Short answer. Yes. RA 7610 declares that delivery of basic social services such as education, primary health and emergency relief services shall be kept unhampered during armed conflict — though children in armed conflict are now more specifically governed by Republic Act No. 11188 (2019), which provides the operative framework.
What the law says
Delivery of basic social services such as education, primary health and emergency relief services shall be kept unhampered
RA 7610, Section 22 — Children As Zones Of Peace. Read the full provision →
Children are declared zones of peace
The provision opens with a broad declaration: children are hereby declared as Zones of Peace. It goes on to say that it is the responsibility of the State and all other sectors concerned to resolve armed conflicts in order to promote the goal of children as zones of peace. That framing sets up the specific protections listed afterward, including the one your question asks about.
Basic services must keep flowing
Among the policies meant to give that declaration substance is the one directly answering your question: delivery of basic social services such as education, primary health and emergency relief services shall be kept unhampered. Health care and education for children are named specifically as services that must continue without interruption because of armed conflict, alongside emergency relief services more generally, so the provision reaches beyond the two services your question names.
The infrastructure that delivers those services is also protected
The same provision reinforces this by protecting the places where those services are delivered: public infrastructure such as schools, hospitals and rural health units shall not be utilized for military purposes such as command posts, barracks, detachments, and supply depots. Keeping schools and health facilities out of military use is meant to keep the services they house genuinely available to children during conflict.
This principle now sits alongside a newer, dedicated law
Children in situations of armed conflict are today more specifically governed by Republic Act No. 11188 (2019), which provides dedicated special protection, definitions, and state responsibilities for children in armed conflict. The zones-of-peace principle described above still stands as a general policy, but the operative legal framework you should look to for the specifics is Republic Act No. 11188, rather than treating this earlier provision as the last word on how children in armed conflict are protected today.
Other protections that accompany the services guarantee
The same provision goes further than services and infrastructure. It also bars recruiting children into the Armed Forces of the Philippines, its civilian units, or other armed groups, and bars using children as guides, couriers, or spies. It further calls for protecting the safety of those delivering services or conducting fact-finding work, and for facilitating the reunion of families temporarily separated by the conflict, reflecting a broader effort to shield children from the disruptions armed conflict brings.