Health Programs

     Maternal Care Program

    Maternal Care is one of the priority of the  General Santos City Health Department. It consists of comprehensive health services provided to mothers throughout pregnancy, labor and puerperium. The program aims to improve the over-all reproductive health status of women in order to uplift their status and general welfare, thus ensuring the health and welfare of their children in particular and their families in general. Services include adequate prenatal, natal, postnatal care, food and micronutrient supplementation, dental care, tetanus toxoid immunization, family planning services, and health counseling

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     Child Care Program

Under Five Clinic (UFC)

     Under-Five Clinic is a package of health services rendered to children ages 0-59 months old. The package  includes immunization, nutrition, control of diarrheal diseases (CDD), control of acute respiratory infection (CARI), and growth monitoring through the use of growth monitoring chart.