This document summarizes a maternal, newborn and child health summit. It identifies gaps in healthcare delivery such as lack of trained healthcare workers, poor working conditions, and lack of access points. Projects from various organizations aim to address these gaps. There are also issues with maldistribution of healthcare workers and incentives. The document emphasizes not overanalyzing problems and copying solutions from others. Coordination between different levels of government is key. It identifies priority areas and populations to focus on and asks if stakeholders are committed to improving healthcare.

1. Synthesis
Maternal, Newborn
and Child Health
Summit
Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan

4. “The time has come for more serious
undertaking. Filipinos deserve better
services…No time to experiment and
overanalysis but to look at best ways others have
implemented and copy it well”
- Dr. Eric Tayag

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6. Gaps in All Aspect of Healthcare Delivery
From Universal Healthcare Study Group
• Lack of qualified
and trainedHHR
• Not enough
incentives and
poor working
conditions
• Lack of quality,
access points
• Delay in access to data
• Technology use not fully
optimized
• Lack of
coverage
• Lack of
accredited
access points
• Lack of
financial risk
protection
• Lack of political support
in multiple levels
• Lack of coordination

7. Projects and Programmes to Address Gaps
From Universal Healthcare Study Group
Zuellig Family Foundation
PRISM2
PhilHealthWHO
POGS
ACCESS Health
IMAP
DOH
Kalusugan ng
Mag-Ina Inc
PRC
Unang Yakap
LGU

8. Health Human Resource!
• Maldistribution
• Poor incentives and working conditions
• Lack of public health and community
orientation

9. Lessons
• Don’t overanalyze
• It’s ok to be a copycat
• Think out of the Box
• Coordination and Convergence is Key
• Standardization and Incorporation of
Innovations to the norm
• Action Now!

10. What do we really need to do? What
next?

11. Priority Areas!
• ARMM
• MiMaRoPa
• Samar&Leyte
• Zamboanga Peninsula
• Bicol Region
• SOCCSKSARGEN
• NAPC

12. Priority Populations!
• Indigenous
• People with Disabilities
• Rural Poor
• Urban Poor
• People in GIDA areas

13. Are We Ready to Commit?

14. Thank You!