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Roster of winners PRIORITY AREA 4—SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION
Antique province—Tobacco Control Program
The Tobacco Control Program of Antique province promotes smoke-and vape-free communities through comprehensive strategies that provide causative and reactive interventions anchored on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), National Tobacco Control Strategy, Provincial Ordinance No....
Roster of winners Priority Area 3—Immunization
Claveria, Cagayan—Immunization
The municipality has consistently allocated a budget for this program through collaborative efforts of the LGU’s various departments, including health, agriculture, environment, agriculture and the Department of Education.
Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay—Age-appropriate Immunizations
The program aims to reach parents of the under-five age group, school-aged...
Roster of Winners Priority Area 2—Environmental Health
Borbon, Cebu—Borbon Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Health and Health Emergency Management Services
The “Borbon Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Plan in Health” is an initial step in the protection of Borbon residents against man-made or natural disasters. The program aims to...
Roster of winners: Priority Area 1—Nutrition and Physical Activity
Bayambang, Pangasinan—ECCD F1K Dietary Supplementation Program for Mothers
Through the donation of Bayambang Mayor Cesar T. Quiambao, the local government unit set up the LGU Bayambang Fitness Center to help uplift the mental and physical health of mothers in the community.
The LGU Bayambang Fitness...
40 LGUs recognized for health promotion, COVID-19 response
The Department of Health (DOH) and its partners recognized 40 outstanding local government units (LGUs) that are at the forefront of health promotion and COVID-19 response for the first-ever “Healthy Pilipinas Awards for Healthy Communities.”
The “Healthy Pilipinas Awards for Healthy Communities” recognized...
The Prince of Tagurabong
I lived in a big house with my widowed mother, a grandmother and an unmarried aunt. My mother, Sofia Villasin Peñaranda, was a schoolteacher. We would walk to school together. But after class, I would walk home with my classmates who would linger...
