Maternal and child health
WHO Philippines Maternal and Child Health Programme works with local public health departments, community based organizations, statewide organizations and other providers to provide and/or assure quality health services are delivered to mothers, children, and families in the country.
The primary areas of work focus are:
- increasing healthy birth outcomes;
- promoting and assuring comprehensive primary care for children, from birth to 21 year olds, including children with special health care needs;
- promoting healthy lifestyles among school-age youth, ages 6-21, including children with special health care needs;
- promoting access to safe, healthy child care, including children with special health care needs; and
- caring for the mother from pre-conception, pregnancy , intra-partum and postpartum.
Specific focus is given on technical assistance that will achieve MDG 4, reduction of child mortality rates), and MDG 5, which is improvement in maternal health.
Projects, feature stories and news
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WHO, PBSP Team Up For Healthy CHANGE in Workplaces
1 December 2012 -
Nutrition barometer forum held
18 November 2012
Publications and documents
Jacqueline Flores Kitong, MD, MPH
Technical Officer
Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition
kitongj@wpro.who.int
