A lawmaker on Wednesday urged the Senate to place on its priority list the passage of the proposed Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers to help fill the gap in the delivery of community-based primary health-care services in the country.
Duterte said that while the Philippines has been adopting the community-based health-care strategy for almost four decades now, “the key component of this program—the BHWs—have yet to be properly recognized and granted the pay and benefits they deserve.” “The measure unanimously approved by the House on third and final reading tasks the Department of Health [DOH] to determine the ideal ratio of BHWs to the number of households. The DOH should also ensure that the total number of BHWs nationwide should not be less than 1 percent of the total population or at least one BHW per 20 households. This ratio should help address the lack of primary health-care services in many communities, especially in remote areas,” Duterte said.
Duterte noted that under the existing law—Republic Act 7883 or the Barangay Health Workers Benefits and Incentives Act—BHWs are already entitled to hazard allowance and subsistence allowance, but the pay they receive has no set minimum amount.
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