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Health Sector Strategy on Climate Change Adaptation Policy HandbookRegulation:• Policies (regional and local ordinances)• Standards• Institutional arrangementsGovernance:• Local health systems improvement• Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)• Improving national capacities (managerial, professional health service provision,advocate, ICT)• Establishing monitoring and evaluation (include surveillance systems)As part of the approach to climate change, DOH should emphasize developing nationalcapacities for health personnel in consideration of the climate change and healthparadigm so that service provision will be facilitated and broadened. Of note also will bethe emphasis that should be given to the approach of institutionalizing and establishingcontinuing private-public partnerships as a response to the adaptation.Sectoral Adaptation Strategies – HealthAdaptation can be anticipatory (actions taken in advance of climate change) or responsiveand can encompass both spontaneous responses to climate variability and change byaffected individuals and planned responses by governments or other institutions. 13Earlier on, DOH identified in their framework setting exercise some adaptationmechanisms:• Identify health adaptation mechanismso Policy cover and governanceo Institutional arrangements (inter-departmental)o Capability and service deliveryo Financing initiatives and regulationWe have established that the Philippines are a vulnerable country as regard climatechange impacts and extreme events. And as this is so, adaptation strategies for healthshould be framed at the national and local level, given that the devolution of healthservices has become a responsibility of local government units. Weather parameters thenwill play a role as specific affected geographical areas will have variations.13 Smit et al. 2001. Adaptation to climate change in the context of sustainabledevelopment and equity. In: Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation andVulnerability in An Approach for Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public HealthInterventions to Adapt to Climate Change. Ebi et al. Environmental Health Perspectives,volume 114, number 12 December 2006. Available fromhttp://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17185287102146