The health caravan implored the importance of pre-natal check-up, safe pregnancy and delivery, birth spacing and hand washing amid a festive atmosphere here spliced with cultural performances from the natives.
Some 1,500 residents in the town have been expected to avail the services of the LBK caravan, organizers said.
Aligned with the Aquino administration’s health agenda of universal access to quality health care, LBK aims to bring quality health information, education and services to Filipino people especially in remote communities.
The LBK features a bus customized with consultation and examination clinics and a health promotion arena of interactive exhibits, health classes and wellness activities, storytelling sessions, cooking demos, games and raffles, dance contests and entertainment shows focused on safe motherhood, child nutrition and family health.
LBK carries the theme “Walang Iwanan sa Biyaheng Kalusugan.”
The LBK in South Cotabato was the eighth in a 10-leg destination that started in Capas, Tarlac last March.
Five destinations have been identified in Mindanao. (Bong S. Sarmiento / MindaNews)
