LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN—Governor Ramon V. Guico III will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Health (DOH)-Center for Health Development 1 for the implementation of the 2024 Healthy Settings Program for Healthy Communities.
This developed after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), in its regular session on July 29, approved a resolution that gives authority to the governor to enter into and sign a MOA.
Authored by SP Member Shiela Marie F. Baniqued, the resolution stated that the 2024 Healthy Settings Program for Healthy Communities will be implemented in Pangasinan through the provision of technical and financial assistance by the Department of Health (DOH) through the Center for Health Development 1, to assist the province in initiating and establishing health promotion programs.
“In the implementation of the 2024 Healthy Settings Program for Healthy Communities, it is the objective of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan and the DOH to further improve and sustain an efficient and effective health care delivery system in the province through health promotion initiatives designed to ensure that the environments wherein individuals live, learn, and work are promotive and protective of health,” the resolution disclosed.
Hence, the resolution cited that “the Ilocos Center for Health Development will be providing financial assistance of P1,499,990.00 to the Province of Pangasinan for the expansion of the ‘Key Assistance for Developing Adolescents (KADA) to various provincial government hospitals to address social barriers surrounding adolescent sexual and reproductive health through the establishment of a network that will strengthen existing adolescent-friendly health facilities.”
(Ruby F. Rayat/PIMRO)
