Barangay Upper Salug Daku's health center provides immunization to infants and children up to 5 years old as mandated by the Department of Health. The infants and children's weight and height, as well as their mid-upper arm circumference, are measured by the barangay nutrition scholar before getting vaccinated.
The barangay cares for their pregnant women and with this, they provide pre-natal and post-natal services at their barangay health center. Their height, weight, mid-upper arm circumference, blood pressure, and vaccination status are taken, recorded and updated every third Friday of the month.
Contraceptive pills are being given to the women of the barangay as part of the family planning program. The female population of Upper Salug Daku also come to refill for contraceptive pills and updates the nurse on the status of their contraception and health.
The Barangay Nutrition Scholar, Ms Lolita Ordinario, together with the medical students goes around the barangay to accomplish the "Operation Timbang" program. She also collects data on the height and weight of the children around each purok of the barangay and distribute deworming pills for kids who is due for deworming, and vitamins as part of "Garantisadong Pambata" program.
We also visited the Upper Salug Daku Elementary School to collect data on the height, weight, lice infestation and who were bitten by dogs or cats on the elementary school students.