LOCAL CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN MILESTONES CHN SITE AIMLife Alcantara, Cebu RSAI Estancia, Iloilo
Golden Valley Puerto Princesa City
GVDF Sorsogon City
OCT 2012
NOV 2012
GWA participation
Capacity building and workshop on BCC
GWA participation
Capacity building and workshop on BCC
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GWA participation Orientation of children leaders about CHN in preparation for local childrens congress Review of ADP Design for integration of CHN
GWA participation
Himaya I GWA participation Oroquieta City BASAK Bunawan,
JAN 2013
GWA participation
Agusan del Sur
Capacity building and workshop on BCC
Capacity building and workshop on BCC
FEB 2013 • • • •
CVA Orientation and CVA Plan finalization of ADP Meeting for integration of CHN in ADP Design Meeting for integration of CHN in ADP Design CVA Plan orientation and finalization of ADP
Follow up meeting with health partners for BCC and CVA plan finalization • •
Overview of BCC to children and youth Validation survey and data analysis for BCC
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Capacity building and Partners’ meeting to validate data for workshop on BCC BCC • CVA Orientation of ADP * This project site inevitably suspended campaign plans as it recovers from the devastation which Typhoon Pablo left when it badly hit the area in December 2012.
Caring for mothers...(continued from page 3) She adds that this stage is crucial to detect and manage danger signs and complications of pregnancy. Counselling through home visits has been a regular task of health workers in Bacon so that families, especially women, would develop health-seeking behavior. This could be crucial to their survival in child birth and that of their infants. “Sometimes, the pregnant women seek my advise on availing services from the health facilities. The community residents are generally more comfortable talking to a volunteer from their neighborhood, rather than an actual health worker,” mentions Sheryll Diaz, a volunteer parent leader in a village in Bacon. There are many other volunteers like Sheryll who help the Health Office influence mothers to avail services from the health facilities. The volunteers are part of the Womens Health Teams organized in Bacon to augment the limited number of actual health workers so that all villages, especially those far from the main health facilities, could be reached. “The staff are very committed, and the local government is very supportive too. We have a local policy that provides a percentage of proceeds from the birthing facility as incentive to staff.” Dr. Calleja mentions that this is an institutionalized motivation to skilled birth attendants, considering that their meager salary is a perennial problem in many health facilities operated by local governments. Low government budget for health staff can cause quick turn overs, or worse, health staff with less commitment than is necessary.
Newborn screening is available at the Bacon District Birthing Facility which, according to the DOH, could reduce untimely deaths or sickness in infants. Photo by the Bacon District Health Office of Sorsogon City.
The most recent addition to the health facility is a halfway home for pregnant women who are awaiting their scheduled delivery, especially for those residing very far from the birthing facility. A mobile phone hotline has also been made available. At the rate of how things are moving at the Bacon District, its aspiration for 100% facility-based delivery, 0 maternal deaths, and reduced infant mortality by 2015 could well be within reach.
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