Garantisadong Pambata (GP)

Definition

Garantisadong Pambata is a biannual week long delivery of a package of health services

to children between the ages of 0-59 months old with the purpose of reducing morbidity
and mortality among under fives through the promotion of positive Filipino values for
proper child growth and development.

Routine Health Services

Health Service

Dosage

Vitamin A capsule

200,000 IU or 1
capsule100,000 IU or
cap or 3 drops

Route of
Administration
Orally by drops

Ferrous Sulfate(25 mg.

0.3ml(2-6 mos) once a Orally by drops
Elemental Iron per ml; 30 ml. day
Bottle as taken home medicine
with instructions)
0.6ml(6- 11mos) once
a day

Routine Immunization-BCG*

Intradermal on
right deltoid

Target Population
12-59 months old,
nationwide9-12 months old
infants receiving AMV
nationwide
2-11 months old infants in
Mindanao area, including
evacuation centers in armed
conflict areas.

Nationwide0-11 mos

-DPT*

0.05ml

-OPV*

0.5ml

-AMV*

2 drops

-Hepa B (if

0.5ml

0-11 mos
Intramuscularly on
anterior thigh
0-11 mos
Orally
9-11 mos
Subcutaneously on
deltoid
0-11 mos

available)

0.5ml

Intramuscularly

Deworming drug(if available) 1 tablet as single dose Orally

Weighing

36-59 mos, nationwide

0-59 mos, nationwide

The child should not have received megadose of Vit. A above the recommended dosage
within the past 4 weeks except if the child has measles or signs and symptoms of Vit A.
deficiency.

For any child between 12-23 months, who missed any of his routine immunization, the
health worker should give the child the necessary antigen to complete FIC and shall be
recorded as such.

Garantisadong Pambata
Sangkap Pinoy

Vitamin A, Iron and Iodine

Sources: green leafy and yellow vegetables, fruits, liver, seafoods, iodized salt, pan de
bida and other fortified foods.

These micronutrients are not produced by the body, and must be taken in the food we eat;
essential in the normal process of growth and development:
1. Helps the body to regulate itself
2. Necessary in energy metabolism
3. Vital in brain cell formation and mental development
4. Necessary in the body immune system to protect the body from severe infection.
5. Eating Sangkap Pinoy-rich foods can prevent and control:

Protein Energy Malnutrition

Vitamin A Deficiency

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Iodine Deficiency Disorder

Breastfeeding

Breast milk is best for babies up to 2 years old. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended
for the first six months of life. At about six months, give carefully selected nutritious
foods as supplements.

Breastfeeding provides physical and psychological benefits for children and mothers as
well as economic benefits for families and societies.

Benefits:

For infants
1. Provides a nutritional complete food for the young infant.
2. Strengthens the infants immune system, preventing many infections.
3. Safely rehydrates and provides essential nutrients to a sick child, especially to those
suffering from diarrheal diseases.
4. Reduces the infants exposure to infection.
For the Mother
1. Reduces a womans risk of excessive blood loss after birth
2. Provides a natural method of delaying pregnancies.
3. Reduces the risk of ovarian and breast cancers and osteoporosis.
For the Family and Community
1. Conserves funds that otherwise would be spent on breast milk substitute, supplies and
fuel to prepare them.
2. Saves medical costs to families and governments by preventing illnesses and by
providing immediate postpartum contraception.
Complimentary Feeding for Babies 6-11 Months Old

What are Complementary Foods?

1. foods introduced to the child at the age 6 months to supplement breastmilk
2. Given progressively until the child is used to three meals and in-between feedings at the
age of one year.
Why is there a Need to Give Complementary Foods?
1. breastmilk can be a single source of nourishment from birth up to six months of life.
2. The childs demands for food increases as he grows older and breastmilk alone is not
enough to meet his increased nutritional needs for rapid growth and development
3. Breastmilk should be supplemented with other foods so that the child can get additional
nutrients

4. Introduction of complementary foods will accustom him to new foods that will also
provide additional nutrients to make him grow well
5. Breastfeeding, however, should continue for as long as the mother is able and has milk
which could be as long as two years
How to Give Complementary Foods for Babies 6-11 Months Old?
1. Prepare mixture of thick lugao/ cooked rice, soft cooked vegetables. Egg yolk, mashed
beans, flaked fish/chicken/ground meat and oil.
2. Give mixture by teaspoons 2-4 times daily, increasing the amount of teaspoons and
number of feeding until the full recommended amount is consumed
3. Give bite-sized fruit separately
4. Give egg alone or combine with above food mixture