New Normal Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic 1. Strengthen health systems response within the health care provider network (HCPN) • Establishment of Province-wide and citywide HCPNs (ie. to designate facilities where the non-covid pregnant women may go for delivery) • The primary care facility shall serve as the main navigators/ first contact in the HCPN and determine the appropriate facility 2. Shifting capacity building, health promotion, and provision of technical assistance to online platforms • Maximize use of social media (ie. Boosting of social media accounts of social hygiene clinics and treatment hubs on available HIV services) • Ongoing e-module development of Family Planning Competency Based Training Level 1 • Ongoing online capacity building on FP Estimation Tool and FP Interim Distribution Tool, basic HIV 101 • At least monthly brown bag sessions with CHD coordinators and stakeholders • Ongoing drafting of Health Promotion Plan for Teenage Pregnancy Prevention 4. Target Recalibration and Program Strategies Review • Ongoing discussion with the Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau (HPDPB) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for maternal health-related indicators target recalibration and interventions • With HPDPB Research Division, EmONC Assessment will be conducted via Philippine Council for Health Research and Development AHEAD Project • With UNFPA, USAID/ReachHealth Project, University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital, ongoing functionality assessment of Women and Children Protection Units that will serve as input for the Costed Implementation Plan of Women and Children Protection Program 3. Ensure continuous provision of health services • Maximize teleconsulting and teleprescription platforms • Client-centered approach for delivery of ARVs and other HIV services (ie.ARV refill station, courier, online/phone counselling) and FP commodities (ie. FP Ayuda Express of CHD V and outreach missions) • Reducing stock outs of FP and HIV commodities by ensuring religious monthly reporting • Fund provision for personal protective equipment procurement for continuous provision of maternal health and FP services • Shifting strategies from school-based to community-based HPV vaccination 29 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012