for health and sanitation lectures

1. STANDARDS AND TESTING DIVISION
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
-CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 128
DATED 30 JANUARY 1987 AS ONE OF THE
TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISIONS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE (ITDI).
-THROUGH STD, ITDI IMPLEMENTS THE
PROVISIONS OF RA 2067 (SCIENCE ACT OF 1958)
ON THE TESTS AND ANALYSES OF PRODUCTS
AND MATERIALS.

2. MISSION
• THE STANDARDS AND TESTING DIVISION ENSURES
QUALITY LIFE AND PRODUCTS THROUGH TESTING.
VISION
• THE DIVISION ENVISIONS UPLIFTING THE SOCIO-
ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AND TO
ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BY
BEING AN EXCELLENT PROVIDER OF TECHNICAL
SERVICES. IT AIMS TO LEAD THE GLOBAL RACE FOR
BETTER AND SAFER HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS THROUGH
PROVISION OF GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE TESTING
SERVICES.

3. STANDARD AND TESTING DIVISION
•ENSURES QUALITY LIFE AND
PRODUCTS THROUGH
TESTING

4. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
STANDARD DEVELOPMENT GOAL- CLEAN AND WATER
SANITATION
“ENSURES AVAILABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION FOR
ALL”

5. TARGET DRINKING WATER
• BY 2030, ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SAFE
AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER FOR ALL AND POPULATION
USING SAFELY MANAGED DRINKING WATER SERVICES.
• POLICIES:
• 1997, THE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 856, ALSO KNOWN AS,
SANITATION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES WAS SIGNED IN 1975 BY
THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT AND WAS GIVEN THE FORCE OF LAW.
THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE OF THE SANITATION CODE IS THE
IMPROVEMENT OF THE WAY OF THE FILIPINOS BY DIRECTING
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES TOWARDS THE PROTECTION AND
PROMOTION OF HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE (PD 856).

6. • DC 179 REFERS TO THE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES FOR
THE NATIONAL CONTROL OF DIARRHEAL DISEASES
(ANNEX A). CDD PROGRAM WAS FOCUSED ON
MANAGEMENT, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF
DIARRHEA AMONG UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN LATER INTO
THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD
ILLNESSES (IMCI).
• DC 110: INTENSIFYING THE PROGRAM ON FOOD
HANDLERS & WATER QUALITY SURVEILLANCE TO CURB
OUTBREAKS OF WATER & SANITATION RELATED
DISEASES.
• ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 29-A ESTABLISHED THE FOOD

7. FWBD STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2018-2022
REGULATION – TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF SAFE AND HIGH
QUALITY FWD PROGRAM HEALTH PRODUCTS, DEVICES,
FACILITIES, AND SERVICES
STRATEGY 1 – MONITOR FOOD AND WATER SANITATION
PRACTICES THROUGH ENFORCEMENT OF NATIONAL POLICIES,
APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS
STRATEGY 2 – REGULARLY INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC
AND CONSUMERS ON THE SAFETY, AND QUALITY OF HEALTH
GOODS AND SERVICES

8. FOOD-BORNE AND WATER-BORNE DISEASES
MANDATE : THE PROGRAM AIMS TO REDUCE THE MORBIDITY RATE AND ELIMINATE
DEATHS DUE TO DIARRHEA CAUSED BY TYPHOID, PARATYPHOID AND CHOLERA
OUTBREAKS
MAJOR FUNCTIONS:
1. FORMULATE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION/
CONTROLAND CASE MANAGEMENT
2. DEVISE STRATEGIES TO DISSEMINATE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION
ON THE PRACTICE OF GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE, SAFE FOOD
PREPARATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION.

9. • CAUSE AND EFFECT
WATER-BORNE ILLNESS IS CAUSED BY
CONTAMINATED WATER

10. • WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS CONTAMINATING
DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES, RECREATIONAL
WATER AND WATER USED IN FOOD PRODUCTION
CAN POSE SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO HUMAN
HEALTH.
• SMALL AND PRIVATE WATER SYSTEMS ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO WATER-BORNE DISEASE
OUTBREAKS.

11. LEVEL OF
SUCCESS
• EFFECTIVE SURVEILLANCE OF FOOD- AND WATER-
BORNE ILLNESSES AND THEIR SOURCES TO
DETECT AND CONTROL OUTBREAKS.
• TARGETED EFFORTS IN SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY CAN IMPROVE FOOD AND WATER
SAFETY.
• WATER SAFETY MEASURES INCLUDING REGULAR
CHECKS, APPROPRIATE TREATMENT AND

12. • FOOD & WATER-BORNE DISEASES
• TYPHOID FEVER
• HEPATITIS A ONLY
• ACUTE BLOODY DIARRHEA
• CHOLERA
• PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING

13. THE WATER SUPPLY SHALL ADEQUATE AND
POTABLE WHETHER FROM A PUBLIC OR FROM A
PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM. THE
QUALITY OF WATER USED SHALL BE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR DRINKING WATER
THE WATER SOURCES SHALL HAVE A
CERTIFICATE OF POTABILITY OF DRINKING
WATER ISSUED BY LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE SANITARY
ENGINEER OF THE LOCALITY.
WATER SUPPLY

14. WATER SANITATION DEALS WITH THE
PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF SAFE DRINKING
WATER
WAYS OF PROTECTING WATER FROM CONTAMINATION
DURING HANDLING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE
• ALWAYS USE CLEAN WATER CONTAINERS PROVIDED WITH
COVER
• WASH WATER CONTAINERS AFTER EVERY USE
• CLEAN AND DISINFECT STORAGE TANKS AT LEAST EVERY
QUARTER

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