KADA Ordinance Form
KADA Ordinance Form
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[Number] Session
EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE [NUMBER]
SANGGUNIANG [UNIT] OF THE [LGU] HELD AT [LOCATION] ON [DATE]
Present:
[Name] [Position]
[Name] [Position]
[Name] [Position]
On official business:
[Name] [Position]
[Name] [Position]
[Name] [Position]
Absent:
[Name] [Position]
[Name] [Position]
[Name] [Position]
WHEREAS, the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines declares that the
State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health
consciousness among them;
WHEREAS, the 1990 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recognizes
adolescents as active rights holders who have the capacity to become full and
responsible citizens, given appropriate guidance and direction;
WHEREAS, the 1990 CRC provides adolescents the right to be informed, to express an
informed view, to have that view taken into account, and to be the main or joint
decision-maker in all decisions directly affecting them;
WHEREAS, the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act 7160) accords every
local government unit power and authority to promote the general welfare within its
territorial jurisdiction, including the promotion of health and safety of its constituents;
WHEREAS, The Philippines HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018 (Republic Act 11166)
ensures the delivery of non-discriminatory HIV and AIDS services by government and
private HIV and AIDS service providers, and develop redress mechanisms for persons
living with HIV to ensure that their civil, political, economic, and social rights are
protected. 502 Community Health Promotion Playbook
WHEREAS, the Universal Health Care Act of 2018 (Republic Act No. 11223) embodies
the principle of an integrated and comprehensive approach to ensure that all Filipinos
are health literate, provided with healthy living conditions, and protected from hazards
and risks that could affect their health, whereby directing local government units to issue
and implement effective health promotion policies and programs that promote health
literacy and healthy lifestyle among their constituents, prioritizing programs that address
key risk factors to prevent and control disease as well as to advance population health
and individual wellbeing, inclusive of interventions addressing sexual and reproductive
health matters;
WHEREAS, the Department of Health (DOH) Administrative Order (AO) No. 2011-0005
emphasizes that health service providers should provide accurate and complete
information on family planning methods and services, crucial to informed choice and
voluntary decision-making as well as individual rights to access quality family planning
services;
WHEREAS, DOH AO No. 2013-0013 aims to improve the health status of adolescents
and to enable them to fully enjoy their right to health by ensuring that all adolescents
have access to quality and comprehensive health care and services in adolescent
friendly environments, and by enabling adolescent behavior change, including
increased service utilization, adoption of healthy behaviors, and avoidance of risky
behaviors;
WHEREAS, the Health Promotion Framework Strategy (HPFS) takes a life course
approach, and prioritizes health promotion for the youth, who, when encouraged to
develop healthy, health-promoting, and health-seeking behavior, can carry this to
adulthood to become responsible citizens, and acknowledges sexual and reproductive
health (SRH) as one of the seven priority areas of action for the next 10 years;
THE LGU
Authored by: [Name], [Position]
Section 1. Short Title. This Ordinance shall be known as the KADA Ordinance of 20XX.