UP Manila’s efforts to provide assistance to affected families in the AMIGA communities (Alfonso, Mendez, Indang, General Emilio Aguinaldo, and Amadeo) continued through the UP Manila Community Health and Development Program (CHPD).
Since the Taal volcanic eruption last January 12, U.P. teams have been coordinating with the municipalities’ officials and point persons during visits to the different communities and evacuation centers.
Medical consultations, services for persons with disabilities and elderly persons, children’s activities for psychosocial support and distribution of relief goods to the evacuation centers’ camp managers were implemented. In particular, the UP Manila College of Allied Medical Professions provided services to PWDs and the elderly on January 18, 2020. UP Manila distributed relief goods to the various evacuation centers.
The highlights of recent outreach activities:
January 22 – The group was divided into 2 teams. One team went to 5 evacuation centers in Alfonso and attended to 15 patients who needed to be referred to physicians, physical therapists and occupational therapists. The other team went to 4 other evacuation centers in Mendez.
These visits were initial health assessments carried out in coordination with the Mendez Municipal Health Office and Rural Health Unit staff. The team saw a total of 63 patients.
January 23 – A team went to an evacuation center in Bailen. Coordination was done with the school and barangay officials and other evacuation center officials for the provision of services.
January 24 – Two teams were deployed, one was in evacuation centers in Alfonso and the other team was in Bailen. Eleven patients in Alfonso were referred to physical therapists/ occupational therapists. In Bailen, several patients were referred to physicians after a preliminary health assessment was completed by the Bailen Rural Health staff.
The team was composed of faculty members from the UP Manila College of Nursing who were coordinating the deployment of UPCN students to eight barangays in Bailen starting January 28.
