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    Analysis and assessment of the performance of the Municipal Leadership and Governance Program (MLGP) partner municipalities in improving health outcomes
    Araneta, Francine Nicole M.; Bebita, Valerie Anne N.; Endoma, Vivienne F.; Estanda, Marvyn Kerziel A.; Gupeteo, Mary Pauline Kriszl E.; Lebosada , Billy John F.; Magsipoc, Karla Mae B.; Pabello, Kimberly T.; Samoro, Karmela Marie G.; Villaruel, Rigel Kent Q. (2016-05)
    The Zuellig Family Foundation through the Municipal Leadership and Governance Program (MLGP) aims to bridge the gap between the Filipinos and the promise of universal health care through the local health managers. They developed a local health scheme with focus on the World Health Organization’s six building blocks of health system so the country can achieve the Millennium Development Goals on health by 2015. However, there are still no available methods that can measure the success of health programs such as the MLGP. In order to address this issue, the researchers proposed to quantify and assess the health outcomes and the municipality performance. Heath outcomes are represented using secondary data provided by the MLGP municipalities on the performance indicators for MDGs for health. Municipality performance is quantified using a scoring system developed by the researchers based on the performance indicators assigned by the ZFF for each WHO building-block and significant improvement in municipality performance was found. The health data was analyzed by comparing the medians of yearly data using non- parametric/distribution-free sign tests. Among the health indicators with complete data for all 28 municipalities, significant difference in health outcomes was found in the data proportions of ratio of facility-based deliveries (FBD), ratio of births attended by births attended by skilled personnel (SBA), contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), and proportion of fully immunized children (FIC). Maternal and infant mortality ratio, under-five mortality rates and malnutrition rate did not show any significant difference within the two-year intervention time span. Ratio of facility-based deliveries and ratio of births attended by skilled personnel showed significant positive correlations with health financing, health service delivery, and total performance indicators. There is also a significant positive correlation between CPR and leadership and governance, health financing, health human resource, access to medicine and technology, health service delivery and total performance indicators. However, it is interesting to note that the data on fully immunized children showed significant but negative correlations with leadership and governance performance indicators.
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    Identification and antibiotic resistance of enterococcus (Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984) species isolated from Iloilo river
    Ansino, Jan Reygine G. (Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2014-04)
    The presence of Enterococci species in the water has long been regarded as an indicator of fecal contamination. With the increasing rate of antimicrobial resistance globally, infections caused by enterococcal species became difficult to treat. The study determined the species distributions and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Enterococcus species isolated from water and sediment samples in the Iloilo River. Susceptibility of the isolates was tested against ampicillin, penicillin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, doxycycline, erythromycin, tetracycline, and vancomycin. Among the 115 fecal coliform samples, a total of 61 (53%) isolates were confirmed to belong to the genus Enterococcus. Of these, 40% were identified as Enterococcus faecalis, followed by Enterococcus faecium 33% and Enterococcus avium (4%). Isolates showed resistance to tetracycline (51%), erythromycin (18%), and doxycycline (13%) and a high level susceptibility to ampicillin (100%), chloramphenicol (93%), and penicillin (90%). Multiple antibiotic resistance patterns revealed resistance to at least four antibiotics. Six (12%) vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) were detected. The results revealed low level of antibiotic resistance in the river. However, the presence of these fecal contaminants in the river can still pose a potential risk to the human health and the of spread of antibiotic resistance genes, indicating the great importance of improving risk management practices in the river.