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Section 1
Section 1.
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Lead Agency.
—The Department of Health, through the Secretary of Health, shall lead in the implementation of the "Ligtas Tigdas" campaign on February 2004. As such, he shall be empowered to call upon all agencies of the Government for assistance in the implementation of this Executive Order, including, but not limited to the following:
a. Department of Interior and Local Government
b. Department of Education
c. Department of Social Welfare and Development
d. All Local Government Units (LGU)
As the lead agency, the Department of Health shall formulate and disseminate guidelines and procedures on the implementation of the campaign; provide technical assistance to LGUs; conduct national/regional advocacy and social mobilization activities; provide all the necessary vaccines and other logistics, allocate and distribute in a timely manner, all measles vaccines, syringes and needles, safety boxes to all catchment areas, and monitor all LGU activities in all phases of the campaign.
Section 2
Section 2.
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Responsibilities of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
—The DILG, through the Secretary of Interior and Local Government, shall issue and disseminate appropriate memorandum circulars to all local chief executives, mobilize field offices, and directly oversee activities, supervise, monitor and evaluate immunization activities in order to ensure high performance immunization coverage in all communities.
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Section 3
Section 3.
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Responsibilities of the Department of Education (DepEd).
—The DepEd, through the Secretary of Education, shall ensure high immunization coverage in all public and private schools by exerting all efforts to inform parents and guardians of target schoolchildren about the campaign and mobilizing all medical teams to conduct vaccination in schools in coordination with LGUs. The DepEd shall issue and disseminate appropriate circulars for the purpose.
Section 4
Section 4.
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Responsibilities of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
—The DSWD, through the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development, shall ensure that all target children enrolled in Day Care Centers and other welfare institutions under their supervision are vaccinated against measles, issue and or disseminate appropriate circulars, and assist in the advocacy and social mobilization for the purpose of this campaign, in coordination with the LGUs.
Section 5
Section 5.
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Responsibilities of Local Government Units.
—The LGUs shall lead the local implementation of the campaign, exerting special effort to encourage every family to have their children immunized so that 100% of the target children are vaccinated. As such, they shall extend appropriate resources to ensure the success of the campaign including the conduct of vigorous social mobilization activities; issuance of appropriate ordinances, resolutions, memorandum circulars, and other relevant orders. They are likewise ordered to submit accomplishment reports of the immunization activities two (2) weeks after the completion of the immunization period;
Section 6
Section 6.
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Participation of the Civil Society:
—All non-government organizations, members of civil society and other concerned groups are encouraged to contribute to the success of the campaign through information dissemination, social mobilization, recruitment of volunteers, providing donations, and other appropriate means.
Section 7
Section 7.
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Effectivity:
—This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon approval.
DONE,
in the City of Manila, this 19th day of September, in the year of the Lord, two-thousand and three.
(Sgd.)
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By authority of the President:
(Sgd.)
ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary