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Title: Kalinga-Apayao's BVM program. Author: Padilla TM. Journal: Popul Forum; 1976 Mar; 2(3):2-5. PubMed ID: 12334204. Abstract: In the poor, densely-populated north Luzon province of Kalinga-Apayao, the provincial government and the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Office jointly sponsor a program of para-medical service to remote areas called Barangay Volunteer Medic (BVM). Volunteers, who are generally "arbularyo," retired military personnel, high school dropouts and graduates and former girl scouts and boy scouts, work in their own free time, and receive a small monthly stipend. The volunteer's most important attribute is his spirit and his dedication to volunteerism. During their month-long training, BVMs are instructed in prescription and administration of medicine for ailments common among the Kalingas. Increasingly, the BVM has become involved in family planning education and dispensation, but traditional motivations to have large families are very strong.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]