Dagupan City picked as pilot area for Swedish project
DAGUPAN City has been chosen by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) as one of the recipients of the Program on Sustainable Sanitation for East Asia-Philippines (SEA-Philippines).
Other recipients of the program are Alabel, Eastern Samar; Ormoc, Leyte; Saranggani City; General Santos City; and Mountain Province.
In line with this grant, the city government will soon enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Health (DOH) that will formalize and confirm their partnership for the implementation of the program.
Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. will sign it with Yolanda Oliveros, Director IV of the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control of the Department of Health, along with DOH Regional Director Eduardo Janairo and City Health Officer Leonard Carbonell witnessing the signing.
Carbonell said the city will receive approximately US$200,000 (or P9 million) aside from the additional grants that will be given by SIDA to other deserving ongoing sanitation-related projects in the city.
Mayor Fernandez said the project also aims to address health concerns associated with sanitation, noting reports that poor sanitation and management of domestic waste water has led to health problems and even death among thousands of Filipinos, especially children under the age of 5.
Among the activities to be undertaken is identification of strategies to protect existing water sources and water eco-system as well as the development of surveillance mechanisms for diarrhea.
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