ILOILO City – Thirteen local government units (LGU) in Western Visayas have secured their respective responsive health systems through the Municipal Leadership and Health Governance Program Colloquium (MLGP) 2019.
The University of the Philippines Visayas Foundation Inc., Department of Health-Center for Health Development Region 6 and Zuellig Family Foundation initiated the MLGP.
It highlighted health challenges, leadership responses and effective strategies to achieve targeted health indicators in the municipal level.
The second batch of MLGP includes towns of Ibajay and Lezo in Aklan; Belison, San Jose, Valderrama, and Libertad in Antique; Oton and Badiangan in Iloilo; Tapaz, Sigma, and Sapian in Capiz; Jordan in Guimaras; and Manapla in Negros Occidental. These towns successfully completed the MLGP Colloquium on June 5.
Dr. Philip Ian Padilla, MLGP project leader, said that the MLGP cycle two has addressed problems on mental health, malnutrition, teenage pregnancy, and other pressing issues.
“As of now, we covered only around 20 percent of LGUs in Western Visayas,” said Padilla.
The towns that had undergone the MLGP colloquium are expected to sustain their health gains.
Padilla noted the colloquium eyes to reach more local government units in the region.
“We plan to invite them once they take over in July. We call it the Final Selection Workshop where we can probably start from September to December,” he said. (With a report from PNA/PN)
