About The Campaign For The Filipino Children
The Campaign for Filipino Children's Apl of My Eye Project is a two-year initiative-2014 to 2016-that addresses a critical medical concern in the Philippines: the pediatric, eye affliction called retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
The Apl of my Eye
The Campaign for Filipino Children's Apl of My Eye Project is a two-year initiative--2014 to 2016--that addresses a critical medical concern in the Philippines: the pediatiric, eye affliction called retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
Every year, at least ten percent of all births in the Philippines
involving premature babies are caused in part by the relative
deficient nature of prenatal care available to the poor. At least thirty percent of these premature babies develop etinopathy of prematurity (ROP) a disease that causes abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina from excessive oxygenation.
In partnership with the Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology the Campaign for Filipino Children intends to enter into partnerships with four pilot hospitals in the Philippines. These may include but not limited to: a central training hospital in the capital of
Metropolitan Manila; a hospital in the province of Tarlac and/or
Pampanga in the Luzon region; a hospital in the province of Cebu and/or Iloilo in the Visayas region; and one in the province of