Programs and Services

1. Education, Information and Communication
2. Seminars, training and workshop
3. Organizational Development
4. Infrastructure

II. Specific Services Rendered

1. Train Barangay Health Workers
2. House to house teaching on Family Planning and nutrition
3. Conduct seminars on Reproductive Health including VAW and child sexual abuse
4. Conduct Nutrition Education and facilitated Survival Cooking Training
5. Promote home and community food production like Bio-Intensive Gardening
6. Conduct Training on:
   • Primary Health Care
   • Maternal and Child
   • First Aid
   • Proper use and maintenance of Water Sealed Toilet
   • Herbal Medicine Utilization and Processing
   • Acupressure and Reflexology
   • Data Board Making
   • Training on Clean, Safe and Health Environment
7. Promote Environmental Sanitation and Ecological Enhancement Program
8. Conduct Medical and Dental Mission in hard-to-reach areas/barangays
9. Construct health centers in underserved areas
10. Construct Potable Water Systems
11. Conduct Technology Transfer on Toilet Bowl Making
12. Distribute Medical Kits
13. Organize Volunteer Health Workers Associations
14. Conduct Mothers’ Class
15. Conduct Purok Household Teaching

The following are the roles and function of the VHWs:

1. Survey of catchment of households and making of spot map of their area.
2. Medical Care which includes Treatment of common illnesses, Dressing of wounds, and First Aid on accidents.
3. Maternal and Child Health Care:
   • Referral of pregnant mothers to Barangay Health Station for Tetanus Toxoid immunization and for prenatal
   • Health Education to mothers on personal hygiene, breast feeding and nutrition.
   • Survey and referral of children 0-12 months as pre-schoolers for immunization. Master listing of 0-12 months old children
   • Referral of mothers for dental care to the City or Municipality Dentist.
   • Referral and assistance in the Feeding program of malnourished children.
   • Referral of children for birth registration
4. Environmental Sanitation:
   • Survey of households without toilet and referring it to the City or Municipality Sanitary Inspector for possible toilet construction.
   • Supervision of the household on cleanliness, beautification and proper disposal of garbage.
   • Supervision of potable drinking water in the community.
5. Family Planning:
   • Motivation of marriageable couple for family planning
   • Conduct household teaching on responsible parenthood
   • Referral to Barangay Health Center
6. Control of endemic and communicable diseases which includes Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Malaria and Diarrheal Diseases

For this year, SIMAG focused its effort on Family Management and Children Welfare which aims to promote a safe and healthy start in life for all children; that the rights of every child will be respected and protected.

5 Botika ng Barangay have been installed to serve Barangay and hacienda communities