program integration to serve the needs of pregnant women and to reduce the HIV mother to child transmission. Hence, HIV and syphilis screening are included in the ANC visit. In 2019, there were 93,310 and 362, 349 pregnant women screened for HIV and syphilis, respectively. Among those tested for syphilis, almost five percent or 17,640 women tested positive. Figure 13: Deliveries in Type of Facilities, 2019 Table 8: Antenatal Services, 2019 ANC Visit Components Total No. of Pregnant Women Iron with Folic Acid Basic Oral health Care Source: Partial data, DOH FHSIS 2019 to promote ideal health behaviour such as exclusive breastfeeding, which is key to child health and survival. At the regional level, 11 out of 17 regions reported an increase in PPV coverage among mothers with Region XI registering the highest increase (21 percentage point), followed by NCR (16 percentage point), then Regions V and VI. Region IX had a significant decline in PPV coverage from 59 in 2018 to 37 percent in 2019. Iron folic acid supplementation. Part of the DOH Safe Motherhood Program Strategy is to ensure proper nutrition of pregnant women to avoid neonatal nutritional deficiencies. All pregnant women should take iron tablets with folic acid for the duration of their pregnancy for the management of anemia and to prevent neural tube defects in the fetus. A total of 1, 279, 014 women received iron folic acid supplementation in 2019. Maternal tetanus and neonatal tetanus, primarily due to unsanitary conditions during delivery and poor umbilical cord care practices are prevented through appropriate immunizations during pregnancy. In 2019 a total of 598,085 women pregnant for the first time were given at least two doses of Tetanus Diptheria (Td) Vaccination. The Triple Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of Syphilis, Hepatitis B, and HIV is one of the important interventions of the DOH National Safe Motherhood Program in terms of 1,279,014 497,547 Calcium Carbonate Tetenus Diptheria Vaccination Complete Iodine HIV Screening Syphillis Screening 392,247 598,085 24,556 93,310 362,349 Source: Partial data, DOH FHSIS, 2019 Since the passage of the RPRH Law in 2012, the government has heavily invested in infrastructure and human resources and has strengthened its policies to improve service delivery for women and children and strengthen advocacy for facility based delivery. Local health facilities have been upgraded and human resources for health have been trained and deployed especially in hard-to-reach areas to provide better maternal care. By end of December 2019, a total of 22,730 health professionals were deployed through DOH’s Human Resources for Health Deployment Program [Table 9]. Table 9 Health Professionals Deployed, 2019 HRH Deployment Program Doctors to the Barrios Nurse Deployment Project Rural Health Midwives Placement Program Total No. of Health Professionals Deployed 323 17,869 4,538 22,730 Source: DOH, Health Human Resources Development Bureau, 2019 The DOH’s Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) has funded the upgrading of rural health units and barangay health stations for 44 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012