Provided, That LGUs may implement its own procurement, distribution and monitoring program
consistent with the overall provisions of this Act and the guidelines of the DOH.
Section 11. Integration of Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning Component in Anti-Poverty
Programs. – A multidimensional approach shall be adopted in the implementation of policies and
programs to fight poverty. Towards this end, the DOH shall implement programs prioritizing full
access of poor and marginalized women as identified through the NHTS-PR and other government
measures of identifying marginalization to reproductive health care, services, products and
programs. The DOH shall provide such programs, technical support, including capacity building and
monitoring.
Section 12. PhilHealth Benefits for Serious and Life-Threatening Reproductive Health Conditions. –
All serious and life-threatening reproductive health conditions such as HIV and AIDS, breast and
reproductive tract cancers, and obstetric complications, and menopausal and post-menopausalrelated conditions shall be given the maximum benefits, including the provision of Anti-Retroviral
Medicines (ARVs), as provided in the guidelines set by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
(PHIC).
Section 13. Mobile Health Care Service. – The national or the local government may provide each
provincial, city, municipal and district hospital with a Mobile Health Care Service (MHCS) in the form
of a van or other means of transportation appropriate to its terrain, taking into consideration the
health care needs of each LGU. The MHCS shall deliver health care goods and services to its
constituents, more particularly to the poor and needy, as well as disseminate knowledge and
information on reproductive health. The MHCS shall be operated by skilled health providers and
adequately equipped with a wide range of health care materials and information dissemination
devices and equipment, the latter including, but not limited to, a television set for audio-visual
presentations. All MHCS shall be operated by LGUs of provinces and highly urbanized cities.
Section 14. Age- and Development-Appropriate Reproductive Health Education. – The State shall
provide age- and development-appropriate reproductive health education to adolescents which shall
be taught by adequately trained teachers informal and nonformal educational system and integrated
in relevant subjects such as, but not limited to, values formation; knowledge and skills in selfprotection against discrimination; sexual abuse and violence against women and children and other
forms of gender based violence and teen pregnancy; physical, social and emotional changes in
adolescents; women’s rights and children’s rights; responsible teenage behavior; gender and
development; and responsible parenthood: Provided, That flexibility in the formulation and adoption
of appropriate course content, scope and methodology in each educational level or group shall be
allowed only after consultations with parents-teachers-community associations, school officials and
other interest groups. The Department of Education (DepED) shall formulate a curriculum which
shall be used by public schools and may be adopted by private schools.
Section 15. Certificate of Compliance. – No marriage license shall be issued by the Local Civil
Registrar unless the applicants present a Certificate of Compliance issued for free by the local
Family Planning Office certifying that they had duly received adequate instructions and information
on responsible parenthood, family planning, breastfeeding and infant nutrition.
Section 16. Capacity Building of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs). – The DOH shall be
responsible for disseminating information and providing training programs to the LGUs. The LGUs,
with the technical assistance of the DOH, shall be responsible for the training of BHWs and other
barangay volunteers on the promotion of reproductive health. The DOH shall provide the LGUs with
medical supplies and equipment needed by BHWs to carry out their functions effectively: Provided,
further, That the national government shall provide additional and necessary funding and other