Blood sugar and cholesterol testing will soon be available at health centers of Davao City after a pilot trial shall have been set in the two district health centers bringing the services closer to the communities.
Dr. Ivy B. Nolasco, project manager of the Handicap International-Philippines, said laboratory equipment for the blood sugar count and cholesterol testing have already been in place in the district health centers of Calinan and Agdao.
After assessment of the pilot areas, the same facilities will be established in the other 14 district health centers of the city.
The project is part of Davao City’s integrated health program for the prevention and management of diabetes, hypertension and other risk factors at the grassroots level through the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Program.
The city government adopted the CVD program in partnership with the Handicap International for Dabawenyos’ easy access to cardiovascular-related health services at the barangay level.
Nolasco also bared that some 230 professional health workers, including doctors, nurses, midwives and medical technologists, underwent a four-day training relative to the implementation of the CVD services.
The trained health workers will then train the rest of the 1,500 community health workers.
Last month, about a hundred barangay captains of the city were oriented with the program that will provide the communities of services on cardiovascular-related health services such as medical consultations, regular monitoring, nutrition and diet counseling, foot care and laboratory testing.
A referral system will also be established in health centers the City Health Office, the Southern Philippines Medical Center, and the Davao Jubilee Foundation to provide a continuum of patient care.
Nolasco said that with the onset of the CVD program, a computerized information system will also be installed as patient registry would be required in every health center, enabling the establishment of patients’ database.
Meanwhile, City Health Office chief Dr. Josephine Villafuerte said the local government is working closely with private institutions through the private-public partnership to make services available and accessible to the population.
The city government’s contribution to the CVD program is a monetary counterpart in addition to Handicap International’s funding of about P12 million for equipment laboratories and for the training while the LGU will provide the manpower, such as barangay health workers. [PIA-11/Carina L. Cayon]
Dr. Ivy B. Nolasco, project manager of the Handicap International-Philippines, said laboratory equipment for the blood sugar count and cholesterol testing have already been in place in the district health centers of Calinan and Agdao.
After assessment of the pilot areas, the same facilities will be established in the other 14 district health centers of the city.
The project is part of Davao City’s integrated health program for the prevention and management of diabetes, hypertension and other risk factors at the grassroots level through the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Program.
The city government adopted the CVD program in partnership with the Handicap International for Dabawenyos’ easy access to cardiovascular-related health services at the barangay level.
Nolasco also bared that some 230 professional health workers, including doctors, nurses, midwives and medical technologists, underwent a four-day training relative to the implementation of the CVD services.
The trained health workers will then train the rest of the 1,500 community health workers.
Last month, about a hundred barangay captains of the city were oriented with the program that will provide the communities of services on cardiovascular-related health services such as medical consultations, regular monitoring, nutrition and diet counseling, foot care and laboratory testing.
A referral system will also be established in health centers the City Health Office, the Southern Philippines Medical Center, and the Davao Jubilee Foundation to provide a continuum of patient care.
Nolasco said that with the onset of the CVD program, a computerized information system will also be installed as patient registry would be required in every health center, enabling the establishment of patients’ database.
Meanwhile, City Health Office chief Dr. Josephine Villafuerte said the local government is working closely with private institutions through the private-public partnership to make services available and accessible to the population.
The city government’s contribution to the CVD program is a monetary counterpart in addition to Handicap International’s funding of about P12 million for equipment laboratories and for the training while the LGU will provide the manpower, such as barangay health workers. [PIA-11/Carina L. Cayon]
