Saturday, August 9, 2008

Bohol Town Reviews Healthcare Programs

Catigbian highlighted local initiatives of improving people's nutrition and its health service delivery in an attempt to stake its investment on its people: the town's largest economic asset.

Now set to implement priority programs for another year, local leaders met with sector stakeholders to review and analyze its past health program priorities.

In a workshop facilitated by Department of Health Regional and Provincial authorities, the Service Delivery Implementation Review also gathered key sector representatives and town key officials July 30-31.    

Health programs reviewed and analyzed include the past local priorities on water and sanitation inlucded in the town's over-all health appropriation, household level toilets, potable water supply provision, local response to the general agenda of rabies prevention and eradication, home deliveries and the local health service unit's PhilHealth accreditation.  

In a statement, Mayor Roberto Salinas stressed that review would allow local planners to come up with remedies to issues that need immediate attention while it would tell town leaders signals to continue if not enhance services that have been working properly.

Moreover, he hoped that the review analysis would capacitate local health and legislative workers including key town officials to craft and operational budget that could allow them to expand its services to its people. He also added that the town would soon single-handedly operate a multi-million health establishment.

Attending the workshop were local health workers led by Dr. Allan Evangelista and nurse May Madrangca, the town budget officer, accountant, treasurer, social welfare worker, planning and development coordinator, Sangguniang Bayan Appropriations chair Virgilio Lurot, barangay chairmen's association head Teofredo Tongco, DepEd supervisor Ellen Ejoc.

Workshop participants committed to support the towns health service programs, according to Salinas. - Rey Anthony Chiu - PIA

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