PAGADIAN CITY: The DOH-Center for
Health and Development Zamboanga Peninsula (DOH-CHDZP) will deploy starting this month
some 200 nurses in the province.
This deployment is under DOH’s
program of Nurse Deployment Project (NDP) 2015 aimed in putting up nursing care
to Zamboanga del Sur.
DOH-CHDZP officer-in-charge Ulysses Jose
Briones said this project aims to improve local health system that will support
the country’s attainment of “Kalusugan
Pangkalahatan,” a universal health care which supports the Millenium
Development Goals (MDG).
The health official also said in a
PIA report that these nurses were among those who were recruited and selected last
year and decided to renew their contract for another year of service.
A team of community health panel composed
of BHWs, BNS, Pantawid Pamilya leaders and barangay kagawads will monitor and
assess the health risk of the families identified in a DSWD-conducted program.
One nurse will handle an average of
20 households and regularly monitor the health of these families, particularly
the children and pregnant women for the whole year.