<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/10013758" mdate="2024-08-12 00:00:00"> <author>Trina Isabel D. Santiago and Daniel C. Chua and Jumee F. Tayaban and Joseph Daniel S. Timbol and Joshua M. Yanes</author> <title>Policy BriefNote of Philippine Health Issues Human Rights Violations Committed on Healthcare Workers</title> <pages>409 - 415</pages> <year>2024</year> <volume>18</volume> <number>8</number> <journal>International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10013758</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/212</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Numerous instances of human rights violations on healthcare workers have been reported during the COVID19 pandemic in the Philippines. This paper aims to explore these civil and political rights violations and propose recommendations to address these. Our review shows that a wide range of civic and political human rights violations have been committed by individual citizens and government agencies on individual healthcare workers and health worker groups. These violations include discrimination, redtagging, evictions, illegal arrests, and acts of violence ranging from chemical attacks to homicide. If left unchecked, these issues, compounded by the pandemic, may lead to the exacerbations of the preexisting problems of the Philippine healthcare system. Despite all preexisting reports by human rights groups and public media articles, there still seems to be a lack of government action to condemn and prevent these violations. The existence of government agencies which directly contribute to these violations with the lack of condemnation from other agencies further propagate the problem. Given these issues, this policy brief recommends the establishment of an interagency task force for the protection of human rights of healthcare workers as well as the expedited passing of current legislative bills towards the same goal. For more immediate action, we call for the establishment of a dedicated hotline for these incidents with adequate appointment and training of point persons, construction of clear guidelines, and closer collaboration between government agencies in being united against these issues.</abstract> <index>Open Science Index 212, 2024</index> </article>