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News and Features
"No Woman Should Die Giving Life"
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Acknowledging the gravity of maternal health problems in the country, governors where maternal deaths remain serious committed to implement programs that will address the problem. Three of these governors—Sol Matugas of Surigao del Norte, Paul Daza of Northern Samar and Sharee Ann Tan—also forged a partnership with the Zuellig Family Foundation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
ZFF picks partner LGUs from geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas
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On top of being classified as geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA), eight new partner-municipalities of the Zuellig Family Foundation have weak health systems that have been making it difficult for residents to access health services and programs. According to the Department of Health, GIDAs “refer to communities with marginalized population physically and socio-economically separated from the mainstream society.”
Summit held for health and education improvements in ARMM
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It is a region mired in poverty, where quality health services for the poor remain elusive while “ghost teachers” abound though there are still over 2,000 teaching positions waiting to be filled-up. The dire health and education situation in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao led the Zuellig Family Foundation (ZFF) and Synergeia Foundation to work together, starting with a summit to discuss opportunities for improvements in the region.
VP Binay Supports Efforts to Meet Health MDGs
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After six months of practicing what they were taught in the classroom, nine mayors trooped to the office of Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay to present the significant health improvements in their respective municipalities.
The nine mayors, along with their municipal health officers (MHOs), belong to the first batch of local health leaders who enrolled last September in the Certificate Course in Public Health Governance, a joint program of the University of Makati and the Zuellig Family Foundation.
Samar town embraces feeding program
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Typhoon notwithstanding, it was business as usual, or in this case, feeding as usual in five schools in the town of Pinabacdao in Samar.Since July, two hundred local elementary students have been eating nutritious lunch every school day.
ZFF partner-towns get cited for their health programs
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Since attending their health leadership training program in February 2009, three leaders from Dao in the province of Capiz have been actively implementing health programs to make sure every resident in their town receives proper healthcare.
The efforts of the three—Mayor Joselito Escutin, Municipal Health Officer Humbelyn Horneja and Vice Mayor Loreto Eslaban—have borne fruit and have not gone unnoticed.
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