QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 447)
Executive Order No. 447 allocates a total of One Billion Four Hundred Seventy Five Million Pesos (P1,475,000,000.00) for the top five health priority programs of the government.
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is tasked with allocating funds to the top five health priority programs under Executive Order No. 447.
The top five health priority programs and their allocations are: a) Greater Medicare Access (GMA) Program – P1,125,000,000.00; b) Low Priced Medicines Program – P100,000,000.00; c) Safe Motherhood and Responsible Parenthood Program – P100,000,000.00; d) Botika ng Bayan Program – P100,000,000.00; e) Avian Influenza Program – P50,000,000.00.
The enhanced Greater Medicare Access (GMA) Program implemented in partnership with Philhealth is identified as benefiting from PCSO funding for the enrollment of qualified indigent families.
The Low Priced Medicines Program aims to make low-cost medicines available to the poor, including through the establishment of Botika-ng-Bayan.
Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, which directs the State to protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them, supports the allocation of funds for health programs.
Yes, Section 5 of Executive Order No. 447 states that all executive orders, laws, issuances, rules, and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with its provisions are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
The Avian Influenza Program is aimed at addressing health threats posed by Avian Influenza, with an allocation of Fifty Million Pesos (P50,000,000.00) under Executive Order No. 447.
The Botika ng Bayan Program serves as a strategy under the Low Priced Medicines Program to improve access to low-cost medicines, with an allocated funding of One Hundred Million Pesos (P100,000,000.00).
Executive Order No. 447 took effect immediately upon signing, which was on the 12th day of July, 2005.