Initiative/Issuance Brief Detail Advisory on the Human Rights of Older It is important to recognize and Filipinos Amid the Coronavirus Disease understand the particular risks that older 2019 people face in the current situation, to acknowledge the role that each stakeholder can play in the responses, and to apply a human rights-based approach in policy and implementation. The CHR recommended the following: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● CHR 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Ensure adequate and appropriate guidance to frontline workers are available; Make available and accessible health care facilities, goods, and services in sufficient quantity; Provide crisis intervention services for mental health and psychological including the use of ICT tools; Continue the prioritization of older persons in testing; Combat ageist policies and ensure health interventions are nondiscriminatory; Intensify information dissemination efforts targeted to older people; Ensure adequate and appropriate food relief; Ensure access to safe water, sanitation, and hygienic conditions (WASH); Adopt policy measures to buffer the economic impacts of COVID 19 to older workers in the informal sector and other poor older persons; Expedite the distribution of social pension through alternative modes; Ensure inclusion of older persons in the Emergency Subsidy Program; Avoid sweeping and overly broad restrictions on movement; Role of civil society and nongovernmental organizations; and Promote inter-generational solidarity Page 53