ROOTS
HEALS was established in 2008 specifically to address the growing health needs of communities in the Eastern Visayas region . The founding members, advocates of community medicine, decided to form a group which would embody the primary health care approach – affordable, accessible, appropriate, and available health for all.
VISION
HEALS
envisions a society where poverty, hunger, inequity and oppression have been
eliminated; a society where basic needs, are recognized in policy and practice
as basic rights and not just a privilege of a few. Health
care shall be relevant, affordable, accessible and responsive to the needs of
the people. Health shall be a right and
a responsibility shared by health workers and the entire citizenry.
MISSION
HEALS
shall support and assist village health organizations in the Eastern Visayas region in setting up
an alternative, relevant health care system at the community level.
GOALS
1. To assist in the formation and establishment
of a people-managed health care system at the community level and ensure
mechanisms for access to all levels and types of health care services.
2.
To uphold health as a human right and promote the physical, mental, and
social well-being of individuals and
society.
STRATEGIES
1. Organizing and Networking
2. Advocacy and public information
3. Education and Training
4. Provision of basic health services
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
1. Village-level Health Care
a. Basic Health Services and Education
b. Training of Volunteer Health Workers (health,
personal development, management and leadership skills)
c. Health Organizational Building (Regional
Health Network
2. Direct Health Services
a. Walk-in Clinic
b. Referral Network
c. Promotion of Herbal
and Complementary
Medicines
d. Medical missions
3. Community Health Human Resource Development
a. Student Immersion Program
b. Pool of Medical Volunteers
4. Networking
b. Resource Development
5. Advocacy, Public Information and Research
a. Data Banking and Information Systems
Development
i. Health Modules
and References
ii. Updates on
health news, indicators, and policies
b. Advocacy—Local and International
c. Research on Community Health/Traditional
Medicine
