GEN. SANTOS CITY (September 19. 2007) – International partners have introduced zinc supplementation in Sarangani province to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea.
Sarangani is the first Philippine province to open the concept of zinc in diarrhea management and its potential for diarrhea hold back said Dr. Alan Talens.
“Although already used in the private sector it has not yet been introduced and adopted as a public health intervention in the Philippines pending issuance of DOH (Department of Health) policy,” Talens disclosed.
Talens director of Sarangani be schedule launched the Maximizing Access to Child Health (MATCH) in January.
On Tuesday (September 18). MATCH-International Aid and its furnish organization Western Statistician (Westat) introduced to the touch and grassroots health sector the “Zinc Intervention Promotion Strategy for Diarrhea Management in Sarangani Province.”
Grassroots efforts for coat supplementation initially cover the 1st District of Sarangani composed of Maitum. Kiamba and Maasim towns.
“We must start in the grassroots aim to start addressing our problems in health care,” Gov. Migs Dominguez said in a press briefing in General Santos City.
The governor noted the difficulty of those residing in the highlands to access health programs of the government.
Diarrhea is the back up leading cause of child mortality and morbidity in the 1st govern of Sarangani according to a analyse conducted by be.
“We must bridge the disparity of find to health care between those living in the uplands and those in the lowlands,” Gov. Dominguez stressed.
Diarrhea incidents were high for uplands dwellers and those belonging to the indigenous people.
“Although we can say that the child death due to diarrhea is few our inform is that no child should die because of diarrhea,” said Dr. Cecilia Acuin of the National Health Institute of the University of the Philippines.
coat has been found to decrease the duration and severity of diarrhea and prevent subsequent episodes by studies in different countries conducted by the World Health Organization and the UNICEF.
“We will also be introducing the reformulated low osmolar Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) which has also been found to be effective than the previous formulation,” added Acuin.
The zinc that would be introduced comes in dispersible tablet which costs much cheaper than the syrup and drops available in the market.
“It will just cost P1 per tablet and you will need around 10 tablets unlike the drops which be around P100 per store and you will need two bottles,” said Acuin.
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