TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, May 27 (PIA)  -- Outgoing Bohol Gov. Arthur Yap has issued an executive order creating a planning committee on disaster and risk reduction management in health (DRRM-H).

The governor signed Executive Order No. 20, series of 2022, on April 25, 2022.

Basing his move on the provisions of Republic Act Nos.10121, 11223, and 11292, as well as the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) memorandum enjoining support to the Department of Health (DOH) in the provision of technical assistance to all key stakeholders in the implementation of the DRRM-H strategies, the governor also considered the institutionalization of DRRM-H in the local health care system to effectively address the health needs of populations in emergencies and disasters, conflicts, epidemics, and pandemics.

The executive order aims for the new planning committee to develop, review, and update previous plans, gather required information and source commitment of key people and organization, initiate plan testing for functionality and adaptability to the current situation, develop annual operational plans on health emergencies, and monitor and evaluate the plans.

The new committee, which shall be composed of the governor as chairperson and the provincial health officers as vice chair, would have 21 members.

These include the SP Committee on Health Chair, Provincial Health Officers, supervising nurses’ programs coordinator, sanitation engineer, Provincial Nutrition Program Coordinator, Mental Health Program Coordinator, Health Education Promotion Officer Program Coordinator, Budget Officer, Planning and Development Coordinator, General Services Officer, DRRM Officer, Provincial PNPO Chief, human resources management and development officer, provincial engineer, social welfare and development , schools division superintendent, public information head, DOH Department Manager, PHODO coordinator, and the DILG.  (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)