Monday, June 23, 2008

SOCIO-MEDICAL CLINIC

The AID Foundation provides health services through a socio-medical clinic—health center with the interrelations of medicine and social welfare. This clinic is the only clinic in the region run and managed by a non-government organization.



Clinic hours: 8:00AM - 5:00PM on Monday through Saturday.
Clinic In-Charge - Ms. Josephine “jojo” C. Aranton




Our clinic serves its clients with the following services:
● Services Rendered (Number of Patients Served)
● IUD Insertion (136)
● IUD Removal (41)
● IUD Check-up (61)
● Pill Users (132)
● Condom Served (26)
● Pregnancy test (20)
● Pap’s Smear (223)
● Gram Staining Smear (135)
● Prenatal (11)
● Consultation (17)
● Circumcision (134)
● Cauterization (20)
● B/P Check-Up (10)
● IE (17)
● Injection (20)
● Dressing of wounds (4)
● Immunization (6)
● Urine Processing (4)
● Testing Pills (8)
● DMPA Injection (16)





***AWARD***


In 2001, the AID Foundation was awarded the RAFAEL M. SALAS POPULATION & DEVELOPMENT AWARD as the only NGO in Caraga Region operating a Socio-Medico Clinic.
The Rafael M. Salas Population and Development Award (RMSPDA) is a yearly prestigious award by POPCOM (The Commission on Population of the Philippines), which aims to perpetuate the legacies of Mr. Salas by honoring and giving due recognition to individuals/groups for their outstanding achievement and contributions in the field of population and development.

For more information about the award, go to the website of the Commission on Population of the Philippines “Knowing the Man and the Award” <http://
www.popcom.gov.ph>.