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I - VISION/MISSION
Vision
A generation of healthy and productive citizens of Quezon Province
Mission
Consistently providing optimal preventive healthcare services and interventions in the first 1000
days of a child’s life
II - GENERAL FUNCTION/MANDATE
Quezon’s First 1000 Days of Life (Q1K) Program aims to optimize the implementation of the
national and provincial programs on maternal and child care, immunization, nutrition and
sanitation focused on the antenatal, post-natal, neonatal and infant care through holistic and
systematic approach in the interaction among pregnant women in Quezon province. Q1K sets
new standards in maternal and child care and integrative family support which allow each child
to attain his or her true potential.
The program had undergone thorough conceptualization and planning spearheaded by the
Honorable Governor David C. Suarez, together with the provincial administrator, executive
assistants and department heads. Under Executive Order No. 17, a Q1K Council was created and
to further ensure the success and continuity of this project, a technical working group was
organized, members of which were hand-picked by each concerned department heads. This
group was tasked to derive a solid framework from which the program should be based on. The
main framework concentrates on three major components namely: Healthcare and Sanitation;
Food and Nutrition; and Social Care.
III - ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
A. Personnel
DAVID C. SUAREZ
Governor
JENNY S. LOPEZ ROMULO M. EDANO JR.
Adviser Adviser
ANNA VILLARAZA-SUAREZ
Program Co-chairperson
SECRETARIATS
Karla G. Cabreros
MA. CRISTINA T. LOPEZ
General Secretariat Kenneth P. Villanueva
Gian Carlo R. Reynoso
Sherneth Kaye Ann L. Rafael
Q1K COUNCIL May Ann D. Del Fierro
GRACE V. SANTIAGO
Program Management Officer
SLSU
TECHNICAL WORKING
THIRD PARTY
GROUP
EVALUATOR
Q1K COORDINATORS
Duties/Functions/Responsibilities
The Provincial Governor is the initiator of the Quezon’s First 1000 Days of Life program. His
duty is to oversee the program operation and make appropriate orders for its improvement. He is
responsible for the appointment and establishment of the Q1K Council. Also, he heads the
primary decision-making body with regard to matters pertaining to program management and is
responsible for approving budgetary allocation needed for Q1K.
The Adviser serves as the principal consultant of the Chairperson to make reasonable and
prudent decisions regarding issues on the implementation of the Q1K program. In addition, he
should be available to the officers of the organization on a regular basis for consultation.
The Q1K Council is composed of the Department Heads of the provincial offices. Members are
responsible for taking lead roles in the implementation of the program. Also, it is their
responsibility to make sure that updates of the program have been made and reported during the
monthly council meetings.
The Program Management Officer is in control of the overall program management and
supervises the Technical Working Group. She is responsible for the review and approval of
formulated guidelines, rules and regulations of the Technical Working Group. She coordinates
with the council members to report the status of the program. Also, she ensures that the delivery
of basic health services is provided adequately to the beneficiaries.
The Technical Working Group is composed of representatives from various departments. They
are responsible for the formulation of program implementation guidelines, rules and regulations.
The group conducts meetings for the discussion of specific Q1K matters and for taking
immediate actions to address issues that can emerge at any point of the program implementation.
Also, it is the duty of the group to ensure that all available interventions at the level of the
provincial government will be executed for the Q1K. Meetings will be held for reporting and
consolidation of data as frequent as possible.
Focal persons are those individuals representing the major components of the Q1K program.
They are selected from the Technical Working Group and are responsible for making sure that
various Q1K activities are working well through its course of implementation.
Q1K Coordinators are comprised of nurses/midwives who are detailed in each city and
municipality to care for the pregnant women and her child during the first 1,000 days of life.
They will closely monitor the status of their beneficiaries and will work hand-in-hand with the
municipal stakeholders in the implementation of the Q1K program.
The third party evaluator is acted upon by the Southern Luzon State University. They are
responsible for the selection of the Q1K beneficiaries, data validation and geo-tagging among the
prioritized municipalities. They will assess and evaluate the impact of the program on each
beneficiary as well as to the society.
B. Seminars/Conference/Meetings/Trainings Attended
12 PILOT MUNICIPALITIES
2%
w/ findings = 17
w/o findings = 907
98%
8%
NSD = 849
Caesarean Section = 75
92%
2% 2%
25%
QMC = 230
40%
RHU/Lying-in/Birthing
Home = 288
District Hospitals = 371
31%
Private Hospitals/Lying-in =
21
POST-PARTUM VISIT, N = 924
IMMUNIZATION, N = 932
8% 8%
84%
NEWBORN SCREENING, N = 932
4%
Normal = 904
96% W/ findings = 28
6%
Exclusive
Breastfeeding=
872
Mixed Feeding=
52
94%
9% 5%
19%
18%
Unsanitary= 91
72%
w/o Toilet= 171
1%
9%
Few= 406
44%
Moderate= 83
Saturated= 6
HOME GARDEN
• All the 924 beneficiaries were given seeds for home garden
• Most of the seeds planted and harvested are petchay, mustasa, and okra
• Some were able to establish ampalaya, kalabasa, sitaw and kangkong but very limited of
them were able to grow carrots and onion
• Vegetables harvested are for family consumption and some were sold