DOH Program Flashcards
CATCH
Coordinated
Approach
To
Child
Health
The promotion of breastmilk as the ideal food
for healthy growth and development of infants; and of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6
months of life as the means to achieve optimal
growth, development and health of newborns.
Infants and Young Child Feeding
Unique Characteristics of Breast Feeding
+ Reduce allergic reaction
+ Emotional bonding
+ Always available
+ Digestible
+Safe/maintains the stool soft
+ Promotes immunity
+ Temperature is always right
Nutritious
+ GIT disorders are decreased
National Immunization Program
NB – BCG & Hepa B
1 1/2 months – Penta Vac, OPV, & PCV
2 1/2 months – Penta Vac, OPV, & PCV
3 1/2 months – Penta Vac, OPV, IPV, & PCV
9 months & 1 yr – Measles, Mumps, & Rubella
Vaccine
carrier
Ice pack
Cold Chain System
-15 to -25 °C - Freezer
Oral Polio Vaccine
Is a thermochromics label put on
vials containing vaccines which gives
a visual indication of whether the
vaccine has been kept at a temperature which preserves its
potency.
VACCINE VIAL MONITOR (VVM)
To improve the quality of life of Filipinos through better nutrition, improved health and increased productivity
Nutrition Program
To improve the
quality of life of
Filipinos through
better nutrition,
improved health
and increased
productivity
To improve the
quality of life of
Filipinos through
better nutrition,
improved health
and increased
productivity
Malnutrition continues to be the public health concerns in the country. The common nutritional deficiencies are:
- Vitamin A
- Iron
- Iodine
Oral Health Program:
Dental Caries (tooth decay) and Periodontal Diseases
(gum diseases) are the two most common oral health diseases affecting the Filipinos.
87.4 % Filipinos are suffering from dental caries while 48.3 % have gum
disease (based on the 2011 National Monitoring and Evaluation Dental Survey).
According to World Health Organization (WHO), Mental
Health is a “state of well being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the
normal stressors of life and can work productively and able to make a contribution to his or her community.
Mental Health
Factors Affecting Mental Health
✓ Poverty and its associated psychosocial stressors (e.g. violence, unemployment, social exclusion like quarantine isolation, insecurity)
✓ Low education
✓ Inequality within communities
MHGAP
Mental Health Gap Action Programme
Special Power for the Presidential
Under Section 4 of RA 11469, the law grants the President 30 special powers to address the COVID-19 outbreak in the country:
Bayanihan To Health As One Act
Republic Act 11469
Originally Published: March 23, 2020
Signed: March 24, 2020
Effectivity: March 25, 2020
Signed: President Rodrigo Duterte
Territorial Extent: Philippines
Bacille Calmette-Guerin, is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) 6disease.
BCG
Is a liver disease that can cause mild illness lasting a few weeks, or it can lead to a serious, lifelong illness.
Hepatitis B
Also known as 5-in-1 vaccine. Pentavalent vaccine provides protection to a child from 5 lifethreatening diseases – Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Hib.
PENTAVALENT VACCINE
protects people against all three types of poliovirus. IPV does not contain live virus, so people who receive this vaccine do not shed the virus and cannot infect others, and the vaccine cannot cause disease. IPV does not stop transmission of the virus.
INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE
Pneumococcal bacteria are one of the most common causes of pneumonia.
PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE
Caused by Clostridium tetani bacterium, which is commonly found in soil, saliva, dust and manure, the infection is characterized by muscle spasms.
TETANUS.
virus is the leading cause of liver cancer and is 50 times more infectious than HIV. While infections occur mostly in young children, the deadly consequences of the virus usually strike later in life in the form of liver disease, including cirrhosis and liver cancer.
HEPATITIS B
Is a highly infectious airborne bacterial disease. It spreads easily from infected persons and is fatal cases among infants.
PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH)
Haemophiles influenzae type b (Hib) is a deadly bacterium whicthat cause meningitis, pneumonia and septicemia.
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B
Corynebacterium diphteriae is a bacterium which can cause myocarditis(inflammation of the heart muscle), inflammation of nerves and kidney
problems.
DIPHTHERIA
