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Day care centers in Camiguin continue to benefit from EHCP

Written by Jorie C. Valcorza | 20 February 2013

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MAMBAJAO, Camiguin, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- Sixty-nine Day Care Centers (DCC) here continue to implement the Essential Health Care Program (EHCP), benefitting some 2,383 pre-schoolers.
For three years, toothbrushes, fluoride toothpaste “poly paste,” lice shampoo and hand soap were provided to pre-schoolers.
Barangay councils look after the needs of the DCCs in maintaining their centers' dental traps.
The Fit for School Foundation initiated the project and the provincial government sustained it over the years.
It originally covered grade levels 1 to 4 for elementary students and later expanded to cover all pre-schoolers. Aside from receiving hygiene kits, the children also undergo regular deworming.
The success of EHCP in the province has garnered recognition from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
The DCCs here also benefitted from a 120-day supplemental feeding program last year amounting to P2 million. Kitchen utensils were also provided for them. (JCV/PIA-10)
MAMBAJAO, Camiguin, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- Sixty-nine Day Care Centers (DCC) here continue to implement the Essential Health Care Program (EHCP), benefitting some 2,383 pre-schoolers.

For three years, toothbrushes, fluoride toothpaste “poly paste,” lice shampoo and hand soap were provided to pre-schoolers.

Barangay councils look after the needs of the DCCs in maintaining their centers' dental traps.

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Health care package cuts leading diseases among schoolchildren

Written by Erna S. Gorne | 13 February 2013

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MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 13 (PIA) -- The Essential Health Care Package (EHCP) program implementation yielded drastic reduction of leading diseases among the schoolchildren in the province.
“The comparative studies of the nutritional indicators from the start of the implementation of the EHCP in the province will produce the current health outcome of the program among the schoolchildren today,” Dr. Consolacion Ruflo, the Department of Education Schools Medical Officer - SoLeyte Division reported during the consultative meeting with Fit For School and local governments at SoLeyte Division Office, Tuesday.
She said the health status of the schoolchildren was alarming before the EHCP program was implemented: body mass index (BMI) - 9.58 percent, parasitism – 20 percent, and dental caries – 76 percent.
She further reported, however, that with the full implementation of the said health program, a drastic reduction of the mentioned diseases were noted as follows: BMI - 5.88 percent, parasitism - .5 percent and dental caries - 38.55 percent.
Dr. Ruflo also noted that program was vigorously implemented in the division with the assistance of the Parents Teachers Associations (PTA), non government organizations like PLAN International and the local governments, wherein the construction of hand washing and tooth brushing facilities inside the classrooms reached to 1,522 while 400 were located outside the classrooms but within the school campuses.
“ One of the best practices also noted in the implementation of the program was the integration of EHCP in the lesson plans of the classroom teachers,” she added. (PIA8, SoLeyte)
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 13 (PIA) -- The Essential Health Care Package (EHCP) program implementation yielded drastic reduction of leading diseases among the schoolchildren in the province.

“The comparative studies of the nutritional indicators from the start of the implementation of the EHCP in the province will produce the current health outcome of the program among the schoolchildren today,” Dr. Consolacion Ruflo, the Department of Education Schools Medical Officer - SoLeyte Division reported during the consultative meeting with Fit For School and local governments at SoLeyte Division Office, Tuesday.

She said the health status of the schoolchildren was alarming before the EHCP program was implemented: body mass index (BMI) - 9.58 percent, parasitism – 20 percent, and dental caries – 76 percent.

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DepEd-ARMM and DoH-ARMM explores convergence

Written by DepEd ARMM | 11 February 2013

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DepEd-ARMM has more than 400 public health nurses assigned in public schools, mostly on promotive health care. DoH-ARMM has about half of this number mostly deployed in public hospitals and they are expected to implement more than 20 health programs. Few months earlier, GIZ/FfS, an school health partner of DepEd-ARMM, made a study showing possible areas on convergence.
Building on these ideas and under the reinvigorated ARMM HELPS Convergence platform, RG Mujiv Hataman ordered these two ARMM agencies to converge and complement their services. Tomorrow, February 12, these two ARMM agencies together with GIZ/FfS will undertake a one-day exploratory workshop in Cotabato City.
RS Atty Jamar Kulayan said this workshop will bring together DepEd-ARMM regional and division nurse coordinators and selected DoH-ARMM regional/provincial program coordinators under one roof to discuss ways and means on how to move forward and deepen the convergence.
At the end of the workshop will be a Convergence Plan outlining activities, resource inputs and targets.
DepEd-ARMM has more than 400 public health nurses assigned in public schools, mostly on promotive health care. DoH-ARMM has about half of this number mostly deployed in public hospitals and they are expected to implement more than 20 health programs. Few months earlier, GIZ/FfS, an school health partner of DepEd-ARMM, made a study showing possible areas on convergence.

Building on these ideas and under the reinvigorated ARMM HELPS Convergence platform, RG Mujiv Hataman ordered these two ARMM agencies to converge and complement their services. Tomorrow, February 12, these two ARMM agencies together with GIZ/FfS will undertake a one-day exploratory workshop in Cotabato City.

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Tagalog News: PHO nagkaloob ng EHCP sa mga mag-aaral

Written by April Montes | 09 February 2013

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BAUTISTA, Pangasinan, Pebrero 9 (PIA) -- Ipinagkaloob ng Provincial Health Office ang Essential Health Care Package (EHCP) sa mga mag-aaral ng Bautista Elementary School at iba pang pampublikong paaralan sa bayan ng Bautista noong ika-8 ng Pebrero.
Ang pagbibigay ng EHCP ay bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng probinsiya ng Dental Health Month ngayong buwan. Ang Provincial Health Office kasama ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon ang nanguna sa pamamahagi ng EHCP na naglalaman ng “pollypaste toothpaste,” sipilyo at sabon. Ipinakita rin sa mga mag-aaral ang tamang pamamaraan ng pagsisipilyo at paghuhugas ng kamay.
Layunin ng aktibidad na hikayatin ang mga bata na pahalagahan ang kanilang kalusugan ng kanilang ngipin sa pamamagitan ng madalas na pagsisipilyo at himukin silang gawin ang pangkalusugang gawi, isa na rito ang paghuhugas ng kamay na malaki ang maitutulong upang maiwasan ang pagkalat ng mikrobyo.
Ayon kay Amadeo T. Espino, miyembro ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan at presidente ng Association of Barangay Councils Federation, mahalagang panatilihin ng mga kabataan ang pangkalusugang gawi upang maiwasan ang mga sakit at ang magagastos pampagamot kung sakaling sila ay dapuan ng sakit.
Dagdag niya, mahirap malagay sa sitwasyon kung saan kapos ka sa kakayahang pinansiyal at magkakasakit ka pa. Ipinarating din niya ang mensahe ng gobernador ng Pangasinan na si Amado T. Espino, Jr. sa mga pinuno at mga guro na itaas ang pamantayan ng kalusugan sa pamamagitan ng paglikha ng mga ganitong uri ng programa ng sa gayon ay mapananatili ang malusog na Pangasinan.
Sa pamamagitan ng EHCP, mapapababa ang kaso ng pagkakasakit ng mga bata at mababawasan ang pagkakaroon nila ng sirang ngipin. Naisusulong nito ang isa sa mga layuning nakasaad sa Millennium Development Goals (MDG) na malabanan ang mga sakit lalo na ng mga kabataan. (ANL/AMM-PIA 1 Pangasinan kasama ang ulat mula sa PIO)
BAUTISTA, Pangasinan, Pebrero 9 (PIA) -- Ipinagkaloob ng Provincial Health Office ang Essential Health Care Package (EHCP) sa mga mag-aaral ng Bautista Elementary School at iba pang pampublikong paaralan sa bayan ng Bautista noong ika-8 ng Pebrero.

Ang pagbibigay ng EHCP ay bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng probinsiya ng Dental Health Month ngayong buwan. Ang Provincial Health Office kasama ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon ang nanguna sa pamamahagi ng EHCP na naglalaman ng “pollypaste toothpaste,” sipilyo at sabon. Ipinakita rin sa mga mag-aaral ang tamang pamamaraan ng pagsisipilyo at paghuhugas ng kamay.

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84,000 Cotabato schoolchildren receive hygiene kits

Written by Aida C. Agad | 06 February 2013

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In ceremonies held on January 29, elementary pupils from M’lang and Kabacan towns received their hygiene kits, while kids from Antipas and Magpet received theirs on January 30.
Each hygiene kit contain toothpaste, toothbrush and soap.
Distribution of these hygiene kits is part of the Essential Health Care Program (EHCP) of the DepEd which is aimed at institutionalizing daily toothbrushing, daily handwashing and twice-a-year deworming among schoolchildren.
EHCP as a school-based program of DepEd gains the support of local officials from the province led by governor Emmylou Mendoza, the provincial health office and DepEd Cotabato division.
It aims to reduce child-related diseases such as diarrhea, respiratory infections, worm infections, tooth decay and others, which causes absenteeism of some schoolchildren.
In her message at the distribution rites, Governor Mendoza said that children in Cotabato Province are the next potential leaders and to be such they have to be physically and mentally active and be healthy all the time.
Mendoza urged school administrators and district supervisors in the province to see to it that the hygiene kits be used immediately by the children.
Mendoza also reminded the children that their toothbrush must not be shared as this transmits mouth infectious diseases. (aida c. agad PIA12)
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 6 (PIA) -- Over 84,000 schoolchildren from the four towns of Cotabato province recently received hygiene kits from the provincial government, the Department of Education (DepEd) and non-government organization, Fit for School.

In ceremonies held on January 29, elementary pupils from M’lang and Kabacan towns received their hygiene kits, while kids from Antipas and Magpet received theirs on January 30.

Each hygiene kit contain toothpaste, toothbrush and soap.

Distribution of these hygiene kits is part of the Essential Health Care Program (EHCP) of the DepEd which is aimed at institutionalizing daily toothbrushing, daily handwashing and twice-a-year deworming among schoolchildren.

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