Maternal and Child Care 1

MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE
NATIONAL SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROGRAM
The Philippines is still at par with its target in reducing maternal mortality despite significant
improvements. From 209 maternal deaths in 1993, it went to as low as 162 in 2006. However, in 2011,
maternal deaths escalated to 221. Hence, pregnancy and childbirth are among the leading causes of
death in women of reproductive age.
Confronted with the challenge of Millenium Development Goal 5 and now, the Sustainable Development
Goal (SDG) 3, the Safe Motherhood Program has focused on making pregnancy and childbirth safer by
bringing quality emergency obstetrics and newborn care services to homes.
Objectives
1. Reduce maternal and neonatal mortality through the sustainable, cost-effective approach of delivering
health services and quality maternal and newborn health services.
2. Establish core knowledge and support systems that facilitate the delivery of quality maternal and
newborn health services to provide emergency obstetrics and newborn care within the framework of the
Philippine Health Agenda.
Core Packages of service available:
Pre-pregnancy
Pregnancy
Delivery
Post-Partum
Newborn Care
MR-OPV SIA PROGRAM

The Measles Rubella-Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-OPV SIA) campaign
aims to curb the spread of measles through the administration of free vaccination among infants and
children 0-59 months for Oral Polio Vaccine and 9-59 months for Measles-Rubella.
NUTRITION
The Promote Good Nutrition component of AHMP aims to improve the nutrition knowledge, attitudes,
and practices of families to increase demand for adequate, nutritious, and safe food.
Objectives:
Increase the number of infants 0-6 months who are exclusively breastfed;
Reduce the number of infants receiving food and drink other than breastmilk;
Increase the number of infants 6-12 months old who are given calorie and nutrient-dense
complementary foods; and
Increase the number of families who improved diets in terms of quality and quantity and are involved in
food production activities.
VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION
Vitamin A deficiency is a major public health problem affecting an estimated 190 million preschool-age
children. Infants and children have increased vitamin A requirements to promote rapid growth and to
help combat infections. Inadequate intakes of vitamin A at this age could lead to vitamin A deficiency,
which, when severe, may cause visual impairment (night blindness) or increase the risk of illness and
mortality from childhood infections such as measles and those causing diarrhea.
Hypertension Management Program (HMP)
Medical professional shaking hands with a man.
The Hypertension Management Program (HMP) toolkit is an online interactive training for a team-based,
patient-centered, integrated care model. The goal of the HMP is to improve the quality of patient care
and decrease the number of patients with uncontrolled hypertension to improve each patient’s overall
health and well-being. Evaluations have shown the HMP to be effective in the promotion of hypertension
control among patients in healthcare settings that serve populations who bear a disproportionate risk of
hypertension (including those without health insurance).
This toolkit was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division for Heart
Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP) to provide healthcare organizations, including those in resource-
constrained settings, with the information and resources to implement the HMP and improve
hypertension control among their patients. CDC DHDSP developed an online toolkit that consists of
interactive e-learning modules that are designed to guide learners through the key features of the ten
HMP components and prepare them for implementation at their health system. The online e-learning
modules are accompanied by a PDF toolkit document that can be used as an additional resource for
users.
Establishment of Hypertension and Diabetes Club in Adopted Community

The Hypertension and Diabetes Club was first established in 2016 by the Department of Health
(DOH). It is a nationwide program that aims to treat patients with Hypertension and Diabetes.
This program intends to allow patients to avail of free maintenance medications for elevated
Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Diabetes.
The main objective of this practice is to provide free medical consultation, facilitate the
distribution of free maintenance medicines for High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Diabetes in
order to control and prevent the complications of these non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and
above all, to empower the Barangay Health Workers and members of the Club to address the
needs of the patients and take care of themselves respectively. This project intends to address
the need of every Filipino person afflicted with this NCD to avail of free maintenance medicines.
However, the establishment of the project was not easily recognized and was not properly
disseminated nationwide hence not everyone benefits from it. As this project became an act, all
government district hospitals, health centers, and barangay health centers are mandated to
provide free maintenance medicines.

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MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE

NATIONAL SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROGRAM

Core Packages of service available:

MR-OPV SIA PROGRAM

Hypertension Management Program (HMP)

Medical professional shaking hands with a man.

Establishment of Hypertension and Diabetes Club in Adopted Community

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