CHILDREN'S CAUSES UPDATE: Kids with disabilities in NCR gets free medical evaluation and diagnosis as part of the celebration of 2013 National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week. The activity is a partnership of the Department of Health - National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) in coordination with the Philippine Association for Citizens with Developmental and Learning Disabilities (PACDLD. ) “We would like these children to be to properly identified, appropriately diagnosed by medical professionals and be provided with the proper treatment and intervention for their care and treatment,” Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo stated. “We will also educate the parents of these children for them to fully understand their disability and give them the proper care based on their needs,” he added. Medical professionals and hospitals involve in the activity were from the Philippine Children's Medical Center and National Children’s Hospital. DOH-NCR earlier announced that a medical team will evaluate and diagnose children with disability from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the DOH-NCR Amphitheater, Blk. #6, Barangay Road, Welfareville Compound, Barangay Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave an estimate of 10% or about 8.5 million Filipinos have disability and 3.9 million needs rehabilitation services on a regular basis. But only 0.9 million were given access to health services. A 2005 study conducted by the Department of Education also reveals that there are 2.7 million Filipino children with disability. Of these only 78,144 (1.9%) are attending school.....

PIA | Philippine Information Agency | Children with disabilities in NCR gets free medical evaluation, diagnosis: "In Metro Manila there is an estimated 100,000 children with disabilities that are yet to be identified and properly diagnosed by a medical professional. Janairo emphasized that DOH-NCR will provide financial support and manpower to perform assessment for targeted children.“We will conduct five medical campaigns for PWDs all over the region to seek out and identify more children with disabilities and provide them their much needed care and medical attention," he said.From 2007-2012, the PACDLD together with DOH-NCR have conducted three batches of Training on the Prevention, Early Detection and Intervention of Disabilities Among Children from selected staff of local government units and parents of PWDs. " CLICK ABOVE LINK TO READ FULL ARTICLE

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