Public Health Laws - 5-8

Question 1

An important element in the effective delivery of health service is the provision of medicines to treat endemic conditions affecting people in the community. It will reduce the unnecessary deaths and improve health outcomes. Drugs are essential for saving lives.

Answer 1

Republic Act 6675 – Generic Act of 1988

Question 2

the identification of drugs and medicines by their scientifically and internationally recognized active ingredients or by their generic names as determined by the Bureau of Food and Drugs of the Department of Health.

Answer 2

Generic Terminology

Question 3

nationally coordinated by the CDC, is a state-based system of cross-sectional health surveys of adults on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices and healthcare access.

Answer 3

The Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS) -

Question 4

useful for disease surveillance when they ask people about information most valid and reliable source

Answer 4

Population Based Surveys

Question 5

monitors notifiable diseases and other health related events of public health importance utilizing an integrated approach

Answer 5

Philippines Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response

Question 6

on Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury Related Cases Persons with Disabilities Violence Against Women and Children

Answer 6

Unified Registry Systems

Question 7

Four Critical Diseases

Answer 7

1. Smallpox
2. Poliomyelitis
3. Human Influenza 4. SARS

Question 8

is the identification of drugs and medicines by their scientifically and internationally recognized active ingredients or by their official generic name as determined by the Bureau of Food and Drugs of the Department of Health.

Answer 8

Generic Name or Generic Terminology

Question 9

is the chemical component responsible for the claimed therapeutic effect of the pharmaceutical product.

Answer 9

Active Ingredient

Question 10

is the description of the chemical structure of the drug or

medicine and serves as the complete
identification of a compound

Answer 10

Chemical Name

Question 11

is the finished product
form that contains the active ingredients, generally but not necessarily in association with inactive ingredients.

Answer 11

Drug Product

Question 12

• is any organization or company involved in the manufacture, importation, repacking and/or distribution of drugs and medicines.

Answer 12

Drug establishment

Question 13

• is the proprietary name
  given by the manufacturer to distinguish
  its product from those of competitors.
  (11) “Generic Drugs” are drugs not
  covered by patent protection and which
  are labeled solely by their international
  non proprietary or generic name.

Answer 13

Brand Name -

Question 14

“An act instituting a national health insurance
program for all Filipinos and establishing the
Philippine health insurance corporation for the
purpose”

Answer 14

republic Act 7875 – National Health
Insurance Act of 1995

Question 15

List of Benefit Packages offered by
PhilHealth

Answer 15

a. Inpatient hospital care
b. Outpatient care
c. Emergency and transfer services
d. Other health services that Philhealth the
DOH shall determine to be appropriate
and cost-effective

Question 16

Some of the packages provided by the
program include:
National Health Insurance Act of 1995

Answer 16

a. Malaria package
b. Outpatient HIV/Aids treatment package
c. TB-DOTS package
d. Maternity care package
e. Medical detoxification package
f. Z-benefit packages for catastrophic
diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular
disease, among others.

Question 17

● Approved by President Fidel V. Ramos
on May 15, 1994
● An act promoting voluntary blood
donation, providing for an adequate
supply of safe blood, regulating blood
banks, and providing penalties for
violation thereof
● This act aims to inoculate public
awareness that blood donation is a
humanitarian act

Answer 17

Republic Act 7719 – National Blood
Service Act of 1994

Question 18

An act providing policies and prescribing
procedures on surveillance and response to
notifiable diseases, epidemics, and health
events of public health concern

Answer 18

Republic Act 11332 – Laws on Notifiable
Disease

Question 19

“Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases
and Health Events of Public Health Concern
Act.”

Answer 19

disease Notification Law

Question 20

refers to disease that,
by legal requirements, must be reported to the
public health authorities.

Answer 20

Notifiable Disease

Question 21

• It is a disease caused by pathogenic
  microorganisms such as bacteria,
  viruses, parasites, or fungi.
• It is spread directly or indirectly, from
  one person to another or from animals
  to humans.

Answer 21

Infectious Diseases

Question 22

• is
  the continuous scrutiny of occurrences of
  diseases and health related events to enable
  prompt intervention for the control of diseases.

Answer 22

Disease Surveillance and Notification

Question 23

an integral part of
disease surveillance, it involves the official and
timely reporting of the occurence of specific
diseases and conditions to designated public
authorities by clinicians and other health
personnel for action using designated reporting
tool.

Answer 23

Disease Notification