Our Impact
The Policy Center managed several projects from the start of 2021 until the first half of 2022 – one is still ongoing and the other just concluded; while the rest are still incoming
WHO-APW Project:
Technical Assistance in the Development of the National Health Promotion Action Framework and Playbook/Blue Spaces on Drowning Prevention
June – July 2022
The Center for Policy Studies and Advocacy on Sustainable Development or The Policy Center, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines and the Department of Health (DOH) worked together in a drowning prevention and control project with the former providing technical assistance in the development of the national health promotion action framework and playbook/blue spaces on drowning prevention.
This playbook is to be a guidebook for Local Government Units (LGUs) to implement drowning prevention and control programs in their localities.
The said organizations went to DOH Region 11 in the selected municipalities of Kapalong and Braulio E. Dujali of Davao Del Norte and did a rapid baseline assessment of previous drowning interventions in the area. This was able to help inform both the framework and playbook-guidebook development.
Global Road Safety Partnership: Mobilizing Stakeholders in Aid of the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act (R.A. 11229) Implementation
April 2021 – 2022
The project advances a multi-stakeholder approach to help in the effective implementation of R.A. 11229 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR); to widely disseminate to the public, information on the use of child car seats and other safety provisions for children; and to develop models of implementation at the sub-national level. It seeks to mobilize road safety stakeholders and create platforms of engagement to help build the demand and public support for the use of child car seats to ensure the safety of children in motor vehicles.
The objectives of the project are as follows: (1) Support the development of local action plans on road safety for children in the cities of Muntinlupa and San Pedro, Laguna; (2) Develop road safety module for children and other advocacy and monitoring tools for sustainability and to further assist in the implementation of road safety laws, including R.A. 11229. The action plan would include public information campaigns on the access to and proper use of child car seats and other measures to ensure the safety of children in motor vehicles (this may also include ordinances).
Currently, the project is advancing in its partnership agreement (MOU) in the Muntinlupa City and looking forward to the activities with the LGU, especially in the drafting of its road safety code and related action plan.
WHO-APW Project:
Technical Assistance for the Implementation of
Community-based Interventions to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission
in Urban Poor Communities in Parañaque City
March – May 2021
The Policy Center, in collaboration with WHO Philippines and the Department of Health (DOH), worked with the local government unit (LGU) of the Parañaque City to reduce COVID-19 transmission in their urban poor communities. The project involved participatory and collaborative activities agreed upon with community leaders and stakeholders.
The objectives of the project were the following: (1) improve awareness and healthy behaviors on preventing transmission of COVID-19 in urban poor communities; (2) deliver essential health services to affected urban poor communities; and (3) promote informed governance in addressing COVID-19 in urban poor communities.
Two of the major results of the project were: community mobilization and engagement and the implementation of the community-based interventions based on the expressed needs of the community members, such as the following:
- Distributed hygiene kits/HHs to 850 HHs and to the 160 health workers of the 16 barangays of the Parañaque City;
- Positioned 40 pcs yellow trash bins in strategic locations in the community to have that enabling environment to help people dispose properly COVID-19 related wastes
- Set-up telehealth services in the selected three barangays
Relief International (RI):
Rapid Baseline Assessment on People’s Knowledge and Perception of COVID-19 Vaccination
August – September 2021
The Policy Center is tapped by RI to do the Rapid Baseline Assessment Methodology and the collation of the results. The objective primarily is to do a Knowledge Attitude Practice (KAP) Assessment of the community perception on COVID-19 and their fears and concerns related to the impact of the outbreak Through this rapid baseline assessment, RI and UNICEF will be able to: (1) understand what people think and feel about COVID-19 vaccination, (2) determine how people obtain information about COVID-19 vaccination, (3) address people’s fears and concerns related to COVID-19 outbreak and the vaccination program of the Department of Health.
WHO-APW Project:
Technical Assistance to Support Policy and Guidelines Development on Promoting Healthy Eating and Nutrition Labelling
November 2021 – February 2022
The Policy Center, in partnership with WHO Philippines and the Department of Health (DOH) – Health Promotions Bureau (HPB), was tasked to support the policy and develop guidelines on promoting healthy eating and nutrition labelling. The project team was able to conduct a rapid baseline assessment to update on the current status of all forms of malnutrition in the Philippines, including the policies and programs in place addressing the problem. In this assessment, preliminary analysis was done in order to identify the best ways forward with recommendations put forward. In addition, the project team was also able to propose an advocacy and communications plan, including social media materials, to help develop healthy eating habits among the general public.
