TCI officers paid a courtesy go to to Mandaue Metropolis Mayor Glenn Bercede on Wednesday to debate developments and applications to be applied associated to adolescent and youth reproductive well being.| 📸: Mandaue Metropolis PIO
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue Metropolis Authorities has partnered with The Problem Initiative Worldwide (TCI) to implement applications on adolescent and youth reproductive well being, aiming to scale back teenage pregnancies within the metropolis.
TCI officers visited Mandaue Metropolis on Wednesday, Nov. 13, to debate program improvement and upcoming implementations.
Mandaue Metropolis formally joined TCI in September 2023. Since then, a Metropolis Management Workforce has been established, comprising Mayor Glenn Bercede, Metropolis Well being Officer Dr. Debra Maria Catulong, representatives from DepEd-Mandaue, and youth and group leaders, amongst others.
By TCI’s help, the staff has enhanced the native implementation of household planning and adolescent and youth reproductive well being initiatives.
TCI has shared its experience with Mandaue by offering capability constructing for native leaders and well being staff, making certain inclusive providers in healthcare services, establishing techniques, teaching, monitoring, and implementing numerous actions.
Throughout this system design part, town recognized key priorities to undertake TCI’s practices and interventions.
These priorities embrace group well being volunteers, post-pregnancy household planning, cellular outreach providers, group group engagement, adolescent-friendly well being providers, and well being management and governance.
Metropolis Well being Officer Dr. Debra Maria Catulong emphasised that one of many priorities is to decrease the incidence of teenage pregnancies.
As of 2024, there are 109,352 ladies of reproductive age within the metropolis, with 21,874 aged 15 to 19 years.
Dr. Catulong shared that the youngest recorded being pregnant within the metropolis was 13 years outdated however didn’t specify the variety of teenage pregnancies in Mandaue.
“Nagkabata ang nangabuntis karun, however as a lot as doable, we wish to keep away from second pregnancies. We additionally train them many issues to encourage them to return to high school and have interaction in additional productive actions,” stated Dr. Catulong.
The town well being officer talked about that TCI officers will accompany their three groups deployed within the barangays.
They’ll observe town’s improvements, together with the Girls’s Well being Caravan of Companies.
The providers offered embrace household planning, psychological well being help, HIV testing, common consultations, and most cancers prevention.
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