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12 more municipalities to work for better health outcomes

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The Zuellig Family Foundation welcomed to its partnership program twelve municipalities from regions facing the most critical health issues. From the Region of MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) are Cajidiocan, Romblon; San Fernando, Romblon and Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro.  Bicol municipalities are Pilar, Sorsogon; Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon and Minalabac, Camarines Sur.  From Samar are two municipalities—Daram and Pinabacdao.  Four municipalities are from Zamboanga Peninsula: Leon Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte; Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay and the Zamboanga del Sur municipalities of San Pablo and Lapuyan. Suffering from high maternal mortality ratio are the towns of Bulalacao (233), Cajidiocan (242), Pilar (315), Prieto Diaz (260), Pinabacdao (301) and San Pablo (779) which also has a high infant mortality rate at 26.4.  San Fernando and Prieto Diaz both reported high incidence of tuberculosis at 521 and 280 cases, respectively. Households in Minalabac and Daram have low proportion of households with access to safe water at 49.28 and 66.2, respectively. While the country average for proportion of births attended by skilled personnel is at 72.9, these municipalities show alarmingly low proportions: Bulalacao (18.16), . . . Read More

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4 Health Facilities Inaugurated in Maguindanao

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Five months after groundbreaking, four health facilities in four different Maguindanao municipalities were inaugurated in ceremonies led by mayors belonging to the Southern Ligawasan Alliance of Municipalities (SLAM). Built through grants by the Zuellig Family Foundation, last March 30 saw the formal opening of a birthing unit in Barangay Alip, Datu Paglas, a health station each in Barangay Ramcor, Gen. S.K. Pendatun(GSKP) and Barangay Bulod, Sultan sa Barongis(SSB) and a newly-renovated municipal health center  in Barangay Paglat, Paglat. The cost of building one facility and furnishing it with basic medical equipment is less than the cheapest variant of the most popular Japanese Asian Utility Vehicle in the country which sells for P803,000.  While an AUV seats seven people comfortably, these health centers are estimated to directly benefit over 12,000 residents of the barangays where these are located as well as more than 40,000 residents of nearby barangays. Medical equipment provided in these health centers include oxygen tank, surgical set, diagnostic set, weighing scale, stethoscope, sphygmomanometer, wheelchair, stretcher, IV stand, examination table and digital thermometer. The four municipalities are all classified as 4th . . . Read More

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HLMP Fellows Start Health Reform Programs

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Sixty-two graduates of Zuellig Family Foundation’s Health Leadership and Management (HLMP) training course pledged to undertake more action programs in efforts to help generate better health outcomes for the poor.  These training graduates are all officials of the Department of Health field offices across the Philippines. All of them have initiated various health interventions not just in pursuit of further professional development, but also in the interest of sustainable and strategic health sector reforms.  The innovations and programs they have implemented in their respective areas include the accreditation of more health centers to Philhealth, enrollment of more indigent families to PhilHealth, trainings for health staff to enhance their knowledge and improve the quality of their services, and procurement of more medical equipment such as mercury-free instruments for different barangay clinics.  The graduates gathered last March 12 to 13 at the Bayview Park Hotel in Manila for the first national convention of HLMP Fellows.  Some of the fellows shared their own professional milestones which showed how ZFF’s training program helped them become better health professionals.  As Dr. Rosalina Caraan-Mayo, Municipal Health Officer . . . Read More

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2 Workshops on Health Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Response held in Visayas

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After attending Zuellig Family Foundation’s Health Emergency Disaster and Response Program (HEDRP), participants have started to make preparations for the formation of emergency and disaster teams in their own local communities. Two workshops were held, one in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental and the other in Tagbiliran City, Bohol last March 18 and 20, respectively. This “Training of Trainers” workshop was for member organizations of the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO).  Negros Oriental Network (NEGORNET) hosted the training that was held in YMCA Compound.  Participants included executive directors, program managers and community leaders comprised the 37 who joined the training.  In Bohol, the Bohol Alliance of Non-Governmental Organization (BANGON) hosted the event held in the Alumni Hall of the University of Bohol.  It had 31 participants composed of barangay health workers, community health workers, volunteers, midwives and nurses.Workshop included overview on pandemic, use of protective equipment, community disaster planning and scenario building for pandemic and emergency and disaster response.The foundation’s HEDPRP is available to health leaders and workers from ZFF’s cohort . . . Read More

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Leadership skills to manage setbacks

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The infamous Maguindanao massacre in November last year proved to be a perfect fit to getting the tri-leaders of Cohort 1 to better understand and appreciate the main topic of the third installment of the four-module leadership training being provided by the Zuellig Family Foundation. Entitled “Adaptive Capacities,” this module was primarily about having or developing the ability to constantly tweak plans and strategies so they remain relevant, workable and realistic as situations and scenarios quickly, and in the case of Maguindano, drastically change.  Mayors from Maguindanao forming the Southwestern Ligawasan Alliance of Municipalities (SLAM) suddenly faced serious setbacks in their plans as they, too, had to deal with very negative public perceptions though their municipalities were largely unaffected by violence.  And so, after weighing several options, the mayors opted to severe their ties with the ruling Lakas party.  According to them, despite the political fallout, they preferred neutrality during these times so they can continue with their health and other development programs without the pressures and problems brought about by the warring political clans.  This shift in the mayors’ . . . Read More

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Forum Addresses Inequities in Health Sector

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WITH current and former health secretaries in attendance, decision and opinion-makers in the country's health sector gathered last Tuesday for the first Philippine Health Outlook Forum to discuss various issues affecting the health of Filipinos.   Organized by the Zuellig Family Foundation, the forum seeks recommendations from public health experts to address inequities in the country's health system and organize concerted action to improve health indicators especially among the less privileged.   Mr. Ernesto Garilao, Zuellig Foundation president and former agrarian reform secretary, stressed the need for the health sector to be organized if it is to engage government for reforms. "The reason why agrarian reform is kept alive is because the farmers are organized. The poor are not organized to assert better health services from the government," he said.   Among the key forum participants were newly appointed Department of Health (DOH) secretary Esperanza Cabral, and former health secretaries Alberto Romualdez, Jaime Galvez-Tan and Felipe Estrella and over a hundred health leaders and professionals.   Congressman Edcel C. Lagman giving his presentation on reproductive health, maternal child health and family planning.   Romualdez . . . Read More

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NBA Teams... Kick off...

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The implementation of the 1991 Local Government Code broke the chain of integration of the health care system. Municipalities began operating separately from each other. The Local Chief Executive as head of the Local Government Unit is now held responsible for the health of the people  and ensure the delivery of health services and provision of adequate facilities. The Rural health Unit is a municipal level facility that serves the whole municipality with the Municipal Health Officer as the head of the office. It has the jurisdiction over the Barangay Health Stations (BHS) with Rural Health Workers as managers of the BHS. The continuing advocacy for stronger involvement and commitment of health workers and local leaders provided results particularly in the improvement of the BHS and the expansion of the RHU to include birthing clinics, complimented with the provision of basic equipments, instruments and training of service providers. This was realized through the Local and Barangay internal revenue allocations, with partnership from NGO’s, particularly the UNFPA-JOICFP Program of Assistance Grant. In spite of the effort, low Pre-Natal and health facility deliveries remain to be the main problem. After consultation with the health . . . Read More

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