Health Services

Every pregnant woman has a right to quality care throughout her pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period.

Good quality antenatal care contributes to a healthy pregnancy for mother and baby and can prevent or treat risks, illness, and death. odoVita works to make that right a reality for the women living in the poorest neighborhoods with limited access to quality antenatal care.

odoVita is committed to providing comprehensive health services for children to ensure their optimal growth and well-being, with the aim of helping to counteract the challenging living conditions they face. Comprehensive health services for children help prevent, diagnose, and manage common childhood illnesses. They also include guidance for appropriate child feeding and providing care for malnutrition.

Comprehensive family planning services are designed to empower individuals and couples to make informed decisions about their reproductive health and desired family size. odoVita strives to provide non-judgmental, confidential, and respectful care to ensure that individuals and couples can access the family planning services that best suit their needs and preferences.

Non-communicable diseases are on the rise globally, adding an additional burden on our patients. odoVita aims to increase awareness and understanding of these diseases, which include conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and cancer. We work towards offering

comprehensive services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of non-communicable diseases for all community members. 

We emphasize the importance of early detection and offer education and support to help patients manage their chronic disease effectively, reducing the risk of complications and improving their quality of life.

Brain development and learning depend on responsive caregiving and experiences in early childhood, including in the womb of the mother before birth. Negative experiences may affect a child’s brain development and lead to long-term physical and mental health problems later in life.

odoVita aims for young parents to enroll their children in an Early Years program to monitor and support their growth and development, ensure children are breastfed as well as vaccinated, and receive Vitamin A supplementation, deworming, and iron supplementation if needed to grow and develop optimally. We are also committed to working with parents to identify areas that may need additional support and assess whether there are risk factors for developmental difficulties that can be addressed.

Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from ages 10 to 19. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health. According to the World Health Organization, “adolescent well-being depends on a range of factors, including healthy food, education, life skills and employability, connectedness, feeling valued by society, safe and supportive environments, resilience, and the freedom to make choices”.

We are working to make some of these a reality for the adolescents growing up in Tondo. odoVita is committed to providing non-judgemental adolescent friendly health services and works with teenagers to prevent unwanted pregnancies, become health activists and take charge of their own health.

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Among the most common health issues in our community are upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, tuberculosis, skin infections and diarrheal illnesses. 

High levels of air pollution, environmental contaminants, limited access to sanitation and incomplete childhood immunizations are compounded by overcrowded living conditions. 

Alongside treatment of acute illness, odoVita offers nutritional support as well as education aimed at preventing disease transmission.

Our health programmes empower parents and children to increase control over their health and to encourage healthy behaviours, e.g. healthy nutrition, oral health and physical activity but also promotion of early childhood development and mental health. odoVita is committed to supporting early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and continued breastfeeding after 6 months, as well as support for appropriate complementary feeding and for transition to a healthy family diet.  

We fully recognize the challenges of healthy nutrition in the poorest communities but reject cynicism and instead look for creative solutions and strive to learn resilience from our communities.