A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS (BHWs) OF
[CITY/PROVINCE] AS BARANGAY-LEVEL HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION
OFFICERS (HEPOs) FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH PROMOTION POLICIES,
PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE, AND APPROPRIATING RESOURCES THEREFORE
WHEREAS, Section 30 of Republic Act No. 11223 or the Universal Health Care Act and its
Implementing Rules and Regulations strengthen the adoption of integrated and comprehensive
approach in ensuring that all Filipinos are health literate, provided withhealthy living conditions,
and protected from hazards and risks that could affect their health status, by directing Local
Government Units (LGs) to issue and implement effective health promotion policies and
programs that promote health literacy and healthy lifestyle among their constituents, prioritizing
programs that address key risk factors to prevent and control disease as well as to advance
population health and individual wellbeing in Province-wide and/or City-wide Health Systems
(P/CHWS);
WHEREAS, Section 17 of the UHC Act, in ensuring that all Filipinos are guaranteed equitable
access to quality and affordable health care goods and services, llkewise mandates the
establishment of primary care networks for the delivery of health services. These primary care
provider networks, which include the BHWs as community heaith workers and volunteers,
deliver services, serve as initial contact and navigator to guide patients' decision making for
cost-efficient and appropriate levels of care, and coordinate patients to facilitate two-way
referrals and remove barriers to health services;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 7883 or the Barangay Health Workers' Benefits and incentives Act
of 1995 and IRR first recognized these key roles of the BHWs as essential volunteer community
health workers in the delivery of primary care, and first guaranteed training and material support
to improve their services to the community;
WHEREAS, currently BHWs remain as indispensable members of the local health system-
serving at the frontline of the pandemic, prevention and response actions in the community,
assisting in the operations of the Barangay Health Stations, Urban Health Centers, or Rural
Health Units, conducting house visits, and helping in organizing and mobilization of community
members for relevant health events and activities;
WHEREAS, towards the goal of further strengthening primary care and reorienting services
towards health promotion as envisioned now by the UHC Act, DOH AO No. 2020-0024 on the
Primary Care Framework and Sectoral Strategies further underscores the need to enhance the
capacities of primary care workers, including the BHWs, as an important strategy to ensure
quality, safe, and affordable care, and to achieve the full realization of primary care;
WHEREAS, consistent with the Memorandum of Agreement for Inter-Local Government
Cooperation, which seeks to ensure and strengthen the collaborative linkages between the
Provincial Government and its component Municipal and City Governments to ensure the
functionality of the PWHS, the inclusion of BHWs are highlighted in the assessment of existing
human resource supply and capabilities, for the purpose of upgrading their technical and
institutional capacities;
WHEREAS, in recognition of this strategic position of the BHIWs, DOH AO No. 2020-0042 on
Health Promotion Framework Strategy in P/CWHS designates the BHWs as barangay- level
HEPOs for community-level implementation of health promotion policies, programs, and
activilles;
WHEREAS, in relation and in support of the foregoing provisions, DOH AQ No. 2020-0037 on
Guidelines for the Implementation of Local Health System Maturity Levels, requires this
designation of the BHWs as barangay-level HEPOs with defined terms of reference, or scope of
work for health promotion, as one of the key result areas for determining the integration maturity
level of the (Province/City);
NOW THEREFORE, on the motion of HON. ERLINDA C. PINEDA, seconded by HON. MARY
JOY T. ABASTILLAS, be it:
RESOLVED, that the Barangay Heaith Workers or BHWs of (Province/City] be designated as
barangay-level HEPOs who shall collaboratively function with other members of the respective
Primary Care Provider Networks in the (Province/City to ensure the proactive and effective
implementation of health promotion policies, programs, and activities in the community;
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the technical and managerial oversight of the BHWs with regard to
implementation of health promotion policies, programs and activities at the community level
shall be the responsibility of the Local Health Offices of the component LGs, through the local
HEPO, who shall establish and maintain functional coordination with the Provincial Health
Promotion Unit to ensure the seamless and standardized implementation of health promotion
policies, programs, and activities across the Province-wide Health System. Similarly. for City-
wide Health System of HUCs and ICCs, the technical and managerial oversight of the BHWs
with regard to the same, shall be the responsibility of the City Health Office, through the local
HEPO;
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the LGUs shall ensure the provision of just and commensurate
honorarium and financial and/or nor -financial incentives and benefits for the BHWs;
RESOLVED FURTHERMORE, that the resources necessary to mobilize BHWs, including for
honoraria, operational expenditure, equipment, and/or training costs may be sourced from
Special Health Fund and other local budgetary sources;
RESOLVED FINALLY, that copies of this Resolution be furnished to [Province/City, and its
component Cities/Municipalities/Barangays] to assist the respective Local Chief Executives in
this matter for their information and action.
