WHEREAS,
pneumonia and other respiratory diseases remains the number one causes
of death of children and youth in the country today;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the national preventive alert system and the national
compulsory immunization program form part of the network envisioned by
the National Plan of Action for the Decade of the Filipino Child for
the years 1977 to 1987;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, one of the rights of the child under the Child and Youth
Welfare Code, Presidential Decree No. 603. is the right to "proper
medical attention, and all the basic physical requirements of a healthy
and vigorous life; and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a foundation to coordinate the
planning, implementation and evaluation of all activities and resources
related to the prevention, treatment, control, and rehabilitation
services to minimize and eventually eradicate the incidence of
respiratory diseases of children.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Creation of the Foundation for
Respiratory Diseases of Children. — A Foundation for Respiratory
Diseases of Children is hereby established. The Foundation shall have a
Board of Trustees composed of the Secretary of Health, as chairman, and
six members, namely; The President of the Philippine Tuberculosis
Society, the President of the Philippine Medical Associations, the
President of the Pediatric Society of the Philippines, the Executive
Director of the Council for the Welfare of Children, and two
representatives of voluntary associations related to the coordination
of health services to children. The two representatives shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines, upon the recommendation
of the Chairman of the Foundation and shall hold office a term of two
years.
There shall be a permanent Secretariat, for the Foundation headed by an
Executive Director, to be appointed by the Board of Trustees upon
recommendation of the Chairman of the Foundation.
For actual attendance at regular meetings, the Chairman and members of
the Board of Trustees shall receive a per diem of one hundred pesos for
every meeting actually attended, but the total amount of per diems
shall not exceed five hundred pesos a month. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Powers and Functions. — The Foundation
shall have the following powers and functions:cralaw:red
(1) Define goals, purposes, scope and direction of
research and other activities necessary to carry out a program of
prevention, treatment and control of respiratory diseases;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(2) Develop a national respiratory diseases of
children research program and community education to complement the
national preventive alert system of the Council for the Welfare of
Children and the basic compulsory immunization program embodied in
Presidential Decree No. 996, otherwise known as "Compulsory Basic
Immunization for Infants and Children Below Eight Years of Age";chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(3) Provide the mechanism for relating the work of
the Foundation to the National Lung Center of the Country and to such
other centers and hospitals engaged in carrying out programs for the
prevention, treatment and control of respiratory diseases for children
below 21 years of age;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(4) Align the Foundation objectives and programs to
the currently effective National Plan of Action for the Development of
Children and Youth and to bread socio-economic goals of the New Society;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(5) Perform such other functions as may be provided
by law and which are necessary in carrying out a national program for
minimizing and eventually eradicating the incidence of respiratory
diseases in children and youth. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Funds and Resources. — The Foundation
shall receive the proceeds of one annual draw from the Philippine
Charity Sweepstakes: Provided, That until such proceeds from the annual
draw is made available the sum of five hundred thousand pesos for the
operation and maintenance of the Foundation is hereby appropriated out
any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the
first year of operations. The proceeds from one special draw for the
Foundation shall be made available the year following the effectivity
of this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. Repealing Clause. — All laws or parts of
laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 5. Effectivity Clause. — This Decree shall
take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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