2014-2016 National Climate Change Adaptation in Health (CCAH) Strategic Plan.

The 3-year Strategic Plan envisioned a climate-risk resilient Philippines with healthy, safe and self-reliant communities. The overall policy direction of the 2014-2016 CCAH Strategic Plan is to pursue “climate change adaptation” as the strategic approach in responding to the impacts of climate change in health in the whole country. The document lists recommendations in the identified areas of concern for policy formulation, planning, networking and resource mobilisation, service provision, capacity and infrastructure enhancement, health promotion, research, surveillance and monitoring and organisational structure strengthening at all levels of governance. The Philippines has a decentralised health care delivery system managed by the Department of Health (DOH) and implemented by the LGUs as mandated in the 1991 Local Government Code. The Policy refers the impacts of climate change to existing health care delivery system and to the health of population especially in the high-risk areas and the poor. Some assessments have already been made on the climate change adaptation in the health sector as an initial step in the formulation of Philippine Strategy on Climate Change Adaptation in the Health Sector and as part of the subsequent issuances of the National Policy on CCA for the Health Sector. The National Strategy on CCAH stipulated the need to develop appropriate implementing instruments for local adaptation of the national climate change and health response initiatives. The National Policy on CCAH stipulated the need to undertake inter-sectoral response and community participation, collaborative efforts for advocating and implementing CCAH. This Policy consists of 4 Parts and 6 Annexes referring to Introduction (1); Assessment of Philippines CCAH Initiatives (2); The 2014-2016 Climate Change Adaptation in Health (CCAH) Strategic Plan (3); and 2014-2016 CHD Action Plans for CCAH (4).