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Using the above budget, the priority projects/activities implemented were the
following:
1. Support to DOH-NCIP-DILG Joint Memorandum Circular 2013-01, its
approved Strategic Plan and Culture Sensitivity Orientation
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), the Department
of health (DOH) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
forged the Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01 entitled “Guidelines on the
Delivery of Basic Health Services for Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous
Peoples” to set the guidelines addressing the access, utilization, coverage and
equity issues in the provision of health care services to ICCs/IPs. The Strategic
Plan developed for this JMC on IP Health has culture sensitivity component making
this plan supportive, friendly, acceptable and responsive to the needs of ICCs/IPs.
For sustainability of IP Health engagement, the Ancestral Domain Investment Plan
for Health (ADIPH) should be developed to be incorporated to the
Provincial/City/Municipal Investment Plan for Health (PIPH/CIPH/MIPH).
a. Roll out of NCIP-DOH-DILG JMC 2013-01, its Strategic Plan and the
Culture Sensitivity Orientation
In CAR, an Orientation-Workshop on NCIP-DOH-DILG JMC 2013-01
was conducted in April 13, 2018 at the Abra Diocesan Center in Bangued,
Abra. One hundred (100) participants composed of Barangay Health Workers,
IPMRs, Elders/Leaders, and traditional healers attended the activity.
In Region 4, a roll out of Culture Sensitivity Sessions on April 4-6, 2018
were conducted among 40 participants (health workers and IP focal persons
from the Local Government Units (LGUs) of Tanay, Rodriguez, and Antipolo
City).
Region 9 conducted Capacity Building of IP Community Health Workers
to thirty (30) traditional healers/workers from Basilan on December 3-4, 2019
at MIFAMCO Hostel and Catering Service, Zamboanga City.
The Table below shows the three (3) Regions (CAR, Region 4, and
Region 9) which conducted Roll out of the NCIP-DOH-DILG, its Strategic Plan
and Culture Sensitivity Orientation.
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