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 '''SECTION 11. Agencies Tasked To Conduct Seminars.''' The Municipal Health Office, Urbiztondo Multi-Sectoral STD, HIV, and AIDS Council, or NGO’sNGOs [sic] accredited by the municipal government are hereby tasked to conduct seminars on Reproductive Health,and [sic] STD/HIV/AIDS periodically and to make themselves accessible and available for seminar purposes to the above-mentioned individuals and to other persons who may need such services.

'''SECTION 12. Monitoring Programs.''' The Council shall establish a comprehensive STD/HIV/AIDS monitoring program in coordination with the Municipal Health Office’s similar monitoring program to determine and monitor the magnitude and progression of STD/HIV/AIDS infection in the municipality, and for the purpose of evaluating the adequacy and efficacy of the countermeasures being employed by the Council, Municipal Health Office and NGO’sNGOs [sic].

Further, the Council in coordination with the Municipal Health Office shall monitor STD/HIV/AIDS cases through passive and active surveillance. Active surveillance includes conduct of a yearly STD/HIV/AIDS serological and behavioral surveillance among the people with high-risk sexual behavior or those who by the nature of their work is prone to contacting STD/HIV/AIDS.

'''SECTION 13. Contact Tracing.''' STD/HIV/AIDS contact tracing and all other related health intelligence activities may be pursued by the Council in coordination with the Municipal Health Office. Provided, such shall not contravene to [sic] the general purpose of R.A. 8504. Provided, further, that any information gathered shall remain confidential and classified, and can only be used for statistical and monitoring purposes and not as basis or qualification for any employment, school attendance, freedom to abode, or travel.

'''SECTION 14. Declaration of AIDS Awareness Month.''' The month of May is hereby declared as AIDS Awareness Month to coincide with the commemoration day for persons living with HIV/AIDS and International Day of Action in Women’s Health.

Likewise, AIDS awareness should culminate on the month of being the World’sWorld [sic] AidsAIDS [sic] Day.

'''SECTION 15. Appropriations.''' The amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos (Php20,000.00) from the budget of the Municipal Health Office is hereby appropriated for the implementation of this Ordinance. Thereafter, the amount necessary to effectively carry out the provisions of this Ordinance shall be included in the annual budget of the municipality.

'''SECTION 16. Separability Clause.''' If for any reason any section or provision of this Ordinance is declared as unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

'''SECTION 17. Repealing Clause.''' All ordinances, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

'''SECTION 18. Effectivity.''' This ordinance shall take effect upon favorable review and approval of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and in conformity with pertinent provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991/Republic Act No. 7160.

I hereby certify to the passage of the foregoing Ordinance which was duly approved by the Sangguniang Bayan of Urbiztondo on the ___th day of ______, 2018.