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The document discusses child health programs and strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality rates for children aged 0-9 years. The main goals of child health programs are to develop local capacity to deliver essential health packages for children, implement programs for disadvantaged populations, conduct immunization outreach, and provide health education. Laws and policies aim to protect newborns, infants and children, and good nutrition in early life affects health, survival, development and productivity.

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The document discusses child health programs and strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality rates for children aged 0-9 years. The main goals of child health programs are to develop local capacity to deliver essential health packages for children, implement programs for disadvantaged populations, conduct immunization outreach, and provide health education. Laws and policies aim to protect newborns, infants and children, and good nutrition in early life affects health, survival, development and productivity.

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child health programs to address problems created and available in all health facilities
(8)
to reduce morbidity and mortality rates for children 0-9 years with the strategies
necessary for program implementation
Main goal of child health programs?
1. develop local capacity to deliver the whole range of essential health packages for
children; pursue Sentrong Sigla and identify priority areas for health systems
development
2. Implement programs and projects that favor disadvantage populations
3. Reaching Every Barangay (REB) strategy for immunization to reach every child
4. Intensify health education and information campaigns at the ground level to increase
the proportion of mothers practicing behaviors that promote children's health
5. Enhance medical, nursing, midwifery education with cost-effective life saving
strategies such as integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) and the Basic
Emergency Obstetric Care
6. Pursue the implementation of laws and policies for the protection of newborns, infants
and children
Strategies Thrusts for 2005-2010 (6)
-Early Childhood Development Act of 2000
-Newborn Screening Act of 2004
-EO 286 for the Bright Child Program
-EO 51 - Milk Code
-Rooming-In
-Breastfeeding Act
Laws and policies for the protection of newborns, infants and children (6)
-health and survival of infants and children
-intellectual and social development
-life-long impact on school performance
-overall productivity
Good nutrition in early months and years of life affects (4)
infant and childhood morbidity and mortality
Exclusively breastfed children during the first half of life prevents what?
childhood malnutrition
Timely, adequate, safe and proper complementary feeding prevent what?
-intrauterine life effectively establishes the potential for ultimate growth and
development of the child
-(during prepregnancy and pregnancy) affects the weight of the baby at birth; low birth
weight of the baby at birth increase risk of infection, death, and long term ill health
mother's health and nutrition is also important because (2)
Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)
this is issued by WHO and UNICEF on 2002 to reverse disturbing trend in infant and
young child feeding practices
breastfeeding

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