(18) Provision of counselling and psychosocial support to parents and
caregivers with priority to high-risk pregnant women and adolescent females
belonging to poorest of the poor families; and
(19) Others as may be determined based on international and national
guidelines and evidence generated locally.
(b) Women About to Give Birth and Immediate Postpartum Period. - Health and
nutrition services at the facility and community level shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:
(1) Adherence to the couple's birth, breastfeeding, and rooming-in plans;
(2) Provision of mother-friendly practices during labor and delivery in line with,
and in compliance with, Mother and Baby-Friendly Health Facility Initiative
(MBFHFI), Republic Act No. 10028, otherwise known as the "Expanded
Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009", Executive Order No. 51 or the "Milk
Code", and other related administrative issuances of the DOH on maternal and
newborn care;
(3) Monitoring of the progress of labor and the well-being of both the mother
and the fetus, and provision of interventions to any health issue that may arise;
(4) Identification of high-risk newborns that will be delivered; the premature,
small for gestational age (SGA), and/or low birth weight infants; and the
provision of preventive interventions to reduce complications of prematurity or
low birth weight;
(5) Coverage and utilization of PhilHealth benefit packages for maternal care;
(6) Nutrition counselling and provision of nutritious food and meals at the facility,
most especially for women who gave birth to babies who are preterm, SGA, or
low birth weight, until discharged;
(7) Provision of lactation management services to support breastfeeding
initiation and exclusive breastfeeding for six (6) months, most especially for
caesarean deliveries, and thereafter until discharged;
(8) Counselling on proper hand-washing, environmental sanitation, and
personal hygiene;
(9) Counselling on, and utilization of, modern methods of family planning and
access to reproductive health care services, as defined in Republic Act No.
10354, otherwise known as "The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
Health Act of 2012";
(10) Maintenance of non-separation of the mother and her newborn and
rooming-in for early breastfeeding initiation;