Wishlist for the efficient implementation of service delivery networks

ABSTRACT

@#In the Philippines, the concept of a local network of facility-based services, coordinated to efficiently implement health care programs, has been encouraged in the past. In 2008, through an administrative order to address maternal and neonatal health risks, the Department of Health (DOH) Secretary stipulated that the “DOH shall advocate and promote the standards of a stable and mature service delivery network to local stakeholders.”1 The implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act 10354, or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act (RPRH) Act of 2012, defined specific standards for facilities within a service delivery network (SDN) to support reproductive health care.