The Champions for Health Governance (CHG) Awards is extending the deadline for entries to February 17, 2017, Friday.
Organized by Kaya Natin! Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership, in partnership with Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and the Jesse M. Robredo Foundation, along with the support of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Health, the CHG Awards will recognize five municipal and city local governments for their triumphant efforts in advocating health in the country.
Each winner will receive a cash grant of PhP100,000 to fund their best health programs and continue their outstanding initiatives in health.
These initiatives are aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #3 of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all and the DOH Philippine Health Agenda framework of “All for Health towards Health for All” which aims to achieve universal health care for all Filipinos.
CHG’s past winners include: Tayabas City, Quezon; Carmona, Cavite; San Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur; Ipil, Zamboanga; Sibugay, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur; and Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte for promoting enhanced maternal health, as well as ante-natal to post-natal care; addressing lifestyle-related diseases; implementing a bottom-up approach in health programs; their system enhancement of health and medical records of every patient; innovations implemented to address malnutrition; and for providing sea ambulances for patients living in island communities, respectively.
Interested LGUs may download the application kit at the CHG Awards website www.healthgovernance.weebly.com or contact Shylynne Castillo at (02) 256 1446 or email healthgovawards@gmail.com. Inquiries may also be coursed through the Awards’ social media accounts: www.facebook.com/HealthGovernance or www.twitter.com/healthgovawards. **
