Region 4 - There are RH services during disasters but this is the least priority as
main concern is to meet the primary needs particularly food.
Region 6 - During calamities, there is lack of health center and birthing centers;
the doctors or nurses only visit the remote areas once a month; pre-natal services
are availed only after 6 month or never at all; the ratio of midwives to barangays
is 1: 5 barangays. Because of the inability to access proper health services during
calamities, women would resort to traditional methods of delivery. Medical
missions for victims of displacement are only conducted during election period.
Expired medicines are still given. They are told that the expired medicines are still
good because of the so called “3 month extended expiration.”
Region 7 - RH services during displacement are deemed available but not
prioritized over food and shelter. When fires take place, condoms and napkins are
not distributed.
Region 12 - Reproductive health goods are not emphasized during displacement.
Women have no access to RH goods and services. There are no stay-in health
professionals in evacuation centers.
Region 11 - 11 There are RH goods and services but insufficient. In Cateel, Davao
Oriental, victims of typhoon Pablo in 2012 experienced inaccessibility of RH goods
and inadequate services. The hospitals and health centers were damaged. The
government was not prepared and the response did not arrive immediately.
Consequently, the experiences of those who have been victims of displacement in these
Regions were not very positive in terms of accessing RH goods and services. In Region 2,
they experienced delays in accessing the needed goods, as it usually took two to three
days after a calamity before the displaced communities are able to access the needed RH
goods and services. In remote areas in Region 3, because RH services are not readily
available due to the distance, pregnant women rely on traditional health care like ”hilot”,
“albularyo” and herbal medicine. In Region 4, there were problems on the continuity of
the supply of RH goods. For instance, medical supplies like Ferrous Sulfate and other
supplies needed by newborn and pregnant women are inadequate. In Region 10, in the
aftermath of Typhoon Sendong, natural family planning counseling and pre-and postnatal services were available, but not artificial birth control commodities.
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