Safe Motherhood
Safe Motherhood Initiatives of Barangay Edwards Health Center
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T’boli’s (Tagabili) and Bilaan (Bla’an – opponent people) are the indigenous people of South Cotabato in Southern Minadano. They are scattered in many municipalities of South Cotabato mainly in Lake Sebu and T’boli. They strive to uphold their traditional ways of living, their values, and distinctive culture as well as health practices even while living in a new society and to compete with modern economic world and try to adopt the new realities of modern era.
Basing on the Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) goal being launched by WHO in 1987: which is to reduce maternal mortality by half by the year 2000, the Barangay Edwards Health Center located at T’boli, South Cotabato does proved that maternal death has reduced by half after SMI was launched base on cross-checking with health service records and on my personal interview with the community and health provider assigned in the area. The data below shows that out of 3,407 population (Source: NSO 2010) of this Barangay only a total of 267 (7.8%) acceptors were documented to have access in the local health center in terms of contraceptive used both natural and artificial method (Table 1). The most commonly contraceptive used is pills, followed by female sterilization and DMPA injectable, succeeded by IUD and natural methods and the last in line are male sterilization and the use of condom. This indicates that the male citizens are not encouraged to participate in the program.
CONTRACEPTIVE USED November 2012 Female Sterilization 61 Male Sterilization 3 Pills 66 IUD 35 Injectables (DMPA) 50 NFP – SDM (Natural Family 23 Planning Standard Days Rhythm) NFP – LAM (Natural Family 28 Planning Lactational Amenorrhea Method) Condom 1 Total 267
Table 1. Barangay Edwards Health Center, November 2012 Census
The table does not mean that only a few residents belong to reproductive period are being aware of the significance of reproductive health and
FMA 1
T’boli’s (Tagabili) and Bilaan (Bla’an – opponent people) are the indigenous people of South Cotabato in Southern Minadano. They are scattered in many municipalities of South Cotabato mainly in Lake Sebu and T’boli. They strive to uphold their traditional ways of living, their values, and distinctive culture as well as health practices even while living in a new society and to compete with modern economic world and try to adopt the new realities of modern era.
Basing on the Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) goal being launched by WHO in 1987: which is to reduce maternal mortality by half by the year 2000, the Barangay Edwards Health Center located at T’boli, South Cotabato does proved that maternal death has reduced by half after SMI was launched base on cross-checking with health service records and on my personal interview with the community and health provider assigned in the area. The data below shows that out of 3,407 population (Source: NSO 2010) of this Barangay only a total of 267 (7.8%) acceptors were documented to have access in the local health center in terms of contraceptive used both natural and artificial method (Table 1). The most commonly contraceptive used is pills, followed by female sterilization and DMPA injectable, succeeded by IUD and natural methods and the last in line are male sterilization and the use of condom. This indicates that the male citizens are not encouraged to participate in the program.
CONTRACEPTIVE USED November 2012 Female Sterilization 61 Male Sterilization 3 Pills 66 IUD 35 Injectables (DMPA) 50 NFP – SDM (Natural Family 23 Planning Standard Days Rhythm) NFP – LAM (Natural Family 28 Planning Lactational Amenorrhea Method) Condom 1 Total 267
Table 1. Barangay Edwards Health Center, November 2012 Census
The table does not mean that only a few residents belong to reproductive period are being aware of the significance of reproductive health and
References: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. http://www.safemotherhood.org/. http://www.who.int/topics/family_planning/en/ http://www.unfpa.org/ http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/03/us-philippines-population-idUSBRE89118220121003 http://countrystudies.us/philippines/44.htm The Philippine Star (March 8, 2007). Editorial – International Woman’s Day http://www.unesco.org/education/mods/theme_c/mod12.html http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/articles/2012/09/27/empowering-women-is-key-tobuilding-a-future-we-want-nobel-laureate-says.html Submitted by: Regina J. Susarno Thank you!