City Hall as part of the Productivity Month celebration. The seminar started on October 3 and will end on November 9, 2011.
It was also learned that as its partial accomplishment, eight offices/departments were already given the 5S Training with 391 total
numbers of beneficiaries/trained LGU-Butuan employees, and 12 pending offices/departments.
Maternal mortality rate down by 50% in Surigao del Sur, says Gov. Pimentel by Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
TANDAG CITY -- Surigao del Sur Governor Johnny Pimentel said in a recent TV interview that the maternal mortality rate in Surigao del Sur has been reduced to 50 percent after a three-year implementation of the Women’s Health and Safe Motherhood (WHSM) program in the province. Pimentel said the provincial government invested P50 million to upgrade hospitals and facilities, with municipal and city governments sharing operation expenses. Several halfway houses near the birthing clinics were also
established in selected municipalities where pregnant mothers can stay in a short period of time while waiting for their due date to give birth. The Provincial Health Office also said it also undertook a campaign to inform the
public about a provincial ordinance banning traditional healers or “hilot� from delivering a baby at home. With these developments, the province was one of those who received the National Galing Pook Awards in the previous years.
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