(5) Administration of newborn screening and newborn hearing screening;
(6) Availment and utilization of appropriate PhilHealth benefit packages for the
newborn including the preterm, low birth weight and small babies;
(7) Provision of early referral to higher level facilities to manage illness and/or
other complications;
(8) Availability of human milk pasteurizer for strategic level two (2) and level
three (3) facilities with neonatal intensive care units to ensure breastmilk supply
for small babies born preterm and low birth weight within its facility, the service
delivery network it serves, and for use of infants and young children during
emergencies and disasters;
(9) Assurance of a child-friendly space where exclusively breastfed infants will
be able to continue breastfeeding during calamities, disasters or other
emergencies;
(10) Social welfare support to improve access to health and nutrition services
for newborns belonging to poorest of the poor families;
(11) Facilitate the prompt birth and death registration, including fetal deaths,
including restoration and reconstruction of birth and death registration
documents destroyed during disasters;
(12) Counselling and support to parents and caregivers on parent/caregiverinfant/child interaction for responsive care and early stimulation for early
childhood development;
(13) Provision of support to parents and caregivers on early stimulation and
responsive care for infants; and
(14) Others as may be determined based on international and national
guidelines and evidence generated locally.
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(e) First Six (6) Months of Infancy (One Hundred Eighty (180) Days). – Health (and
nutrition services at the facility and community level shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:
(1) Provision of continuous support to mother and her infant for exclusive
breastfeeding, including referral to trained health workers on lactation
management and treatment of breast conditions;
(2) Provision of appropriate and timely immunization services integrated with
assessment of breastfeeding, early child development, growth monitoring and
promotion, and Infant and Young Child Feeding (TYCF) counselling;
(3) Growth and development monitoring and promotion of all infants less than
six (6) months old especially those who had low birth weight, are stunted, or
had acute malnutrition;