Hernani, Eastern Samar

December 18, 2013

Hernani

Located on the eastern seaboard of Samar Island

Demographics

5th class municipality (by income, the 2nd poorest among 23 towns in Eastern Samar)

13 barangays with 11 coastal barangays

Roughly 10,000 people with 8/10 living below poverty line

Health Unit

1 Rural Health Unit (RHU) with 2 Barangay Health Station (BHS)

1 doctor, 8 nurses, 5 midwives, 1 sanitation inspector

Health data system is paper based

Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)

November 8, 2013

Signal 4, the surge affected 10 barangays

An estimated of 7-10 meters in sea level rise was experienced

Current Health Services

RHU not fully functional

Most of the records has been inundated

Difficulty in providing service due to the loss of client list

Obstacles

Damaged and obliterated facilities

Inadequate equipment and office supply

Lack finances

Paralysed local government operations