.
MANDATE
Executive Order No. 192 mandates the DENR to be the primary government agency
responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the
countrys environment and natural resources, specifically forest and grazing lands,
mineral resources, including those in reservation and watershed areas, and lands of the
public domain, as well as the licensing and regulation of all natural resources as may be
provided for by law in order to ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived therefrom
for the welfare of the present and future generations of Filipinos.
CORE FUNCTIONS
DENR is tasked to formulate and implement policies, guidelines, rules and regulations
relating to environmental management and pollution prevention and control.
Formulate implement and supervise the government's policies, plans and programs
pertaining to the management, conservation, development, use and replenishment of
the country's natural resources and ecological diversity; and
Promulgate and implement rules and regulations governing the exploration,
development, extraction, disposition, and use of the forests, lands, minerals, wildlife, and
other natural resources.