MATERNAL HEALTH

PROGRAMS
MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN
(R.A. NO. 9710)

The MCW is a comprehensive women's

human rights law that seeks to eliminate
discrimination through the recognition,
protection, fulfilment and promotion of
the rights of Filipino women, especially
those belonging in the marginalized
sectors of the society.
 Salient features of the law include:

 Increasing the number of women in third level positions in

government to achieve a fifty-fifty (50-50) gender balance
within the next five years while the composition of women
in all levels of development planning and program imple-
mentation will be at least 40 percent;

 Leave benefits of two (2) months with full pay based on

gross monthly compensation for women employees who
undergo surgery caused by gynecological disorders,
provided that they have rendered continuous aggregate
employment service of at least six (6) months for the last
twelve (12) months;
 Salient features of the law include:

 Non-discrimination in employment in the field of military,

police and other similar services that include according the
same promotional privileges and opportunities as their
men counterpart, including pay increases, additional
benefits, and awards, based on competency and quality of
performance.

 Provision for equal access and elimination of discrimination

in education, scholarships, and training.

 Equal participation in sports.

 Salient features of the law include:

 Non-discriminatory and non-derogatory portrayal of

women in media and film to raise the consciousness of the
general public in recognizing the dignity of women and the
role and contribution of women in family, community, and
the society through the strategic use of mass media;

 Equal status given to men and women on the titling of the

land and issuance of stewardship contracts.
 DOH A.O. 2008-0029
Implementing Health Reforms for Rapid
Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal
Mortality

Issued on September 9, 2008

It states that the “ strategy shall guide the develop-
ment, implementation, and evaluation of various
programs aimed at women, mother and children,
with the ultimate goal of rapidly reducing maternal
and neonatal mortality in the country.
 GOALS:
Every pregnancy is wanted, planned and supported;
Every pregnancy is adequately managed throughout
its course;
Every delivery is facility-based and managed by
skilled birth attendants/skilled health professionals;
Every mother and newborn pair secures proper post
-partum and newborn care with smooth transitions
to the women’s health care package for the
mother and child survival package for the newborn.
 ADVOCACY

Women should GIVE BIRTH IN

A HEALTH FACILITY
NATIONAL SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROGRAM

For Filipino women to have full access to health

services towards making their pregnancy and
delivery safer
is committed to provide rational and responsive
policy direction to its local government partners in
the delivery of quality maternal and newborn
health services with integrity and accountability
using proven and innovative approaches
 OBJECTIVES:

Collaborating with Local Government Units in

establishing sustainable, cost-effective approach
of delivering health services that ensure access
of disadvantaged women to acceptable and
high quality maternal and newborn health
services and enable them to safely give birth
in health facilities near their homes
Establishing core knowledge base and support
systems that facilitate the delivery of quality
maternal and newborn health services in the
country.
Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care
(BEmONC) Facility
Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn
Care (BEmONC) Facility
Health facilities that can perform the following six
signal obstetric functions:

 Parental Administration of oxytocin in the third

stage of labor
 Parenteral administration loading dose of anti-
convulsants
 Parenteral administration of initial dose of
antibiotics
 Performance of assisted deliveries (Imminent
Breech delivery)
 Removal of retained products of conception
 Manual removal of retained placenta
BEmONC Facility

These facilities are also able to provide emergency

newborn interventions, which include the minimum:

Newborn Resuscitation
Treatment of neonatal sepsis/infection
Oxygen support
 Definition of BEMONC Capable Facility

 A health facility that can either be a primary

/district hospital, RHU or BHS/Lying-in clinic
with complete complement of BEmONC
trained personnel (doctor, nurse and
midwife) operating 24/7 or on-call basis
after regular office/clinic hours.
 Such as facilities can be certified by the
DOH after meeting the standard require-
ments for certification.
Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and New-
born Care (CEmONC) Facilty

Public and Private Secondary and Tertiary Hospitals

Provincial Hospitals
Regional Hospitals
Medical Centers
Health Specialists
Obstetric specialists
Pediatric specialists
Anesthesiologists This is where we refer cases
that cannot be managed at
DR Nurses primary level
OR Nurses
 HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM
THE BEMONC-CEMONC NETWORK IS ESTABLISHED IN ALL PROVINCES
FOR MATERNAL & NEWBORN HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
CEmON
C

RHU 1 hour away from

BEmONCs
BEmONC

BHS Hospital
BEmONC

30 minutes away from

homes
Health Workers Competence is assured through the BEmONC Skills
Training Program offered in 31 Training Centers

Family Health Office

Regional Hospitals Trained 1,996 of 1735

(115%) Health Teams
on BEmONC Skills

Hospital

Training Center

Training Unit Administrative Unit

THE BEMONC SKILLS TRAINING CENTERS
METRO MANILA
1. Amang Rodriguez Memorial
Medical Center
2. Dr Jose Fabella Memorial
Hospital
3. East Avenue Medical Center
4. Quirino Memorial Medical
Center
5. Rizal Medical Center
6. Tondo Medical Center
LUZON
1. Ilocos Regional Training and Teaching Hospital
2. Mariano Marcos Memorial Medical Center
3. Region 1 Medical Center
4. Cagayan Valley Medical Center
5. Veterans Regional Hospital
6. Jose B. Lingad Memorial Hospital
7. Dr. Paulino J. Garcia Memorial Research and
Medical Center
8. Batangas Regional Hospital and Medical Center
9. Ospital ng Palawan
10. Bicol Medical Center – Naga College Foundation
Inc.
11. Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital –
Bicol University
12. Baguio Regional Hospital and Medical Center
The Bemonc skills Training Centers
V I S AYA S MINDANAO

1. Corazon Locsin 1. Zamboanga City Medical

Montelibano Memorial Center
Medical Center 2. Mayor Hilarion Ramiro Sr
2. Western Visayas Medical Memorial Medical Center
Center 3. Northern Mindanao Medical
3. Saint Anthony Mother and Center
Child Hospital 4. Cotabato Medical Center
4. Governor Celestino 5. Southern Philippines Medical
Gallares Memorial Medical Center
Center
6. Davao Regional Hospital
5. Vicente Sotto Memorial
Medical Center 7. Caraga Regional Hospital
6. Eastern Visayas Regional
Medical Center
 NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM

For Filipino women and men achieve their desired

family size and fulfill the reproductive health
rights for all through universal access to quality
family planning information and services.

National Family Planning Program is committed to

provide responsive policy direction and ensure access
of Filipinos to medically safe, legal, non-abortifacient,
effective, and culturally acceptable modern family
planning (FP) methods.
 OBJECTIVES:

To increase modern Contraceptive

Prevalence Rate (mCPR) among all
women from 24.9% in 2017 to 30%
by 2022
To reduce the unmet need for
modern family planning from 10.8%
in 2017 to 8% by 2022
GUIDING PRINCIPLES:

Responsible Parenthood
Respect for life
Birthspacing
Informed choice
Program Components

 Provision of free FP Commodities that are medically

safe, legal, , effective and culturally acceptable to all
in need of the FP service
 Development and dissemination of Information,
Education Communication materials
 Establishment of FP service package in hospitals
 Organization of FP Itinerant team for outreach
missions
 Partnership with LGU hospitals for the FP outreach
missions
 PHILHEALTH BENEFIT PACKAGE

MATERNITY CARE PACKAGE

PhilHealth’s Maternity Care Package (MCP) covers prenatal
care, delivery, and postnatal care for both you and your baby.

Members and eligible dependents are qualified to avail of this

package. You can only use it up to your fourth delivery,
provided you don’t have any history of three or more
miscarriages.

PhilHealth provides P6,500 facility fee for deliveries within a

hospital. The coverage increases to P8,000 for if you give birth
in infirmaries, dispensaries, birthing homes, and maternity
clinics.
PHILHEALTH BENEFIT PACKAGE

Antenatal Care Package

you should have at least four prenatal checkups,
with the last one done during the third trimester
of pregnancy.
The facility and healthcare provider should also
be PhilHealth-accredited.
PhilHealth provides P1,500 for prenatal care.
 PHILHEALTH BENEFIT PACKAGE

Normal Spontaneous Delivery Package

covers the immediate post-partum period within the
first 72 hours, as well as seven days after delivery.

PhilHealth covers P5,000 for birth in hospitals and

P6,500 for deliveries in birthing homes or maternity
clinics.
 PHILHEALTH BENEFIT PACKAGE

Other Methods of Delivery

But if you give birth through other methods, your
PhilHealth coverage depends on your total bill.

PhilHealth typically covers P19,000 for Cesarean

deliveries, P9,700 for complicated vaginal deliveries,
P12,120 for breech extraction, and P12,120 for
vaginal delivery after previous Cesarean section.
 PHILHEALTH BENEFIT PACKAGE

NEWBORN CARE PACKAGE

The Newborn Care Package includes newborn care,
screening and hearing tests, hepatitis B and BCG
vaccination, eye prophylaxis, weighing, and essential
intrapartum and newborn care protocol. It’s worth
P1,750, all covered by PhilHealth.

Unlike the MCP, this package has no limit to the

number of births. However, it should be filed within
60 days after the delivery.
REFERENCES:
https://www.academia.edu/7231279/Philippine-Government-Policies-on-M
aternal-Newborn-and-Child-Health-and-Nutrition
https://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/publications/maternalneonatal.c
ompressed.pdf
https://www.doh.gov.ph/national-safe-motherhood-program
https://www.doh.gov.ph/family-planning
https://coins.ph/blog/philhealth-maternity-benefits/
https://www.jica.go.jp/project/english/philippines/007/materials/c8h0vm00
0094iynv-att/materials_04_09.pdf
https://www.jica.go.jp/project/english/philippines/007/materials/c8h0vm00
0094iynv-att/materials_04_09.pdf
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