Question

In the Philippines from 2000 to 2015, what were the major contributions for the positive change/progress of MDG: Reduce Child Mortality?

d. What were the major challenges/barriers/inhibitors for the lack of progress made in MDG: Improve Maternal Health?

i. Provide a list and an in-detail description of a couple adjustments (a) the government and (b) the community could have done to improve this MDG. Did they address or act upon

the need/want to eliminate disparity and/or inequity?

e. Describe how elements of this country's’ culture impact the progress of MDG: Reduce Child Mortality and Improve Maternal Health?

Please cite sources.

Answer 1

Major contributions for positive progress of MDG : reduce child mortality

1. Expanding    program on immunization
2. vitamin A supplementation every six months
3. breast feeding practices
4. improve home and health care facilities
5. aims to reduce child mortality rate by six immunization diseases

challenges and priorities for action

• maintaining gains in full immunization vaccination drives
• strengthening public health programs by conducting education programmes
• support for local health systems development
• improvement of quality care
• improve financial support to child health

d.major barriers for lack of progress made in MDG improve maternal health are

major cause of maternal deaths are postpartum , hemorrhage, eclampsia , severe infection.

• in adequate facilities to provide maternal health
• shortage of technical man power for health operations
• lack of institutional preparation to take on responsibility for health care
• lack of equipments
• in adequate referal system in the health care sector

i. couple adjustments need to eliminate inequality at government and community to improve MDG

• goverment has to monitor the MDG goals
• achievement of gender equality and environment sustinability need to strenghthened
• providing progress reports
• fine tunning policies
• apply the resources were they needed
• improving resources

by the community:

• by educating the people
• prevent the problem from base
• improving participation of people in MDG goals
• vaccinations
• compilimentory programmes

e. impact of country culture on MDG reduce child mortality and improve maternal health by

• cultural beliefs
• fear on interventions in child birth