MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 84, June 01, 1964 ]
CREATING A SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the Department of Health has launched a national schistosomiasis (snail fever) control program the success of which needs the concerted and integrated efforts of various agencies of the government and not only the Department of Health; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish an administrative machinery to carry out a comprehensive program for the control of this pernicious disease in endemic and potentially endemic areas of the country for increased farm productivity;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Schistosomiasis Control Committee composed of the following:
The Secretary of Health
Chairman
The Secretary of Education
Member
The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Member
The Secretary of Public Works and Communications
Member
The Chairman, National Economic Council
Member
The Social Welfare Administrator
Member
The Commissioner of Agricultural Productivity
Member
The Director-General, Program Implementation Agency
Member
The Presidential Assistant on Community Development
Member
The General Manager, National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority
Member
The President, Philippine Medical Association
Member
The Chairman may designate the technical head of the schistosomiasis control program as Executive Secretary of the Committee. He may also secure the services on detail basis of officials and employees of other branches and agencies of the government to assist the Committee in the discharge of its duties and functions.
The functions of the Committee are as follows to:
(1) Formulate and carry out a comprehensive national schistosomiasis control program;
(2) Foster effective exchange of information and coordination of projects, programs, and activities of various agencies connected with schistosomiasis control;
(3) Establish effective liaison with participating agencies; and
(4) Submit recommendations to the President on administrative or legislative measures that will effectively carry out a national control program for the disease.
The Commission shall meet regularly once a month and may hold such special meetings as the exigencies of the undertaking may demand. 1—шphi1
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.
(Sgd.)— DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)— CALIXTO O. ZALDIVAR Acting Executive Secretary