Visayas Sample Clauses

Visayas. HealthGov’s project sites in the Visayas region consist of five provinces and five HIV/AIDS high risk cities. The status of selected key health indicators of these provinces, presented in Tables 3 and 4, shows that except for TB control, there has been low performance in terms of health outcomes such as MMR, IMR, CPR, FIC, and others. The MMR in the three Aklan 6 Others Only TB CDR and TB CR above Bohol 7 Others Only TB CR above standard Capiz 6 F1 Orig Only TB CDR and TB CR above Negros Occ. 6 Others Only TB CDR and TB CR above Negros Or. 7 F1 Orig Only TB CDR and TB CR above Occidental, Xxxxx and Bohol showing data way below the national average of 162/100K LB, with two (Aklan, Bohol) even within the MDG target of 52/100K LB, are suspect, as these provinces have not conducted any MDR and therefore could be under- reporting. Capiz, which conducts MDR, should have more reliable information on MMR and IMR. Maternal deaths are reported to be attributed to the very low facility-based deliveries and low percentage of pregnant mothers receiving four ante-natal care across all. Deliveries by skilled health workers also range from a low of 35% to 85%. CPR is also low, even with intensified FP programs of other donors (i.e. UNFPA, PRISM). MMR/100K LB 162 50 51 89 153 101 IMR/1000 LB 17 8 8 7 8 6 FIC (%) 95 79 66 81 69 69 CPR (%) 65 47 28 34 56 53 TB CDR (%) 70 70 69 113 78 78 TB CR (%) 85 88 92 91 91 90 Facility-based deliveries (%) 100 29 25 45 47 20 Deliveries by SBAs (%) 100 71 85 55 68 35 Insufficient investment in public health programs is the primary obstacle to the improvement of health sector performance in these provinces, except perhaps in Capiz and Negros Oriental which are receiving financial support from the EC and DOH under the F1 program. This problem was exacerbated by the recent typhoon which hit Aklan, Capiz and parts of Negros Occidental. Another critical factor is the capacity of regional and provincial staff to absorb new ideas and tools necessary to address the TA needs of the municipalities, not to mention their readiness to do so, given their regular work schedules and loads. In Year 2, significant gains were realized at the regional level: a) Inter-CA collaboration was strengthened, with the identification of five management priorities in planning for and implementing TAs/interventions, agreement on CA convergence areas per province; and established mechanisms for regular and continued coordination; b) Collaboration mechanisms with regiona...