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National Conscious Month 2016

By: Romelyn Torralba
July 23, 2016

The theme for this year's National Disaster Consciousness Month is "Kahandaan at Pagtugon sa Sakuna, Tungkulin ng Bawat Isa".

Last July 19-20, 2016, an orientation and drill was conducted for the DOH ROXIII staff and personnel regarding disaster preparedness for earthquake and fire with updated response plan and HEM competency survey tool.

While last July 21, 2016, a One-day Symposium for barangay officials, health workers and responders of high risk/vulnerable areas of Butuan City and Agusan del Norte was conducted at Luciana Convention Center, Butuan City, with invited guest speakers from PHIVOLCS and DOST/PAGASA to tackle and update the participants on faults, trenches, earthquake and landslide scenarios, flooding/cyclones in Caraga. The key steps: "Preparing, Protecting and Promoting the lives and property of communities in times of earthquake and flooding", was one of the highlights of the activity.

This coming July 26-28, however, a 3-day Basic Orientation Proper Designing of Exercise/Drills for Mass Casualty Incidents among Regional Health Cluster and LGUs is also scheduled.

 

1st Regional HEPO Convention

By: Romelyn Torralba
July 20, 2016

The first regional Health Education and Promotion Officers'/PIOs on Health Convention was conducted last July 19-20, 2016 and participated by HEPOs from the DOH retained hospitals, provincial health offices, city health offices and selected district hospitals.

The two-day activity aimed at updating HEPOs of the current health programs and health program activities, honing the skills of HEPOs on their basic function related to documentation and public speaking e.g. photography, image enhancement when facing the public and media, and public speaking; updating HEPOs of the Duterte Health Agenda; coordinating with the advocacy strategies for fast and improved information dissemination via Action Planning and brainstorming; And as well as, exhibiting positive attitude in the workplacr and establishing camaraderie between and among HEPOs/PIOs on health all over the region.

Orientation on Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation

July 13, 2016
Credit to: Ms. Romelyn Torralba

When external auditors audited the processes of DOH ROXIII last June 21, 2016, most of their recommendations were on monitoring the outcomes of the office processes.

Currently, DOH ROXIII is updating its processes to check for quality outcomes. Although activities and strategies are present and many in all health programs and management support units, monitoring and evaluation needs to be strengthened.

Last July 13, 2016, the staff of DOH Caraga were given templates and were oriented on how to check for quality outcomes by the staff of National Economic & Development Authority at Sunflower Bistro, Butuan City.