1. Basic Health services for the prevention, early diagnosis, timely intervention, and early rehabilitation of disability shall be provided to disabled persons such as, but not limited to, the following: 1.1 Control of communicable and non-communicable diseases 1.2 Nutrition 1.3 Environment sanitation 1.4 Maternal/child health services. 1.4.1 Parental counseling 1.4.2 Safe delivery 1.4.3 Child care and immunization 1.4.4 Control of diarrheal diseases 1.4.5 Breastfeeding 1.4.6 Premarital/genetic counseling 1.5 Control of environmental hazards and occupational safety 1.6 Dental care 1.7 General health and medical services 1.8 Physical and psychosocial rehabilitation 2. Disability Screening 2.1 All health personnel attending to birth, whether private or public, shall screen for and report disabilities to the nearest rural health unit within seven (7) days. 2.2 Screening at the barangay level using the approved screening tool to be developed shall be done by the midwife and/or barangay health worker (either the barangay health worker, barangay nutrition health scholar or the like). 2.3 Any child identified/suspected with a disability during the process of immunization or Operation Timbang shall be referred to the nearest government health care facility for confirmation of findings. 2.4 Confirmation of disability shall be done by a rural health physician/district hospital physician/provincial hospital physician or regional hospital physician/ private physician as the case may be, for work-up and specific treatment, management and rehabilitation. 2.5 All confirmed disability cases shall be recorded and reported in accordance with the Department of Health’ guidelines. 2.6 All primary and secondary schools, both public and private, shall integrate disability screening during the annual physical examination utilizing the approved forms to be developed. 2.7 The school physician/nurse/teacher shall make a report of all suspected disabilities to the principal, who in turn shall inform, advice and make appropriate medical referrals through the parents. 2.8 All cases of disability diagnosed and confirmed in any health care facility whether government or private shall be reported to the Department of Health. D. Promotive and Preventive Health Measures 1. The Department of Health shall strengthen its immunization program for all infants and children. 2. All health centers at various levels shall provide genetic, prenatal and premarital counseling. 3. Provincial hospitals shall assign appropriate health professionals who shall act as genetic counselor after appropriate training. SECTION 7. Training of Personnel A. The government shall cause to provide training to health personnel providing service to disabled persons. 1. The Department of health, in collaboration with the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons, shall ensure and undertake training of all appropriate health personnel involved in the delivery of disability-related services. Such health personnel would include, but not be limited to the following: 1.1 Medical Personnel Physicians – rural health physicians/municipal health physicians, district/provincial hospital physicians 1.2 Health Personnel Occupational Therapists Speech therapists Physical Therapists Nurses