The Mandate: A.O. 36, s2010

Aquino Health Agenda (AHA): Achieving Universal Health Care for All Filipinos

Goal

• ›Achievement of better health outcomes, sustained health financing and responsive health system by ensuring that all Filipinos, esp. the disadvantaged group (lowest 2 income quintiles) have equitable access to affordable health care

Universal Health Care

Strategies:

• Financial risk protection.
• Improved access to quality hospitals and facilities
• Attainment of health-related MDGs by:
• Deploy CHTs to actively assist families in assessing and acting on their health needs
• Utilize life cycle approach in providing needed services: FP, ANC, FBD, ENC, IPP, GP for 0-14 years old
• Aggressive promotion of healthy lifestyle change
• Harness strengths of inter-agency and intersectoralcooperation with DepEd, DSWD and DILG

EXPANDED GARANTISADONG PAMBATA

Comprehensive and integrated  package of services and communication on health, nutrition and environment for children available everyday at various settings such as home, school, health facilities and communities by government and non-government organizations, private sectors and civic groups.

Objectives:

• ›Contribute to the reduction of infant and child morbidity and mortality towards the attainment  of MDG 1 and 4.
• ›Ensure that all Filipino children, especially the disadvantaged group (GIDA), have equitable access to affordable health, nutrition and environment care.

Rationale for the New GP Design

Vitamin A Supplementation

Routine:

– every 6 months for 6-59 months preschoolers

Therapeutic:

– 1 capsule upon diagnosis  regardless of when the last dose of  VAC for preschoolers with measles

– 1 capsule upon diagnosis except when child was given Vitamin A was given less than 4 weeks for               preschoolers with severe pneumonia, persistent diarrhea, severely underweight

– 1 capsule immediately upon diagnosis, 1 capsule the next day and another capsule after 2 weeks after for preschoolers with xerophthalmia

( Please refer to your MOP for other target groups)

Recording/Reporting:

• FHSIS Records and Reports
• GP Forms – submitted to NCDPC thru CHDs
•       April – preschoolers 6-59 months given   VAC from November of past year to   April of the current year     October – preschoolers 6-59 months given
• VAC from May to October

Core Messages per Gateway Behavior

MAGPASUSO

(Newborn to 6 mos)  Pasusuhin ng gatas ni Nanay lang

(6 mos to 2 years old)  Magpasuso  at bigyan ng (mga masustansiyang ibat-ibang pagkain) ibang pagkain (pampamilyang pagkain).

Bumili/ Gumamit ng mga produktong may SANGKAP PINOY seal sa pagluluto.

MAGPABAKUNA

Siguraduhing kumpletoang bakuna ni baby  bago siya magdiwang ng unang kaarawan.

Pabakunahan ng MMR ang mga batang 1 taon hanggang  1 taon at 3 buwan. Ito ay laban sa tigdas, beke at rubella (German Measles)

MAGBITAMINA A

Siguraduhing mabigyan (mapatakan) ng Bitamina A kada anim (6) na buwan ang inyong mga anak na edad 6 na buwan  hanggang 5 taon