the health system. DOH invested on human resource development which include developing the clinical skills of health service providers and improving the knowledge and capacities of the community health workers/volunteers. Figure 15: Immunization Given at Birth, 2014 to 2019 Source: DOH FHSIS 2019 Under the EPI program, the first doses of Hepatitis B and BCG are given to newborns within 24 hours after birth. Current data show the decreasing trend in the coverage of BCG from 2014 to 2017 but an improvement was noted in 2019. Coverage for Hepatitis B on the other hand showed an increasing trend for the past five years. The 2019 data shows improved coverage of BCG from 61 percent to 69 percent coverage and Hepatitis B from 50 percent in 2018 to 59 percent in 2019 compared to the number of livebirths in to the country. Following the resurgence of polio in September 2019, DOH conducted the Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio in areas where the polio virus was isolated. The DOH reported a coverage of more than 95 percent in various areas. The Polio Epidemic Response Immunization Coverage began in August 2019 till March 2020 for Polio Virus Type 1 and October 2019 to March 2020 for Polio Virus Type 2. As the steward, the DOH recognized the value of a functional service delivery network and a reliable and sustainable support system. The agency supported the improvement of maternal, newborn and child health services through the development and issuances of Clinical Practice guidelines, network of accredited training providers, issuance of operational and regulatory guidelines such as Manual of Operations and Administrative Orders. Corresponding monitoring, evaluation, research and dissemination activities such as maternal death reviews, surveillance and response and the conduct of program implementation reviews was institutionalized in all health facilities and system. The National Immunization Program guarantees that neonates, infants, children, and mothers to have accessed to essential recommended vaccines. The DOH continue to capacitate health providers on the four trainings being conducted under the National Immunization Program, namely: (1) Basic EPI Training; (2) Cold Chain and Logistics Management Training; (3) Reaching Every Barangay Strategy data utilization and address gaps; and (4) Adverse Events Following Immunization Training – reporting and management. C. Governance and Systems Capacity Building The DOH aims to achieve a functional and people-centered health system as stipulated in the National Objectives for Health. Human Resource Development is an important pillar of 46 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012