GARANTISADONG PAMBATA

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

GP Services Package
 
Age by
Health  Nutrition Environment
Year
Maternalnutrition

Maternal health care Iron supplementation

Water
0-1 Essential newborn care Vitamin A
Sanitation
Immunization Early &exclusive breastfeeding
Hygiene promotion
Complementary feeding
Oral health
Breastfeeding
Child injury prevention
Immunization Complementaryfeeding
Treated bednets
1-5 Deworming Vitamin A
Smoke-free homes
IMCI Iron supplementation

Iodized salt at home

Deworming Proper nutrition
6-10
Booster immunization  (Screening) Iodized salt at home
Deworming
Proper nutrition  
Booster immunization
11-14 Iron supplementation
(Screening)
Iodized salt at home
Physical activity (Healthy lifestyle)

Vitamin A Supplementation

Policy remains the same for giving Vitamin A capsules:

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

MAGPURGA
Siguraduhing mapurga ang inyong mga  anak na edad 1 hanggang 12 na taong  gulang  kada anim na
buwan. 
 
GUMAMIT NG PALIKURAN
Gumamit ng kubeta o palikuran sa pagdumi at pagihi. 
 
MAGSIPILYO
Wastong pagsisipilyo ng ngipin ng  dalawang beses sa isang araw, lalo na bago matulog.
 
MAGHUGAS NG KAMAY
Maghugas ng kamay bago kumain at matapos gumamit ng kasilyas. Ugaliin din ang paghuhugas ng
kamay matapos maglaro o humawak ng maduduming bagay. 
 
 
Program Coordinator:

        Ms. Liberty Importa

       Program Manager

       National Center for Disease Prevention and Control - Family Health Office

       Phone: 651-7800 local 1726-1730

       Email: limporta@yahoo.com