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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1275, June 13, 1974 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 22 TO 26, 1974, AND THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER OF EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, AS “MIDWIFERY WEEK”

WHEREAS, midwives as members of health teams contribute to the task of nation building by promoting maternal and child health practices; and

WHEREAS, the promotion of maternal and child health fits into the goals of the New Society which demands of every citizen full contribution to national development goals;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from October 22 to 26, 1974, and the third week of October of every year thereafter as Midwifery Week.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Assistant Executive Secretary

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