Quezon City

Barangays Covered

Pansol
Tatalon

Number of Communities
(Sitios, zones, streets, etc)

Estimated Population of RUP

Communities

47, 931

NGO Partner

Institute of Politics and

Governance

Quezon City Story

Quezon City is one of the cities with largest land area and
population in the Philippines. This is why for the City Health
Department and its NGO partner, the Institute of Politics and
Governance (IPG), it is important that the interventions implemented
for RUP be both sustainable and replicable to other barangays in
the city. Thus, during the implementation of this RUP phase, the
QCHD developed systems and mechanisms to improve the health
services for the urban poor. One system is in the maternal and
neonatal services. It was packaged into an appealing health
education and services campaign entitled, Bibong Buntis (vibrant
pregnant woman), complete with a mother-baby book and various
information educational and communication (IEC) materials. Using its own
technical expertise, IPG installed an SMS-based tracking and clientadvisory/health information system at the two health centres of the RUP
barangays for improved client management. The QCHD and the IPG were also able to
acquire the support of the city LGU, not only to provide resources to complement the
interventions, but more importantly, to enroll close to 700 women in the national health
insurance system (PhilHealth). Aside from that, a participatory, multi-sectoral approach in
community planning was also piloted as part of the RUP interventions.
Results of RUP implementation
Improvements were observed in terms of the performance of the two RUP barangays in the
city in 2011, compared to that of 2010 particularly on core MNCHN indicators.

Source: QC Health Department, 2012