NORTHERN MINDANAO, Philippines -- In the midst of the severe flooding brought on by tropical storm Washi, Analiza Tumanda was resigned to the idea of giving birth on the rooftop of a neighbour’s house. But as raging floodwaters started sweeping away houses along the banks of Cagayan River, Analiza, her husband and their three children (ages 8, 6 and 3) were forced to flee, moving from one rooftop to anotheralong with neighbours. Although she was in her ninth month of pregnancy, she … [Read more...]
The Philippines – Teaming up to provide Maternal Care post floods
February 21, 2012 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: ASIA, FEATURED, SELF CARE, WORLD EVENTS Tagged With: A Celeration of Women, Akbayan Youth, Barangay Health Workers, child-birth, Commission on Human Rights, Department of Health, Department of Justice, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, flood zones, floods, health care, Iligan Medical Society, Iligan Society of Gynecologists, lactating women, maternal care, NORTHERN MINDANAO, Philippine National Police, Philippine Nurses Association-Iligan Chapter, Philippines, pregnant, pregnant women, Save the Children, the Philippines, Touch Foundation, UNFPA, women.
