{"id":191650,"date":"2018-11-29T04:31:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T09:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=191650"},"modified":"2018-11-29T04:31:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T09:31:04","slug":"doh-urges-midwives-to-focus-more-on-pregnancy-childbirth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/29\/doh-urges-midwives-to-focus-more-on-pregnancy-childbirth\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH urges midwives to focus more on pregnancy, childbirth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1st CALABARZON MIDWIVES\u2019 SUMMIT. Department of Health Region IV-A (Calabarzon) Director Eduardo C. Janairo welcomes some 254 midwives from Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon in the first-ever summit, themed \u201cEmpowering Midwives, Building Healthier Lives\u201d, held at the tent of the Midas Hotel in Pasay City on Monday. The summit is in line with DOH IV-A’s Health roadmap \u2018Towards Calabarzon Prime\u2019, aimed at providing a more efficient, effective and sustainable health care in the region. (PNA photo by Gladys S. Pino)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Department of Health (DOH)-Calabarzon Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo on Monday urged midwives to focus their health care services more on pregnancy and child birth to at least reduce maternal\/childbirth deaths in the country.<\/p>\n

Addressing some 254 midwives from Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon during the two-day Midwives Summit held at the tent of the Midas Hotel in Pasay City, which ended Tuesday, Janairo said the country\u2019s midwives, regarded as the \u2018first line of defense\u2019 of rural\/village folks for health concerns, are handling various Department of Health (DOH) programs which make them loose their focus on child birth health services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis might be the reason why we can\u2019t control our maternal\/childbirth deaths and the depleting number of midwives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Janairo said the midwives\u2019 focus should be re-centered to problems on pregnant mothers and child birth, \u201clike are they (mothers) into newborn screening? Are child bearing mothers getting the proper nutrients and health care?<\/p>\n

Although health programs should remain part of the midwives\u2019 concerns, \u201cit should no longer be part of your report and let you focus on your work as midwives,\u201d Janairo said.<\/p>\n

The first ever DOH-initiated summit held for Calabarzon midwives was aimed to capacitate the health workers\u2019 through knowledge and facilities upgrade, \u201cand discuss how we can creatively work together\u201d by addressing ground concerns, including the needed facilities and equipment.<\/p>\n

The midwives are the last of the group of health workers mobilized by the DOH Regional office (Pediatrics\/Doctors in public and private came first, followed by barangay health workers or BHWs, and last for the nurses) in line with the health roadmap: \u201cTowards CALABARZON Prime,\u201d authored by Janairo aimed at provding a more efficient, effective and sustainable health care delivery in the Calabarzon community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIts about network development, servicing priority to the people of Calabarzon especially to those who need it most,\u201d Janairo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou make it (the region) a prime, (that means) you have the right accessibility, the right equipment aside from the facilities, the right service referral system, kahit sino, namundok ka, nagkasakit ka o naaksidente, me sasalo sayo dapat (it applies to all, even if you go to the mountains, if you get sick or be involved in an accident, you have someone to rely on),” Janairo said.<\/p>\n

The summit had DOH officer in-charge (OIC) Undersecretary for Public Health Service Team Myrna C. Cabotaje as guest-of-honor and keynote speaker during the opening day on Monday.<\/p>\n

Cabotaje said the summit is also the DOH’s way “of thanking and appreciating all your (midwives) efforts as partner of the DOH in implementing various health programs at the grassroots level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The summit\u2019s theme: \u201cEmpowering Midwives, Building Healthier Lives\u201d connotes working together \u201cto make the health systems work through strengthening our service delivery,\u201d Cabotaje said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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