The project is in partnership with the Child Protection Network, UNICEF, and the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC).
The Tele-WCPU centers will bring free comprehensive medical, psychosocial, and legal services closer to women and children who are victims of abuse with the use of modern technology.
The Tele-WCPU centers are located in Barangay Buhangin, Calinan, Marilog, Matina Crossing, Talomo, Tibungco, SPMC- Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Integrated Gender and Development Division (IGDD), and the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO).
The Tele-WCPU centers will connect abuse victims to SPMC-WCPU--a multi-disciplinary team of trained child protection doctors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, developmental pediatric doctors, police officers, and lawyers who will render services such as medical follow-ups, mental health follow-ups, legal, and social services, and a child helpline that provides consultation on child abuse.
The audio and video consultation at the Tele-WCPU centers are offered for free.
In a report from the City Information Office, Dr. Marie Aimee Hyacinth Bretaña, the coordinator of the SPMC-WCPU, said that with the teleconsultation program, the abused women or children no longer need to go to SPMC for follow-up consultations.
Photo from Davao City Government
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