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Through its official Facebook page, the Department of Health explained the role of the Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) in this time of emergency health crisis caused by COVID-19.

According to DOH, the BHWs are community volunteers who underwent formal training to provide healthcare for all the families who resides in their assigned area or catchment area. They are the frontliners in your barangay.

BHWs also work hand in hand with other members of the health team (doctors, nurses, and midwives) in promoting the health programs and services in the community. They also serve as community organizers who provide instruction and information about health.

Check how your BHWs can help you in the list below:

• Provide information about the disease (transmission and prevention) and suggest activities that can be done while the community is under home quarantine or isolation.
• Determine the persons who are ill or showing symptoms like sore throat, cough, or fever.
• Monitor the families who are under home quarantine.
• Monitor and provide care for the patients who are in Community Isolation Units.
• Apart from responding to the COVID-19 threat, they also help provide medical services in the barangay such as preventing malnutrition, encouraging vaccination, and checking up on pregnant women.

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country, the DOH reminds everyone to stay at home in order to contain and prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease.

For those who wish to be part of GMA's efforts to help stop the spread of COVID-19, you may visit the Kapuso Foundation by logging on to https://www.gmanetwork.com/kapusofoundation/donate.

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