The National Safe Motherhood Program primarily focuses on the health and welfare of women throughout their pregnancy. It also includes the adolescent pregnant and meeting the unmet needs for family planning contraceptives of women into its priority agenda until 2030. This program aims to provide Filipino women access to quality healthcare for a safer pregnancy and delivery. It aims to promote the health and well-being of mothers of a Filipino family.
In support of the Ambisyon Natin 2040, the National Safe Motherhood Program envisions a healthy Filipino family where the mother is healthy as the other members of her family.
Our Mission is for Filipino women to have full access to health services towards making their pregnancy and childbirth safer.
- Administrative Order No. 2008-0029 (Implementing Health Reforms for Rapid Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality)
- Administrative Order No. 2018-0003 National Policy on the Prevention of Illegal and Unsafe Abortion and Management of Post-ABortion Complications
- Administrative Order No. 2019-0026 National Policy in the Provision of Birthing Assistance to Primivravid and Grand Multigravid Women
- Department Circular No. 2021-0005 Adherence to the Definition of Low Risk Pregnancy and High Risk Pregnancy in the Implementation of AO 2012-0012
- Department Memorandum No. 2020-0261 Interim Guidelines on the COntinuous Provision of Maternal Health Services during Covid 19 Pandemic
- Department Memorandum No. 2020-0319 Interim Guideline son Covid 19 Management of Pregnant Women, Women About to Give Birth and Newborns
Goal
Our Goal is guided by the Department of Health FOURmula One Plus thrust and the Universal Health Care Frame, thus the National Safe Motherhood Program is committed to provide rational and responsive policy direction to its local government partners in the delivery of quality maternal and newborn health services with integrity and accountability using proven and innovative approaches.
PhilHealth Benefit Package
- Maternity Care Benefit Package
- Newborn Care Benefit Package
Trainings
- Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care for Doctors and Nurses
- Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care for Midwives
- Maternal Death Surveillance and Response
Implementation Support Materials
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care (PCPNC) Manual
- BEmONC Module for Midwive
- Maternal Death Reporting and Review System: A Guide to LGU Users
National/Government
- Philippine Information Agency
- Presidential Communications Operations Office
- Various Media Outlets
Local/Youth/CSOs, NGOs
- Misyon Kung Tumulong Organization
International Partners
- WHO
- UNFPA
- UNICEF
- USAID
- JICA