Republic of the
Philippines
Province of Davao del Norte
Government Center, Mankilam, Tagum City
VISION
The Provincial Health Office has the vision of a “Healthy and Empowered People of Davao del Norte
sustained by Quality Health Care for a Productive and Meaningful Life”
MISSION
It has the mission of “Providing Health Care Services to improve the Quality of Life for all
the people of Davao del Norte, especially the poor”.
The Provincial Health Office has the following
functions to wit:
n Implementation of Health Programs both locally
initiated and national health programs;
n Provision of Technical Assistance to the
city/municipality in the implementation of health services;
n Provision of medical, dental and health outreach
services;
n Health Education and Advocacy.
GOALS
The following major goals of the
Provincial Health Office, to wit:
n Diseases Prevention, Control and Elimination;
n Risk Reductions;
n Regulatory Functions;
n Health Governance;
n Hospital Reforms; and
n Health Care Financing
The Province of Davao del Norte in the delivery of
health services has one (1) Tertiary Hospital under the National Government and
three (3) District Hospitals managed by the Provincial Government, thirteen
(13) Rural Health Units and one hundred twenty-five (125) recorded Barangay
Health Stations, twenty-three (23) private hospitals and clinics and six (6)
recorded Well-Family Clinics scattered within the province.
The three (3) district hospitals such as: Kapalong
District Hospital, Samal District Hospital and Carmen District Hospital are the
only government hospital catering hospital services in the province, except
Davao Regional Hospital which is operated by the National Government.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
§ Provincial
Blood Bank and Laboratory Services
Ø To provide adequate and equitable
supply of safe blood and blood products to patient in order to prevent death
due to loss of blood.
Ø To develop greater public awareness through
health education
Ø To establish a network of blood pool
through volunteerism and community-based initiative
Ø To promote in the rational blood
utilization.
Ø
This program aims
to identify potable sources of water for
public consumption and avoid the spread of water borne diseases
Ø
To have an early
detection of renal diseases & provide treatment; thus obviate the needs of
expaensive modalities of dialysis & kidney transplantation.
In the Preventive Nephrology Program, a total of 8,077
pupils were examined and 3.129 were found with abnormalities while 1,624 were
treated. The screening and examinations
of school children are mostly in Grade I from different schools in the
province, except those retrieved pupils that require further follow-up and
treatment. This is a yearly round
program but most of the activities will be done during schedule of classes to
consider the availability of the children.
Recently the Provincial Nephrology Program of the
province was a recipient of a Plaque of Recognition from the Center of Health
and Development Southern Mindanao in implementing the above-mentioned health
program.
§ Provincial
Nutrition Program
The Provincial Nutrition Program of Davao
del Norte joins the national vision of having a “healthy, happy and intelligent children in the 21st
century”. The active participation
of the local government units through the city and municipal nutrition committee
has a strong commitment and dedication to empower citizens to enjoy a better
quality of life in a peaceful and sound environment thru economic productivity,
food sufficiency and access to basic health and nutrition services.
§ Comprehensive
Health Outreach Program
The Comprehensive Health Outreach Program
aims to provide minor surgical intervention and to give free medical check-up
and examination to all patients with minor surgical problems. It also provides free medical services, drugs
and medicines. The surgical activities
have take into consideration and give priorities to the far-flung barangays and
remote areas.
During the year, a total of 45 outreach
services were conducted benefiting 2,102 patients. Detailed presentation is shown in Table No. 5.
§ Provincial
Surgical Outreach and Networking Program
The Provincial Surgical Outreach and
Networking Program aims to provide surgical operations and clinical services to
patients having major surgical procedures such as thyroidectomies, tubal
ligations, Herniorrhapy, cyst excision and hydrocoelectomy. Patients who cannot afford to shoulder the
high cost of surgical operations were given priority. The outreach activities were in coordination
with the Davao Medical Center, in providing Team of Doctors and nurses in
assisting the PHO Surgical Team and the activity were held at the three (3)
district hospitals.
§ Mental
Health Program
The Provincial Mental Health Program is
designed to provide medical examination and consultation to persons who are
suffering mental illness and whose mental condition requires medical
intervention and treatment. The
Provincial Health Office through the assigned program coordinator prepare the
regular monthly outreach activities while the Davao Mental Hospital provide the
consulting physician. The activity is
conducted every first Tuesday of the month and thereafter.
For the year 2006, a total of 555 mentally
ill patients were regularly examined with an average of not less than 70
patients per month. The physical
examinations were given free including the provision of injectables, drugs and
medicines for the patients. All the supplies, drugs and medicines were bought
by the Provincial Government through the budget of the Provincial Health
Office.
§ Dental
Health Program
The Dental Health Program of the Provincial Health
Office aims to provide dental health services and treatment to those patients
with dental health problems. Dental services, such as tooth rehabilitation,
dental hygiene and dental education were given most attention. Most of the Dental outreach services were
mostly conducted in the remote areas and far flung barangays to response the
needy constituents.
One of the components of the program is the Exclusive
Dental Outreach Service wherein all government dentists and dental aides were
convened in one place to perform dental outreach services. A total of seven (7) Exclusive Dental
Outreach and 60 Surgical Dental Outreach Activities were conducted benefiting a
total of 4,552 dental patients were serve.
Last December 15 2006, the Exclusive Dental Outreach
of the province was a recipient of an Award as the Most Innovative Dental Team
in Davao Region. The Award was given by the Department of Health - Center for
Health and Development Southern Mindanao.
Under the regular monthly services, five (5) dental
outreach were extended to the inmates at the Provincial Jail.
§
Early Childhood Care and Development Program
It was only in the year 2003 when the Provincial
Health Office implemented the Early Childhood Care and Development Program as
mandated by the Memorandum Circular of the President designed to promote the
rights and protection of the children below six years of age. Memorandum Circular No. 2002-121 directs all
Provincial Governors, City/Municipal Mayors and Punong Barangays to organize
themselves to support parents in their roles as caregivers to their children.
§
Environmental Health and Sanitation Program
The mass toilet bowl production under the “Oplan Tutok
Kubeta Outreach Program” has been made the program very accessible to the
barangays. Through the Volunteer Sanitary Inspectors, Barangay Officials,
Sanitation Inspectors and the Sanitation Environmental Team of the province the
program implemented. During the year,
there were only two (2) “Oplan Tutok Kubeta” outreaches were conducted through
the PHO Team. While LGU’s initiated their outreach activities through their
RHU’s.
This is a program utilizing the role of the Volunteer
Barangay Sanitary Inspector (VBSI) who assist the Sanitary Inspectors in the
implementation of the sanitation program.Table
No. 10
§
Community Primary Health Care Program
This program develops the capability of
the Volunteer Barangay Sanitary Inspectors (VBSI) in the environmental health
services. Onsite trainings were conducted
and a Program Review was made.
§ Operation of
the Barangay Health Workers
The Barangay Health Workers is one of the
groups of the community volunteer health workers in the province. This program has the noble objective of helping
the Barangay Health Workers to make them fully functional and implant upon them
spirit of volunteerism and the concept, strategies of a community development,
self-reliance and become a productive partners in the delivery of health
services.
The Provincial Health Office through the
designated BHW Coordinator has conducted 18 meeting and conferences for the
whole year and conducted the recently concluded BHW Congress at Panabo City.
The congress gives the BHW information on the latest updates on their tasks and
functions and encourage them on the spirit of volunteerism in performing their
task and functions.
§
Women’s Health and Development Program
The program aims to improve the health status of women
and focuses on Women’s Reproductive Age.
It has a long-term goal of reducing female morbidity and maternal
mortality. It promotes safe motherhood.
During the year, a total of 303 pap smears and 321
breast examinations were performed.
§
Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)
This program aims to protect and caters 0-11 months old children from
common childhood illnesses through vaccination.
For the year 2006, supplies of vaccines, syringes and needles were
given to all City/Rural Health Units through the Center for Health and
Development Southeren Mindanao. These
vaccines are BCG, DPT, Hepa-B, OPV, Measle for infants and Tetanus Toxoid for
mothers. Supplies and vaccines were all
coming from the Department of Health in support of the DOH Immunization
Program.
§ Control of
Acute Respiratory Infection (CARI)
The program focus on the reduction of morbidity and mortality cases
attributed by pneumonia. Pneumonia is
recorded as one of the top leading causes of death among infants and
pre-schoolers. The role of the PHO
Program Coordinator in the implementation of this vertical program of the
Department of Health is monitoring and reporting of cases.
§ Family
Planning Program
Continued distribution of Family Planning supplies to the four (4) government
hospitals and health facilities were undertaken through the Contraceptive Distribution Logistic Management Information
System (CDLMIS).
In 2006, the implementation of AO 158 of the DOH were in placed,
subject of which, were the reduction of the donated Family Planning Commodities
for the Province. The Province of Davao del Norte established Contraceptive
Self-Reliance Manual, providing the Policies and Guidelines in handling and
augmenting resources to answer the reduction and phase-out of donated
commodities by 2008 onwards.
As a result, the province through our local budget appropriation
started purchasing Family Planning commodities. On the other hand the LGU’s
purchases also FP commodities for their requirements.
DISEASE CONTROL SERVICES
§ Provincial
Schistosomiasis Control Program
The implementation of the Provincial Schistosomiasis Control Program is
funded under the budget of the Provincial Government of Davao del Norte. Its continuing activities are the following:
q Case finding: conducted through stool examination
among children in the identified infected areas. A total of 9,863 stool examinations were made
wherein 242 were found positive and were given treatment. A total of 228 patients were found positive
with helminthes and were also given treatment.
q Mass treatment: provided drugs and medicines to
patients with schistosomiasis and heterophyse.
q Health Education: conducted through seminars,
orientations and information campaign.
It also includes regular monitoring.
§ Provincial Tuberculosis
Control Program
During the year, the following activities were
undertaken:
q Regular TB day schedule at the health centers wherein
counseling, treatment, card checking, sputum follow-up and drug allocations
were provided.
q Radio plugging through government time during TB Day
celebration.
q Conducted intensified case finding activities at the
Davao Penal Colony. Mass sputum
examinations were made to the inmates.
q Regular Monthly Provincial TB Diagnostic Committee
Meeting (PTBDC).
q Conduct DOTS providers training to untrained DOTS
implementers.
q Conduct orientation on PUBLIC-PUBLIC MIX DOTS (P2PMD)
to cluster DOTS implementers.
q Assists in the process of complying DOTS Certification
for TB DOTS benefit package accreditation of the Rural Health Units (RHU’s).
q Conduct Advocacy activities: re: symposia and fora on
magnitude of TB communicability in LGUs other GOs and NGOs.
q Implemented External Quality Control System through
attendance to trainings, random selection on TB symptomatics slides and agreement
rate computation.
q Attendance Annual Philippine Coalition Against TB
(Phil-CAT) Convention.
q Conduct quarterly meeting to all TB coordinators and
year-end program implementation review was made during this year.
§ Control
of Diarrheal Diseases Program
This program aims to control and prevent diarrhea
through the conduct of orientations/training to Barangay Health Workers and
mother classes.
During the year, distribution of oresol and chlorine
was made to the Rural Health Units and hospitals. Close supervision and monitoring were also
conducted.
§ Cardiovascular
Disease Control Program
It aims to increase the level of awareness on
cardiovascular disease through advocacy and information campaign.
During this year 2 meetings were conducted.
§ Provincial
Anti-Rabies Program
The program addresses the treatment of the patient
victims of dog bites through the provision of anti-rabies medicines.
During the year, a total of 222 persons were examined
and 167 were given anti-rabies vaccines.
Symposium and advocacy were also made during this year.
The program is an augmentation of the limited supplies of
vaccines coming from the DOH, where the Provincial Government has appropriated
budget for the Program in the amount of P400,00.00 for the year 2006 for
vaccines supplies.
§ Provincial
Male Reproductive Health Program
This program responded to the health care needs of the
male patients. A total of 4 Prostatic
& testicular CA screening outreach were conducted.
During the year, a total of 90 patients were screened
for prostatic cancer screening.
§ Provincial
Eye Care Program
This program aims to address eye
illnesses such as cataract and pytregium.
A total of 708 eye examinations were made. 120 cataract operations and
51 Ptyregium operationswere conducted.
·
Champion – Regional Level Population Quiz
given by: Regional Population
Office-XI on October 14, 2006
·
First Runner-Up – National Level Population Quiz
given
by: Department of Education & Pop Com Central Office
on October 24-26, 2006
Outstanding
Work Performance on Renal Disease Control Program
given by: National Kidney and Transplant Institute
(NKTI) and
Department of Health on
December 15, 2006
·
Exclusive Dental
Outreach – Davao del Norte
Most Innovative Dental Team in Davao Region
given by: Department
of Health on December 15, 2006
·
Plaque of
Recognition awarded to Dr. Agapito B. Hornido
for Outstanding Work Performance
given by: Office
of the Provincial Governor–Davao del Norte
on December 22, 2006
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