President Marcos provides updates on the admin's health programs and boosting vaccination drives.

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President Marcos discusses the pilot Food Stamp Program and government vaccination programs for children. #SONA2023

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00:00 [SPEAKING IN TAGALOG]

00:11 We are now refocusing our health priorities,

00:14 applying the lessons learned from the pandemic,

00:16 and addressing the weaknesses that it has exposed.

00:20 Healthier communities and lifestyles are our advocacy.

00:24 We have launched convergent programs

00:26 to address hunger and nutrition-related issues

00:29 amongst our people, especially the children,

00:32 like stunting and wasting.

00:34 Last week, we introduced the Pilot Food Stamp Program,

00:38 which seeks to supply the nutrition

00:41 needs of the million most food-poor Filipinos.

00:44 [APPLAUSE]

00:50 The FSP shall complement our nutrition continuity programs,

00:54 such as the First 1,000 Days Program, which

00:58 ensures nourishment for the first three

01:00 years of a child's life.

01:02 The Supplemental Feeding Program is for our children

01:05 attending daycare centers.

01:08 The K-6 Program will feed kindergarten

01:10 to grade six public school students

01:13 who are suffering from wasting and severe malnutrition.

01:18 We are catching up on the routine vaccinations

01:20 of our children.

01:21 As of this year, more than 80% of our eligible children

01:25 have been vaccinated against measles, rubella, and polio.

01:29 [SPEAKING IN TAGALOG]

01:45 The whole of society must exert efforts

01:49 to suppress the alarming rise of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

01:54 To stem the tide, the strategic plan

01:56 is to ensure early diagnosis and treatment and ample testing

02:00 sites and medications.

02:02 Our health care system is undergoing structural changes.

02:06 Public health facilities are being increased,

02:08 both in number and in capability.

02:11 Last year, more than 3,400 projects

02:16 were completed to improve capacity

02:18 for specialized medical treatment.

02:20 Specialty centers in various fields

02:23 are being established and integrated

02:26 into our government hospitals.

02:28 And in the last year, additional 60 specialty centers

02:31 have been opened to the public.

02:34 Just last week, we inspected the site

02:36 of what will soon be a five-hectare multi-specialty

02:40 center in Pampanga, which will specialize

02:42 in pediatrics, cardiology, kidney, and cancer treatment.

02:46 [APPLAUSE]

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