Hello there! I'll be talking to you about Republic Act No. 8423, or the Traditional Alternative Medicine Act, or known as TAMA, approved on December 9, 1997, according to its declaration of the Republic of the United States. of Policy in Chapter 2. It is hereby declared the policy of the State to improve the quality and delivery of health care services to the Filipino people through the development of traditional and alternative health care services. care and its integration into the national healthcare delivery system.
It states that a to encourage scientific research on and develop traditional and alternative healthcare systems that have direct impact on public healthcare. b to promote and advocate the use of traditional, alternative, preventive, and curative healthcare modalities that have been proven safe, effective, cost-effective, and consistent with government government standards on medical practice. C. To develop and coordinate skills training courses for various forms of traditional and alternative healthcare modalities. D.
To formulate standards, guidelines, and codes of ethical practice appropriate for the practice of traditional and alternative healthcare, as well as in the manufacture, quality control, and marketing of different traditional and alternative healthcare materials, national and organic products. for approval and adoption by the appropriate government agencies. E.
To formulate policies for the protection of indigenous and natural health resources and technology from unwarranted exploitation for approval and adoption by the appropriate government agencies. F. To formulate policies to strengthen the role of traditional and alternative healthcare delivery system.
And G. To promote the traditional healthcare system. traditional and alternative healthcare in international and national conventions, seminars and meetings in coordination with the Department of Tourism, Duty Free Philippines Incorporated, Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation, and other tourism-related agencies, as well as non-government organizations and local government units or LGUs. This law regulated many terms used in medicine, such as traditional medicine, biomedicine, alternative healthcare modalities, herbal medicines, natural product, traditional healers, and more. This law also instituted the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Healthcare, or the PITAHC, in which functions a. To plan and carry out research and development activities in the areas of traditional and alternative healthcare, and its ultimate integration into the national healthcare delivery system.
B. To verify, package, and transfer economically viable technologies in the field of traditional and alternative healthcare, giving emphasis on the social engineering aspects necessary for group endeavor. C. To provide the database or policy formulation that will stimulate and sustain production, marketing, and consumption of traditional and alternative healthcare. healthcare products.
D. To organize and develop continuing training programs for our Filipino and Filipino physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, and other professional health workers and students, as well as scientists in the field of medicine and human anatomy. Research managers and extension workers in the field of traditional and alternative healthcare. E, to formulate that would create public awareness through educational activities, conventions, seminars. conferences, and the like by focusing on the promotion of healthy living for preventing diseases, thereby uplifting the healthcare industry.
F. To acquire or obtain from any governmental authority. whether national or local, foreign or domestic, or from any person, corporation, partnership, association, or any other entity, such charters, franchises, licenses, rights, privileges, assistance, financial or otherwise, and concessions as are conductive to end necessary or proper for the attainment of its purposes and objectives.
This law changed the process environment of Philippine medicine, paving way for better regulation. This is the Republic Act No. 8423, or the Traditional Alternative Medicine Act, known as TANA. Approved on December 9, 1997. I am Ralph Emmanuel R. Olazo.
That is the Republic Act No. 8423 or the Traditional Alternative Medicine Act, approved on December 9, 1997, brought to you by Ralph Emanuel R. Olaso.