The NBS partners and stakeholders in Western Visayas value the essential role of the youth in nation-building and promoting health and well-being because the YOUTH can!
With its persistent efforts in ensuring screening of all newborns for NBS disorders, the Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development conducted a VYLH-Philippines Visayas Cluster Camp: Shaping the Next Generation of Health Champions last Sept. 27- 29, 2024 at the Nature’s Village Resort, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
Held in collaboration with the Newborn Screening Center Visayas and Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health-Philippines, the activity aimed to provide potential youth advocates with the necessary information to effectively disseminate and advocate the NBS program. Forty-four (44) youth leaders (15-30 years old) from various universities and community-based youth organizations from the different island groups of Panay-Guimaras, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Mindoro participated in the three-day activity and were given the batch name, Salinlahi.
As a commitment to the network, Batch Salinlahi discussed various school and community-based advocacy activities in support of campaign implementation during the regional planning session, including basic IEC campaign activities, advocacy lectures, etc.
The Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health-Philippines is a network of proactive, service-oriented, and empowered visionary leaders equipped with knowledge and skills to mobilize the youth toward addressing health issues. Currently, the network has four (4) advocacies: NBS program, folic acid supplementation, preconception health, and rare disease/orphan disorders.
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