CEDAW/C/PHI/5-6 home deliveries qualified for claims. The law provides two enrollment programs for the self-employed. One, the individually paying program, is open to all active or inactive SSS self-employed and voluntary members, persons who are covered by an established employer-employee relationship, members of the informal sector and individuals who are disqualified as a legal dependent or from other program components of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). Premium contributions amount to PhP1200 a year. This can be paid annually, or in two or four equal installments. The other program is for indigents. A partnership program between the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and local governments that subsidizes NHIP coverage of the poorest of the poor. Aside from the regular Medicare benefits, the indigent can also avail the outpatient benefit and diagnostic package from the accredited rural health units or health centers. By 2003, an expanded Health Insurance Act was passed into law. This includes prenatal and maternity packages for normal deliveries. b. Under the Social Reform Agenda of the Ramos administration, which the Arroyo administration has adopted under its KALAHI Program, the health department issued the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Barangay Health Workers Incentive Act (RA 7883). As cited in the Philippine fourth report to the Women’s Convention, this law specifically benefits village health workers who are mostly women. However, there is no available data on the number of women beneficiaries as of reporting period. c. RA 8503, or the Health Research and Development Act of 1998, promotes health research and development and created the National Institute for Health, which would coordinate existing research institutes in the University of the Philippines-Manila and other institutes and health research programs that may be subsequently created. It aims to promote science and technology research and development (R&D) in the field of health as well as ensure that the results of the health R&D activities are used to improve the health of women and men. d. RA 8504, or the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998, promotes public awareness about HIV/AIDS. It requires HIV/AIDS education in schools, in the workplace, for Filipinos going abroad, for communities, and for tourists and transients. The law commits the state to address and seek to eradicate conditions that aggravate the spread of the disease, including but not limited to poverty, gender inequality, prostitution, drug abuse and ignorance. This law is expected to help women and men, especially those who are prostituted, to be aware of the dangers of HIV/AIDS and help them take measures to protect themselves from contracting the disease. e. RA 8172, an Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide, was approved in December 1995 to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) among the populace and avoid its consequences, which include brain damage, mental defects and mental retardation; congenital physical defects; miscarriage and stillbirths; and goiter. The law benefits women and children who are more prone to IDD. To date, 10 percent of Filipino 121