Mindanaotoday.com | 213 Mambajao health workers undergo refresher course training
By: Recthie Paculba
MAMBAJAO, Camiguin – Enhancing local capacity to assist public health services in the delivery of various health programs of the Department of Health (DOH), 213 barangay health workers and barangay nutrition scholars of all barangays of Mambajao were trained on a refresher course on April 18-21.
“We are doing our barangay nutrition scholar refresher course and barangay health worker refresher course because we are going back to our normal activities. Part of our functions and roles as a barangay health worker is providing basic services,” Municipal Health Officer Dr. Lyndon Aclan said.
He added that the refresher course was also held since the municipal government has noticed that there are still health workers who refer to their colleagues to attend to basic services asked for by the residents, such as getting the blood pressure or pulse and performing hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Juvelyn Babia of the Provincial Health Office enumerated the roles and responsibilities of BHWs, which include the vaccination of children and pregnant women, looking after the health of pregnant women, deworming children, and looking after the weight of children.
They also have the responsibility of advocating for and providing family planning services and helping patients get medical treatments.
Babia added that the BHWs should also monitor and report epidemiologic illnesses like dengue, malaria, filariasis, polio, measles, tuberculosis, cough, flu, leptospirosis, cholera, leprosy, or schistosomiasis.
To ensure that all basic services will be provided to those who are in need in the barangays, Aclan said all of the health workers are required to join the refresher course. For those who are unable to join the training, they are directed to join the schedule of other barangays since the training is conducted over four days. (RTP | PIA-10 | Camiguin)
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