Health Trends, Issues, and Concerns

This law ensures that everything we buy from food the medicine is safe properly labelled and honestly advertised.

RA No. 7394 or the Consumer Act of the Philippines

This right ensures that everyone has access to goods and services, essential or survival.

Basic Needs

The right to be protected against the marketing of goods or the provision of services that are hazardous to health and life.

Safety

The right to be protected against dishonest and misleading advertising or labeling.

Information

The right to choose products at competitive prices with an assurance of satisfaction quality.

Choose

The right to express consumer interest in the making and execution of government policies.

Representation

This is the right to be compensated for misrepresentation, shoddy goods, or unsatisfactory services.

Redress

The right to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be an informed consumer

Consumer education

This is the right to live and work in an environment which is neither threatening nor dangerous, and which permits a life of dignity and well-being.

Healthy environment

This law aims to make sure that the practices of using herbal and alternative medicines must be safe, effective, and scientifically proven.

RA 8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997

This aims to ensure that every filipino has accessed accurate information and quality services related to reproductive health and family planning.

RA 10354 or Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act

AIDS is also known as?

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

This is a law that aims to prevent uncontrolled spread of hiv and aids in the country.

RA 8504 or the Philippines AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998

These two are gateway drugs.

Alcohol and Tobacco

This protects citizens from the harmful effects of dangerous drugs to their physical and mental well-being.

RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

This law protects people from the sale, use, and advertisements of hazardous tobacco products.

RA 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003

This is simply any crime committed in cyberspace.

Cybercrime

This is a law that aims to protect individuals from crimes committed to computers, the internet, and other technology.

RA 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2002

This law defines the crime of a child pornography.

RA 9775 or the Anti Child Pornography Act of 2009

This refers to any representation of child engaged or involved in real or simulated explicit sexual activities.

Child Pornography

This act penalizes those who will go too far during initiation rites where in the applicant is subjected to severe physical and emotional pain and suffering.

RA 8949 or the Anti-hazing law

This acts promotes environmental awareness through environmental education.

RA 9512

This act penalizes those who will be caught driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, etc.

RA 10568 or the Anti-drunk and drugged driving law

This aims to secure and safeguard passengers and drivers of motor vehicles from injuries and other effects of vehicular accidents.

RA 8750 or the Seat Belts Use Act of 1999