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THE coin bank program of the municipality of Peñarrubia in Abra province, which encourages those who are pregnant to save money for emergencies, is contributing to the town’s zero neonatal death rate since 2012.Liza Buenafe, who delivered her third child in August 2016, told the Philippine News Agency in a phone interview on Monday that she only added PHP3,000 to her savings to cover the PHP8,000 hospital bill.
“The common problems encountered by families when emergencies arise during childbirth include not having a single amount when they are referred to higher level birthing facilities where they have to undergo laboratory tests and others services that they have to pay,” she said.She said the pregnant are given free coin banks the first time they have their prenatal check up at the RHU.
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