Volunteer youth leaders for health - Philippines: Providing a mechanism for youth empowerment towards advocacy for birth defects prevention and care
Issue Date
7-2017
Abstract
The Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health - Philippines (VYLH-Philippines) is a national youth network established in 2009 as a model of how to organize young women and men into a national force that promotes self-learning, independence, personal growth and sustained positive public health change from the grassroots level and up. Formed under the aegis of the University of the Philippines Manila and the Department of Health, the VYLH-Philippines has focused its activities in the past eight years on helping reduce mortality and disability from congenital disorders through awareness programs and support for policy development. This paper describes in detail the organization and extraordinary accomplishments of the VYLH-Philippines to date.
Source or Periodical Title
Acta Medica Philippina
ISSN
16071
Volume
51
Issue
3
Page
167-174
Document Type
Article
Language
English
Subject
Birth defects, Newborn screening, Public health, Rare diseases, Volunteer youth leaders, Volunteers
Recommended Citation
Padilla, C., Sur, A.L.D., Pascual, R.J., Enriquez, C.E.P., Adducul, R.T.Y., Tumulak, M.A.R., De la Paz, E.M.C., Berboso, A.G.D., Abarquez, C.G., Dizon, F.C., Posecion, J.E.C., Cavan, B., Alcausin, M., Mendioro, M., Howson, C.P. (2017). Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health - Philippines: Providing a Mechanism for Youth Empowerment towards Advocacy for Birth Defects Prevention and Care. Acta Medica Philippina 51 (3), 167-174.
Identifier
DOI:10.47895/amp.v51i3.532
Digital Copy
yes
En – AGROVOC descriptors
Birth defects; Newborn screening; Public health; Rare diseases; Volunteer youth leaders; Volunteers