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Quezon City

Barangays Covered : PansolTatalon

Number of Communities(Sitios, zones, streets, etc)

: 5

Estimated Population of RUPCommunities

: 47, 931

NGO Partner : Institute of Politics andGovernance

Quezon City Story

Quezon City is one of the cities with largest land area andpopulation in the Philippines. This is why for the City HealthDepartment and its NGO partner, the Institute of Politics andGovernance (IPG), it is important that the interventions implementedfor RUP be both sustainable and replicable to other barangays inthe city. Thus, during the implementation of this RUP phase, theQCHD developed systems and mechanisms to improve the healthservices for the urban poor. One system is in the maternal andneonatal services. It was packaged into an appealing healtheducation and services campaign entitled, “Bibong Buntis” (vibrantpregnant woman), complete with a mother-baby book and variousinformation educational and communication (IEC) materials. Using its owntechnical expertise, IPG installed an SMS-based tracking and client-

advisory/health information system at the two health centres of the RUPbarangays for improved client management. The QCHD and the IPG were also able toacquire the support of the city LGU, not only to provide resources to complement theinterventions, but more importantly, to enroll close to 700 women in the national healthinsurance system (PhilHealth). Aside from that, a participatory, multi-sectoral approach incommunity planning was also piloted as part of the RUP interventions.

Results of RUP implementation

Improvements were observed in terms of the performance of the two RUP barangays in thecity in 2011, compared to that of 2010 particularly on core MNCHN indicators.

Source: QC Health Department, 2012