Programs, Activities, and Projects on SOMIS

                                                                                                                           (As of 31 May 2004)

 

Area of Concern

Existing Programs/

Projects

Brief Description

Target Beneficiaries/

Geographic Location

Project Duration

Implementing Agency

Project Cost/

Source of Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOP

ODA

Total Cost

1. Poverty Alleviation

Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (KALAHI)

Reduced poverty, improved governance and empowered communities through provision of convergent services in asset reform, human development services, livelihood and employment, and social protection.

Poorest barangays (at least 2 sites in all provinces by end of 2003)

 

NAPC

 

 

 

 

Kapit-Bisig laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services

Improved governance, community empowerment and poverty reduction for residents of poorest provinces

40 provinces, all regions except Regions II, III and ARMM

 

DSWD

 

 

 

 

Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones

Provision of livelihood and employment opportunities for farmers and fisherfolk; crop, livestock and fisheries upgrading and technical know-how of farmers and fisherfolk; environmental conservation

Areas within the Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and Agro-Industrial Development (NPAAAD)

 

DA

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

Land acquisition and distribution and ARC Development

Qualified farmers nationwide

 

DAR

 

 

 

 

Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran

Micro-enterprise development through small-scale loans

Nationwide

 

PCFC

 

 

 

 

Helping Individuals Reach their Aspirations through Microfinance

Livelihood opportunities through micro-finance

Nationwide to households with incomes below Php 1,000 per capita per month

 

PCFC

 

 

 

 

Poverty Free Zones

Provision of livelihood and employment opportunities through community enterprise, skills training and provision of social services

1 to 2 barangays in each region (5th and 6th class municipalities), excluding ARMM

 

DOLE

 

 

 

 

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Program

Provision of livelihood and employment opportunities, food security and improvement in living standards of farmers and fisherfolk

Farmers and fisherfolk beneficiaries nationwide

 

DA

 

 

 

 

Agrarian Reform Communities Development Program

Improved agricultural production, quality of life and incomes of farmer beneficiaries through technical assistance and construction of social infrastructure

140 ARCs nationwide except in Regions VII, IX and CAR

 

DAR

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services

Delivery of basic services to meet minimum basic needs of families

5th and 6th class municipalities nationwide

 

DSWD

 

 

 

2. Population Management

Philippine Population Management Program

Geared towards attaining rational population growth and distribution in the context of sustainable development.

Strategic Operational Plan concentrates on the poorest regions

2002-2004

POPCOM

P 110 M

(for 2003)

 

 

3. Health and Nutrition

Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition, 1999-2004 (PPAN)

An integral component of the MTPDP which provides the overall framework for nutrition improvement efforts of NGAs, LGUs, academe, business and private sector, NGOs, professional groups and international organizations.

 

The PPAN provides for the implementation of the 9-point NUTRITION agenda operationalized through the five impact programs to address undernutrition, both in the short and long-term:

a) Food Assistance b) Micronutrient Supplementation c) Nutrition Education d) Food Fortification e) Home, School and Community Food Production. Enabling mechanisms that facilitate the implementation of the said impact programs include: a) Human Resource Development b) Advocacy c) Research and Standards d) Resource Generation and Mobilization and e) Overall Planning, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation and Surveillance.

 

 

NNC

 

 

 

 

Lalakas ang Katawan Sapat sa Sustansya (LAKASS) Program

LAKASS is the community-based nutrition action component of the PPAN. It aims to alleviate poverty and improve nutritional status of vulnerable groups in the most nutritionally depressed municipalities (NDMs) in the country. It help build capabilities of communities in assessing their nutrition situation, planning and managing community activities. A seed fund capital of P230,000/municipality is provided to fund community-identified projects/activities. Among the activities that can be funded are: a) direct nutrition services or consumptive type activities such as deworming, supplementary feeding, micronutrient supplementation and provision of communal potable water systems and sanitary toilet facilities, and b) productive type projects which include skills training and provision of seed capital for income generating/ livelihood projects

223 NDMs in 40 provinces and 17 regions

1989-1999

NNC with selected LGUs

 

P63.4 M

 

 

Early Childhood Development (ECD)

The ECD project contributes to nutritional improvement by ensuring availability of integrated health and nutrition care, early education and psychosocial services for 0-6 years old children including the disadvantaged children. It contributes to improved health status of children which, together with adequate food intake, result to their improved nutritional status.

105 nutritionally depressed municipalities in Regions VI, VII and XII

1998-2003

DOH DepEd, DSWD and DILG

 

 

 

 

Fifth Country Programme for Children (CPC V)

Among the seven components, the health and nutrition programme helps foster caring behaviors among families and communities to enable them to effectively utilize food, care and health resources to improve child survival and development. It has two projects: maternal and child health and nutrition and micronutrients deficiency control

20 provinces and 5 cities

1999-2003

DOH, NNC, LGUs

 

 

 

 

Barangay Plan of Action for Nutrition (BPAN)

BPAN aims to improve the nutritional status of women and children through the delivery of doable minimum nutrition services in the villages. These services include Nutrition Info. and Education, Home Food Security including Promoting Consumption of Fortified Foods, micronutrient Supplementation, and Breastfeeding and Growth Monitoring. The program also helps improve the efficient and effective delivery of nutrition services to families through capacity-building of Barangay Nutrition Action Teams (BANAT)

21 provinces, 32 cities, 379 municipalities and 1,491 villages

1999-present

Nutrition Center of the Philippines and selected LGUs

 

 

 

 

Planning and Implementation of Local Plans of Action for Nutrition by LGUs Nationwide

Consistent with the PPAN, LGUs plan and implement local PPANs following the 5 impact programs: food production, food assistance, micronutrient supplementation, food fortification and nutrition education.

Moderately and severely underweight preschool and school children and their families

 

Infants, pregnant and lactating women

Implemented on an annual basis based on funds allocated by the city/municipality and barangays

LGUs

 

 

 

 

Barangay Integrated Development Approach for Nutrition Improvement (BIDANI)

BIDANI is a community-based integrated development program which aims to improve nutrition among children and the standard of living of the rural poor, promote food security at the household level, and enhance capabilities of barangay people in managing development programs.

 

Activities of the BIDANI include: empowerment of communities to actively participate in the development efforts, establish a Barangay Management Information System (BMIS) as basis for sound nutrition planning and provision of skills through Participative Domiciliary Nutrition Rehabilitation or Improvement (PDNR/PDNI) financial assistance for micro-credit enterprise development to deserving beneficiaries

125 municipalities and 765 villages located in 45 provinces and 13 regions

1990-1999

UP Los Baños, College of Human Ecology (UPLB-CHE) and LGUs

 

 

 

 

School-based nutrition programs

Include the:

a)  School Milk Project

b)  National Feeding Program c) Breakfast Feeding Program d) Teacher-Child-Parent Approach

e) Applied Nutrition Program

f) Alternative School Nutrition Program and g) Alay Tanim at Pangkabuhayan Program

 

All these programs aim to alleviate the nutritional status of the schoolchildren through provision of supplementary feeding and strengthening the learnings on health and nutrition habits/practices of the school and at home and for the parents and other members of the family to adopt the desired health and nutrition practices.

All program targets Grades 1-2 as their beneficiaries except for the ANP and ASNP which targets all grades

 

Selected schools nationwide

1998-2003

1998-2000

1991-present

1983-1992

 

Ongoing

DepEd and selected schools nationwide

 

 

 

 

Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI)

IMCI is a package of interventions that aims to reduce childhood death and illnesses and contribute to child’s physical and cognitive growth and development. It aims, among others, to prevent the five major diseases common among children. Other factors that may directly or indirectly contribute to the onset of malnutrition are included in the package of services given to children including integrated case management for the prevention and effective management of sick children aged between 1 week and 5 years. The IMCI also provides training among health workers to recognize and treat illnesses correctly, routine updating of the immunization of sick children, micronutrient supplementation, promotion of breastfeeding and counseling to address feeding problems.

Nationwide

 

DOH

 

 

 

 

Grantisadong Pambata (GP)

The GP is a one-week campaign to help ensure that all children below 5 years old receive Vitamin A supplement and catch-up immunization and deworming tablets; infants, pregnant and lactating mothers receive iron; and caregivers receive health and nutrition education.

Nationwide

 

DOH

 

 

 

 

Safe Motherhood Program (SMP)

The SMP helps ensure healthy pregnancies, safe childhood for mothers and helps ensure birth of normal- weight babies. The program improves access of mothers to antenatal and postpartum care, emergency obstetric care and reproductive health services, among others.

Nationwide

 

DOH

 

 

 

 

Infectious Diseases

A. Malaria Control Program

 

a. Malaria Control Program

 

 

 

b. Global Funds to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

 

 

 

 

B. Tuberculosis Control Program

 

a. Casefinding, caseholding, recording, reporting and monitoring/

supervision of the

NTP logistics

 

 

 

 

 

b. Quality assurance system of laboratory work

 

 

 

c. GFATM (Global Funds for AIDS, TB and Malaria)

 

 

 

 

d. GDF (Global Drug Facility)

 

 

 

 

e. Drug Resistance Surveillance

 

 

 

 

Provide technical and logistic support to implementing units to reduce the burden of malaria

 

 

 

Provide management capacity to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use of Manual of Procedures (MOP) in the implementation of the TB Control Program nationwide.

 

Comprehensive and unified tuberculosis for the public and private sector (CUP)- to implement the policies in TB in both public and private sector. The Mop id the lone policy adapted in this CUP. It will be implemented in public. In the private, it will be implemented by phases.

 

Maintain quality in sputum microscopy and making sure that laboratory supplies are available at all levels and at all times

 

 

 

Grants to be used for” PPMD, community organization and social mobilization; DOTS plus implementation; Public quality

 

 

 

 

Grant in-kind (fixed dose combination – anti-TB drugs)

 

 

 

 

To determine the occurrence of primary as well as secondary resistance on TB

 

 

 

 

High risk population and indigenous population in 65 endemic provinces

 

Indigenous population and high risk population in 25 highly endemic provinces

 

 

 

 

TB patients/ symptomatics/ nationwide especially in the public sector