SENTRONG SIGLA
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In 1998, DOH embarked on a Quality Assurance Program
(QAP) with the goal of making DOH and LGUs active partners
in providing quality health services
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To raise public health awareness of public support and
demand for, and client participation in SS Certification
of their health services facility
Level and Scope of Certification
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In 1999, the QAP was renamed Sentrong Sigla or Centers of
Vitality Movement (SSM)—also known as SS Phase I
Goal of SSM was quality health care, services, and facilities
In 2001, the effort to raise quality of health was intensified,
leading to the expansion of the concern for quality beyond
DOH-LGU interaction level into the entire health sector –
also known as SS Phase II
Guiding Principles:
o Recognition for achieving good quality shall be the main
incentive in SS Certification
o Quality improvement is an unending process, thus the
certification should promote the continuing drive for
ever improving quality by providing multi-tired and
progressively higher quality standards
o Focus shall be on core public health programs that have
proven to be most beneficial to the people
o Quality improvement is a partnership that empowers all
stakeholders, and is based on trust and transparency
o The DOH shall give purposive technical assistance to
targeted health facilities in order to help them achieve
quality improvement in their health services particularly in
the undeserved and marginalized areas
o Assessment for certification shall involve other
stakeholders in order to provide objectivity and
varying perspective into the process
Goals
o Long term: Institutionalize within the health sector the
leaders, processes, knowledge, attitudes, skills, and
organizations to generate continuous quality
improvement in health care
o Intermediate: (2003-2007) to improve quality of health
care in outpatient health facilities, hospitals, and
public health services in the communities
o Specific goal: to improve the quality of out-patient health
care and of public health services in communities
Objectives
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To establish an efficient system of
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Basic SS Certification – minimum input, process, and output
standards for integrated public health services for 4 core
programs, facility systems, regulatory functions, and
basic curative services
Specialty awards—second level quality standards
for selected 4 core public health programs
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Award for excellence—highest level quality standards for
maintaining Level 2 standards for the 4 core public
health programs and level 2 facility systems for at least 3
consecutive years
The SS Certification validity of certification is every two years
o Facilities which did not progress to a higher level
of certification but maintain current certification
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SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE SS QUALITY STANDARDS—LEVEL 1
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The primary function of the health facility is to provide
public health services
Standard coverage
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Facility and System Standards
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Assessing health services against established
standards
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2) standards for all core public health programs
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Provide basic curative services
Provide a safe, functional, and effective environment for
clients, patients, and health facility staff
Ensure that the health facility and staff promote
public health programs and prevent and control
public health problems through direct
patient/client care and support that are consistent,
well planned, and well executed
The Core Public health Programs are:
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Safe Motherhood and Family Planning
Child Care
Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
Promotion of Healthy Lifestyle
Basic curative services
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At least 50% of health centers successfully meet revised SS
Phase II Basic Certification standards (Level
At least 20% of Level 1 certified health centers
successfully meet SS Phase II Specialty Award (Level
Prevent and control core public health problems
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Monitoring key indicators in the SS Certification
quality standards
Ensure that the health facility is appropriately
equipped with sufficient manpower, adequate logistics,
and organized procedures to efficiently and effectively
promote core public health programs
Integrated public health programs
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Providing technical and other forms of assistance
To progressively raise the average quality of public health
services through recognition of successful attainment of
No other incentives given for mere renewal of SS
status
Facilities that slide back; seal will not be removed but
not issued an SS sticker
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Given stickers to confirm the renewal of the validity of
seal
Ensure that the health facility and staff provide basic
curative services that consists of primary level
outpatient and emergency care for commonly
encountered non program diseases in the community
that are consistent, well planned, and well executed
Regulatory functions
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Ensure that the health facility and staff support and
provide an environment to prevent, reduce, and
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control risks and hazards to the community they
serve and maintain safe conditions as mandated
by health laws and regulations
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SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF SS QUALITY STANDARDS—LEVEL II
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Local Health Systems Development
o Goal: The RHU/HC has established mechanism to
strengthen local health systems development through
effective and efficient governance and stewardship,
resource generation, financing, and delivery of health
services
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Lagundi (Vitex negundo)
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Also known as:
o Kamalan (Tagalog)
o Dabtan (Ifugao)
o Limo-limo (Ilokano)
o Molave aso (Sul) o
Tugas (Cebuano)
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5 leaves Chaste Tree (English)
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A shrub growing wild in vacant lots and waste land
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Matured branches are planted
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The flowers are blue and bell-shaped
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The small fruits turn black when ripe
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Uses:
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Asthma, cough, and fever
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Decoction—Boil chopped raw fruits or leaves in
2 glasses of water left for 15 minutes until the
water left in only 1 glass
Strain
Dosages of the decoction
Age Group
Dried Leaves
Fresh Leaves
Adult
4 tablespoons
6 tablespoons
7-12 years old
2 tablespoons
3 tablespoons
2-6 years old
1 tablespoon
1 ½ tablespoons
o Dysentery, colds, and pain in any part of the body
as in influenza
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Boil a handful of leaves and flowers in water to
produce a glass full of decoction three time a day
Skin diseases (dermatitis, scabies, ulcer, eczema)—
prepare a decoction of the leaves. Wash and clean
the skin/wound with the decoction
Aromatic bath for sick patients—prepare leaf decoction
for use in sick and newly delivered patients
Ulasimang Bato (Peperonia pellucida)
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Also known as:
o Pansit-pansitan (Tagalog)
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Integrated Public Health Functions covering 5 core public health
programs
o Integrated women’s health
o Child care
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Prevention and control of infectious diseases
o Integrated prevention and control of lifestyle related
diseases
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Environmental health
o Goal: to ensure that the health facility and staff promote
public health programs and prevent and control public
health problems through direct patient/client care and
support that are consistent, well planned, and well
executed
HERBAL MEDICINE
Headache—crushed leaves may be applied on
the forehead
Rheumatism, sprain, contusions, insect bites—
pound the leaves and apply on affected part
A weed, with heart-shaped leaves that grow in shady
parts of the garden and yard
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Uses: lowers uric acid (rheumatism and gout)
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Preparation
o Wash the leaves well
o One and a half cup leaves are boiled in two
glassfuls of water over low fire
o Do not cover pot
o Cool and strain
o Divide into three parts
o Drink each part three times a day after meals
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May also be eaten as salad
o Was the leaves well
o Prepare one and a half cups of leaves
o Divide into three parts and take as salad three times
a day
Bawang
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Also known as:
o Ajos (Spanish/Bisaya)
o Garlic (English)
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Uses:
o For hypertension
o Toothache
o To lower cholesterol levels in blood
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Preparation
o Can be fried, roasted, soaked in vinegar for 30
minutes, or blanched in boiled water for 5 minutes
o Take two pieces three times a day after meals
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Caution: take on a full stomach to prevent stomach
and intestinal ulcers
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For toothache: pound a small piece and apply to
affected area
Bayabas/Guava (Psidium guajava L.)
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Also known as:
o Guyabas, Kalimbahin, Tayabas (Tagalog)
o Bagabas (Ig)
o Bayabo (Ibm)
o Bayawas (Bik, Pang)
o Biabas (Sul)
o Guyabas (Ilokano)
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A tree about 4-5 meters high with tiny white flowers with
round or oval fruits that are eaten raw
Uses
o For washing wounds—may be used twice a day
o For diarrhea—may be taken 3-4 times a
day o As gargle to relieve toothache
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Warm decoction is used for gargle
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Freshly pounded leaves are used for toothache
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Guava leaves are to be washed well and
chopped
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Boil for 15 minutes at low fire
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Do not cover pot
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Cool and strain before use
5. Yerba Buena (Mentha cordifelia)
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Also known as:
o Herba Buena (most dialects) o
Hierba/Yerba Buena (SPANISH) o
Hilbas (Davao, Leyte)
o Opiz Ablebana (Ifugao)
o Malipuen (Als.)
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Peppermint mint (English)
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A small multi-branching aromatic herb
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The leaves are small, elliptical, and with toothed margin
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The stem creeps to the ground and develops roots
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Uses:
o For pain in different parts of the body as head ache,
stomach ache
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Boil chopped leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15
minutes
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Cool and strain
Dosages of the decoction
Age Group
Dried Leaves
Fresh Leaves
Adult
6 tablespoons
4 tablespoons
7-12 years old
3 tablespoons
2 tablespoons
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Rheumatism, arthritis, and headache
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Crush the fresh leaves
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Squeeze sap
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Massage sap on painful parts with
eucalyptus o Cough and cold
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Get about 10 fresh leaves
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Soak in a glass of hot water
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Drink as tea
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Acts as an expectorant
o Swollen gums
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Steep 6 grams of fresh plant in a glass of boiling
water for 30 minutes
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Use solution as gargle
o Toothache
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Cut fresh plant
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Squeeze sap
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Soak a piece of cotton in the sap
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Insert this in aching tooth cavity
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Mouth should be rinsed by gargling salt solution
before inserting the cotton
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Salt solution: add 5 grams of table salt to
one glass of water
o Menstrual and gas pain
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Soak a handful of leaves in a glass of
boiling water
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Drink infusion
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It induces menstrual flow and sweating
o Nausea and fainting
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Crush leaves
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Apply at nostrils of
patients o Insect bites
Crush leaves
Apply leaves on affected part
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Pound leaves until paste-like
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Rub on affected area
o Pruritus
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Boil plant along or with eucalyptus in water
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Use decoction as a wash on affected area
Sambong (Blumea balsamifera)
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Also known as:
o Alibhon, Alimon (p. vis.)
o Kambihon, Lakdanbulan (Vis)
o Ayohan, Bulaklak Ga buen, Kaliban (Tagalog)
o Gintin-gintin, Haliban/Camphor (English)
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A plant that reaches 1 ½ to 3 meters in height with
rough hair leaves
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Young plants around mother plant may be separated
when they have three or more leaves
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Uses
o Anti-edema, diuretic, anti-urolithiasis
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Boil chopped leaves in water for 15 minutes
until one glassful remains
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Cool and strain
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Divide decoction into 3 parts. Drink one part
3 times a day
Dosages of the decoction
Age Group
Dried Leaves
Fresh Leaves
Adult
6 tablespoons
4 tablespoons
7-12 years old
3 tablespoons
2 tablespoons
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Akapulko (Cassia, alata L.)
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Also known as
o Bayabas-bayabasan, Kapurko, Kantada, Katandang
Aso, Pakagonkon, Sonting (Tagalog)
o Andadasi, Andadasi-a dakdako, Andadasi-bugbugtong
(Ilokano)
o Adadasi (Ting)
o Ancharasi (Ig)
o Andalan (Sul)
o Bayabasin , Bibs-bibs (Bik., Tag., Bis)
o Kasitas (Bik., Bis)
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Sunting, Palo china (Bis.)
o Pakayomkom Kastila (Pamp.)
o Ringorm bush or shrub (Eng.)
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Use: anti-fungal for Tinea Flava, ringworm, athletes foot,
and scabies
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Preparation:
o Fresh
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Matured leaves are pounded
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Apply as soap to the affected part 1-2 times a day
Niyug-Niyogan (Quisqualis indica L.)
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Also known as
o Balitadham, Pnones, Pinio, Bonor (Bisaya)
o Bawe-bawe (Pampanga)
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Kasumbal, Talolong (Bikolano)
o Tagrau, Tagulo Totoraok (Tagalog)
o Tartarau (Ilokano)
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Burma creeper, Chinese honey suckle (English)
A vine which bears tiny fruits and grows wild in backyards.
The seeds must come from mature, dried, but newly
opened fruits
Use
o Anti-helminthic
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Used to expel round worms—ascariasis
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The seeds are taken 2 hours after supper
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If no worms are expelled, the dose may
be repeated after one week
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Do not give to children below four years old
Age Group
Adult
7-23 years old
6-8 years old
4-5 years old
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o Apapet (Itn)
o Palia (Bis.,Ban.,If.,Ilk.)
o Pubia (Sub.)
o Suligum (Sul)
o Balsam Apple, Balsam Pear, Bitter Gourd (English)
Use: lower blood sugar levels, and Diabetes Mellitus
Preparation:
o Gather and wash young leaves very well
o Chop
o Boil 6 tablespoons in two glassful of water for
15 minutes under low fire
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Do not cover pot
o Cool and strain
Number of Seeds
8-10 seeds
6-7 seeds
5-6 seeds
4-5 seeds
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Take one third cup 3 times a day after meals
o Young leaves may blanched/steamed and eaten ½
glassful 2 times a day
REMINDERS ON THE USE OF HERBAL MEDICINE
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Tsaang Gubat (Carmona retusa)
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Also known as
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Alibungog (Vis)
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Kalabonog, Maragued (Ilokano)
o Kalimunog, Taglokot, Talibunog, Tsa (Tagalog)
o Malatadian (Gad)
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A shrub with small, shiny, nice-looking leaves that grows in
wild uncultivated areas and forests.
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Uses
o Diarrhea
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Boil the following amount of chopped leaves in
2 glasses of water for 15 minutes or until
amount of water goes down to 1 glass
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Cool and strain
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Divide decoction into 4 parts
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Let patient drink 1 part every 3 hours
Dosages of the decoction
Age Group
Dried Leaves
Fresh Leaves
Adult
10 tablespoons
12 tablespoons
7-12 years old
5 tablespoons
6 tablespoons
2-6 years old
2 ½ tablespoons
3 tablespoons
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Stomachache
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Wash leaves and chop
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Boil chopped leaves in 1 glass of water for 15
minutes
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Cool and filter
Dosages of the decoction
Age Group
Dried Leaves
Fresh Leaves
Adult
2 tablespoons
3 tablespoons
7-12 years old
1 tablespoon
½ tablespoon
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Avoid the use of insecticides as they may leave poison on plants
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In the preparation of herbal medicine, use a clay pot
and remove cover while boiling at low heat
Use only the part of the plant being advocated
Follow accurate dose of suggested preparation
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Use only one kind of herbal plant for each type of symptoms
or sickness
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Stop giving the herbal medication in case untoward
reaction such as allergy occurs
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If signs and symptoms are not relieved after 2 or 3 doses
of herbal medication, consult a doctor
HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PROGRAM
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The Public Health Nurse should be able to act accordingly when
disaster strikes based on the preparedness and response plan
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Administrative Order No. 6 Bs of 1999—DOH institutionalized
the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program
within the department
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This program is designed to a comprehensive, integrated
and responsive emergency, disaster related service, and
research oriented program
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Goal of promoting health emergency preparedness among
the general public and strengthening the health sector
capability and response to emergencies and disaster
Legal Mandate
o Presidential Decree No. 1566 (1978)—Strengthening the
Philippine Disaster Control Capability and Establishing the
National Program on Community Disaster Preparedness
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This law implemented the following:
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10. Ampalaya (Mamordica charantia)
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Also known as
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Amargoso (Spanish)
o Margoso, Ampalaya (Tagalog)
o Apalia (Pamp)
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Apape (Ibn)
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Creation of the National Disaster Coordinating
Council (NDCC)
Creation of the Multi-level Organizations
Funding for a 2% reserve for calamities
Republic Act No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991)
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Transfer of responsibilities from the national to the
local government units thereby giving more power,
authority, responsibilities, and resources to the LGU
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Allocation of five percent calamity fund for
emergency operations such as relief rehabilitation,
reconstruction, and other works of services
Disaster and Health Emergency Management
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o Vulnerability assessment and the dissemination of information
related to particular hazards and emergencies
o Emergency planning o
Training and education o
Warning system
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Specialized communication systems
o Resource and information databases and management
systems and resource stocks
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Emergency exercises/drills
o Disaster—a serious disruption of the functioning of a
society, causing wide spread human, material, or
environmental losses which exceed the ability of the
affected society to cope, using only its own resources
o Emergency—as any occurrence, which requires an
immediate response
o Hazards—any phenomenon, which has the potential to
cause disruption or damage to humans and their
environment
o Risk—the level of loss or damage that can be predicted
from a particular hazard affecting a particular place at a
particular time from the point of view of the community.
The concept of risk has two components:
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Vulnerability—the factors which allows a hazard to cause
a disaster
Classification of Disaster According to its Cause
o Natural disaster—force of nature
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Human generated/manmade
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Classification of Disasters According to
Onset o Acute or sudden impact events
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Slow or chronic genesis (creeping disasters)
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Contributing Factors to Disaster Occurrence and Severity o
Human vulnerability resulting from poverty and social
inequality
o Environmental degradation resulting from poor land use
o Rapid population growth especially among the poor
General Principles of Disaster Management
o The first priority is the protection of people who are at risk
o The second priority is the protection of critical resources
and systems on which communities depend
o Disasters management must be an integral function of
national development plans and objectives
o Disaster management relies upon an understanding of
hazard risks
o Capabilities must be developed prior to the impact of a
hazard
o Disaster management must be based upon
interdisciplinary collaboration
o Disaster management will only be as effective as the
extent to which commitment, knowledge, and
capabilities can be applied
Major Risks to be Considered:
o Natural risks such as flood, earthquake, cyclones,
landslides, etc.
o Technological risks, other events caused by the failure of
socio technical systems such as industrial sites,
infrastructure, and transportation
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Epidemics caused by infectious diseases
o Societal risks caused by social exclusion extreme poverty
and group violence with the exception of complex
emergencies and wards where community structure is
partly or completely dismantled
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Susceptibility—the factor which allows a hazard to
cause an emergency
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More Specific within Preparedness includes:
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Principles of Emergency Preparedness o
It is the responsibility of all
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Should be woven into the community and administrative
levels of both government and government organizations
o Emergency preparedness is an important aspect of
emergency management
o Emergency preparedness is connected to other aspects of
emergency management
o Should concentrate on process and people rather than
documentation
o Emergency preparedness should not be done in isolation o
Emergency preparedness should not concentrate only on
disasters but integrate prevention and response strategies
for any scale of emergency
o Hospital plays a very vital role in the management of
disaster
o The main objective is to decrease mortality, morbidity, and
to prevent disability
o Every hospital should have a regularly updated disaster
plan. The plan should be distributed read and
understood by everyone concerned
The Purpose of the Disaster Plan
o To provide policy for effective response to both internal
and external disaster situations that can create impact to
the operation of the hospital and may affect hospital
staff, patients, visitors, and the community
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Identify hospital capability to handle mass casualty
o Identify responsibilities of individuals and departments in
the event of a disaster situation
o Identify standard operating guidelines for emergency
activities and responses
NATIONAL VOLUNTARY BLOOD SERVICES PROGRAM (NVBSP)
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RA 7719—Blood Services Act of 1994
o DOH with the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC),
Philippine Blood Coordinating Council (PBCC), and other
government agencies and non-government organizations
are mandated to plan and implement a National
Voluntary Blood Services Program (NVBSP)
Main Objectives are:
o To promote and encourage voluntary blood donation by
the citizenry and to instill public consciousness of the
principle that blood donation is a humanitarian act
o To provide, adequate, safe, affordable, and equitable
distribution of supply of blood, and blood products
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To mobilize all sectors of the community to participate in
mechanisms for voluntary and non-profit collection of
blood
Vision: Envision a network of modernized national and regional
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blood centers operating on a fully voluntary, non-remunerated
blood donation system
Mission: ensure adequate, safe, and accessible blood supply
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buy:
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Promoting voluntary blood donation as a way of life for
every qualified healthy Filipino
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Establishing new blood service facilities and upgrading
existing ones
o Organizing association of blood donors and training
medical practitioners on national blood use
• Requirements a blood donor must have:
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Weigh more than 45kgs for 250 ml of donated blood; 50kg
for 450ml of donated blood
Be in good health
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Be aged 16-65 years of age
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Have blood pressure in safe range 90-160mmHg systolic
and 60-100mmHg diastolic
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Have hemoglobin at least 125g/l
• Conditions preventing one from donating blood:
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Diabetes
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Cancer
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Hyperthyroidism
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CVD
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Severe psychiatric disorder
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Epilepsy/convulsions
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Severe bronchitis and other lung disorders such as TB
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AIDS, syphilis, and other STI (past and present)
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Malaria
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Kidney and liver diseases
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Prolonged bleeding
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Use of prohibited drugs
• Steps on how to donate blood
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Go to the nearest Blood Collection Unit (BCU) located in a
government hospital
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Register as a potential blood donor
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Your health history will be taken
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A physical examination follows to check on your weight,
temperature, pulse, and blood pressure
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A blood test will be done to know your blood group type
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After donating blood, do the following:
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Keep an eye on your dressing. You should leave the
adhesive dressing on your arm for at least 3 hours but not
more than 12 hours.
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Do not be alarmed if some bruising or discoloration occurs.
It will disappear in a few days
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Avoid carrying heavy objects with your donating arm
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Do not smoke for the next 2 hours and avoid alcohol
intake for the next 12 hours
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Eat regular meals and increase fluid intake
RHU must have a list of “Walking Blood Donors”—requirements
in complying with Sentrong Sigla Certification
BOTIKA NG BARANGAY
• Administrative Order No. 23—a dated July 5, 1996 that outlines
the guidelines on the development and establishment of Botika
ng Barangay (BnB)
• BnB refers to a drug outlet managed by a legitimate Community
Organization (CO), NGO, and the LGU with a trained operator
and a supervising pharmacist, and specifically licensed by the
Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) to sell, distribute, offer for
sale, and or make available low-priced generic home remedies
over the counter (otc) drugs, two selected, antibiotic drugs,
medication for chronic diseases.
• In 2001, this project was given a shot in the arm by a
Presidential Mandate to cut by half the prices of medicines
commonly bought by the poor through its Pharma50 project
• Goal: To promote equity in health by ensuring the availability
and accessibility of affordable, safe, and effective quality
essential drugs to all, with priority for marginalized,
undeserved, critical, and hard to reach areas
• Objectives:
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medicines among intended beneficiaries
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To serve as mechanism for DOH to establish partnership
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with LGUs and CO
Optimize involvement of the BHW addressing the health
need of the community
• Criteria for Establishing a Botika ng Barangay:
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Patients suffering from shock
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Lost 20% or more in an accident
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Loss in surgery
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Leukemia
Childbirth
Managed or operated by an established CO which is duly
recognized as a judicial body
Service or coverage area is Barangay that is far flung,
depressed, hard to reach area as defined in the Magna
• Donation blood is given to those who have:
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To rationalize the distribution of common drugs and
Carta for Public Health Workers Implementing Rules and
Regulations
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Community-sourced funds at least 1/3 of the initial capital
requirements
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LGU/other government officials-sourced funds at least 1/3
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Major trauma
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Liver transplants
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Hemophilia
• Blood extracted for donation such as…
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Whole blood and red blood cell concentrates were in the
past stored for four weeks
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With the new blood preservatives the shelf life can be
safely extended to five weeks
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Plasma can be stored frozen for 12 months
of the initial capital requirement
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Submission of a barangay resolution and barangay socioeconomic profile and health profile including a master list
indigents, if available
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Commitment from a licensed pharmacist to supervise
Botika ng Barangay operations
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Identification and selection of at least 2 accredited BHW or
Community Volunteer Health Workers trained as Botika ng
Barangay Aides
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Availability of a Botika ng Barangay space
LIST OF OVER THE COUNTER DRUG PREPARATIONS FOR BOTICA
NG BARANGAY (BnB)
MEDICATION
DOSAGE
ANALGESIC/ANTIPYRETICS
Paracetamol
500 mg tablet
325 mg tablet
120 mg (125mg)/5ml
syrup/suspension, alcohol-free (60ml)
100mg/ml drops, alcohol-free (15ml)
ANTACID
Aluminum hydroxide 225mg + Magnesium Hydroxide 200mg
per 5ml suspension (60ml, 120ml, and 180ml)
Aluminum hydroxide 320mg/5ml suspension (120ml)
ANTHELMINTICS
Pyrantel embonate
250mg tablet
125 mg tablet
125mg/5ml suspension (10ml, 30 ml)
Mebendazole
500mg tablet
100mg tablet
100mg/5ml suspension (30ml)
50mg/ml suspension (10ml)
ANTI-HISTAMINIC
Diphonhydramine
25mg capsule/tablet
12.5/5ml syrup (alcohol free, 60ml)
Chlorphenamine
2mg tablet (as maleate)
2mg/5ml syrup (as maleate, 60ml)
NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY (NSAIDs)
Mefenamic Acid
250mg tablet/capsule
Ibuprofen
200mg tablet
Aspirin
300mg (325mg) tablet
ANTI-VERTIGO
Meclozine (Meclizine)
12.5mg chewable tablet
25mg tablet
BRONCHODILATOR/ANTI-COUGH
Lagundi
300mg tablet
DIURETIC
Sambong
250mg tablet
ANTITUSSIVE
Dextromethorphan
10mg tablet
7.5mg tablet
5mg/5ml syrup (30ml, 60ml)
NASAL DECONGESTANT
Phenylpropanolamine
12.5mg/5ml syrup (60ml, 120 ml)
6.25mg/ml drops (10ml)
ANTI-MOTILITY
Loperamide
2mg capsule
SOLUTIONS CORRECTING WATER AND ELECTROLYTE LOSSES
Oral Rehydration Salts
LAXATIVE/CATHARTICS
Disacodyl
5mg tablet
Standard Senna Conc.
187mg tablet
337 mcg/3g granulos 30g sachet
Magnesium hydroxide
300mg tablet
Milk of Magnesia 400mg/5ml;
425mg/5ml
Caster Oil-Oral USP
120ml
grade
ANTI-SCABIES, ANTI-LICE, AND ANTIFUNGAL
Benzyl Benzoale
25% lotion, 120ml bottle
Crotamiton
Lotion: 10% (60ml, 120ml bottle)
Cream: 10%, 10g tube
Sulfur
5% and 10% ointment (30g tube)
ANTI-ANEMIC
Ferrous Sulfate
Tablet, equivalent to 60mg
Syrup equivalent to 15mg
ANTIFUNGALS
Benzoic Acid (6%) +
15mg tube
Salicylic Acid (3%)
Clotrimazol 1% cream
5g, 10g, 20g
Miconazole 2% cream
5g
as nitrate
Ketoconazole 2% cream 3.5g
VITAMINS
Asorbic Acid (vitamin C) 500mg tablet
250mg tablet
100mg tablet
100mg/5ml syrup (60ml, 120ml)
100mg/ml drops (15ml, 30ml, 60ml)
Vitamin B1, B6, B12
100mg + 5mg + 50mcg per tablet
Vitamin A (Retinol)
25,000 IU capsule
10,000 IU capsule
Multivitamins (Adult)
Per tablet/capsule
Vitamin A
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Folic Acid
Niacin
Multivitamins
(Children)
Vitamin A
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Folic Acid
Niacin
425-525 mcg RED
0.7-1.3mg
0.7-1.3 mg
1.6-2 mg
3-5 mcg
65-80 mg
400 IU
6-10 mg
100-170 mcg
13-23 mg
Per 5ml syrup
350-400 mcg RED
0.7-0.9 mg
0.7-0.9 mg
0.9-1.6mg
2-3 mcg
35-55 mg
400 IU
5-7 mg
40-80 mcg
13-17 mg
VITAMIN AND MINERAL
60 mg elemental iron + 400 mcg folic acid per tablet/capsule
MINERALS
Calcium Lactate
325mg tablet, 650mg tablet
Calcium Carbonate
500mg tablet, 1250mg tablet
ANTI-INFECTIVES
Amoxicillin
500mg capsule
250mg capsule
250mg/5ml powder/granules for
suspension (30ml, 60ml)
125mg/5ml powder/granules for
suspension (30ml, 60ml)
100mg/ml powder/granules for drops
(15ml)
Cotrimoxazole
800 mg sulfamethoxazole + 160 mg
(sulfamethoxazole +
trimethoprim tab/cap
trimethoprim)
400 mg sulfamethoxazole + 80mg
trimethoprim tab/cap
400 mg sulfamethoxazole + 80mg
trimethoprim 5ml suspension (30ml,
60ml)
200mg sulfamethoxazole + 40mg
trimethoprim 5ml suspension (30ml,
60ml)
MEDICATIONS FOR CHRONIC DISEASE
Metformin
500mg tablet
Glibenclamide
5mg tablet
Metoprolol
50mg tablet
Captopril
25 mg tablet
Salbutamol
2mg tablet
Salbutamol
2mg/5mg syrup
TOPICAL NASAL DECONGESTANT
Oxymetazoline
0.05% Nasal Spray Bottle (15ml)
DISINFECTANTS
Chlorhexidine 4%
50ml
solution