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Browse our latest documents and publications covering G-Watch Monitoring Manuals, Governance Reform Studies, Political Democracy and Reforms (PODER) Publications, and Vertical Integration Research.

PRO-Health Monitoring Report: The Imperatives of Strengthening Community-Based Health Services

This report presents the findings of PRO-Health monitoring conducted by about 300 volunteer-monitors in 13 sites all over the country from April 2023 to February 2024. The monitoring covered 257 health units mostly visited twice and interviewed 794 health workers and 1,364 citizen-beneficiaries using three monitoring tools designed according to the multi-level monitoring approach of G-Watch.

 
Multiply-Ed Monitoring Report on Learning Continuity and Transparency, Participation and Accountability in School Governance

In 2022, 237 volunteer-monitors of Multiply-Ed from 53 schools all over the country conducted a school-level monitoring on the implementation of the Department of Education Basic Education - Learning Continuity Plans (BE-LCP).

What is inside the report?

 
Learning About Advocacy and Engagement to Improve Government Responsiveness in Health: A Report on PRO-Health Cebu Learning Exchange

This report documents the highlights of the learning exchange convened by Government Watch (G-Watch) in Cebu City on April 24-26, 2024. The learning exchange reflected on the ongoing health accountability initiative of G-Watch with Accountability Research Center (ARC) called Promoting Rights Organizing for Health or PRO-Health, particularly looking into advocacy and engagement to improve government responsiveness in health.

During the said learning exchange, the following were accomplished that were presented in the report:

 
Gaps and opportunities in the access and quality of RMNCA health services in the Philippines: A Review of Existing Evidence

In this report, G-Watch presents its review of evidence on the access and quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn, children and adolescent health (RMNCAH). The report summarizes key points from 80 related reports, studies and documents reviewed, presenting the profile of Philippine health governance, including the legal framework, the key policy actors, and the major programs and services; the barriers and challenges in the access to quality reproductive, maternal, neonatal, children and adolescent health; and the relevant gaps and opportunities. 

 
The Importance of Accountability in Fiscal Reforms: Learning from G-Watch’s Multi-Level Monitoring of Health Budget from Sin Tax

The 10th issue of TPA Now! looks into the accountability system in health fiscal reforms, particularly in the spending of health budget from the Sin Tax.