After developing and testing initial versions of the “A Healthy Me” curriculum in government and non-government refuge shelters, Cebu City Municipal Health Office and the Department of Health (Region VII) agreed to further pilot the program in ten communities. The pilot is being funded the Department of Health with existing community health staff acting as program facilitators.

Today a training session was undertaken prior to the start of the program in three weeks. The training was undertaken over four hours and employed the same format and educational tools used in A Healthy Me’s curriculum. Nineteen Cebu City Health staff participated in the training, including three nurse supervisors and 16 community health staff.