Organization: Equitable National Alliance on Integrated Care for Sensory Impairments and Rehabilitation Across the Life Course
Title: “Local Government Leadership in Action Lead with Youth: Accelerating Ear and Hearing Care for Every Child through Education and Policy Convergence”
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
Local government leadership in action lead with youth: accelerating ear and hearing care for every child through education and policy convergence
Description:
Convergence Partnership for Inclusive Ear and Hearing Care
The Convergence Partnership event, co-organized by the Peer Support at the Equitable National Alliance on Integrated Care for Sensory Impairments and Rehabilitation Across the Life Course, represents a groundbreaking initiative that bridges local action with national and global advocacy. At its heart, the event is co-led by young people who are actively shaping education and hearing health policy, ensuring that youth voices are not only heard but trusted in decision-making spaces.
At its core, the activity aims to accelerate the implementation of ear and hearing care initiatives through shared commitment and creative convergence. The vision is clear: to establish a national and sub-national school-based ear and hearing care program that makes hearing care for every child a reality.
This means embedding best practices into community systems, ensuring dignity and equity, and strengthening both education and healthcare systems.
Primary site: WPR – Philippines
Region: WPR
General Photos
Training of trainers preparing frontlines for EHC
ENT Mission Drive
Tapped government agency from the provincial government
Lectures integrating hearing loss prevention
Types of Engagement:
Live event: Yes
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: persons with disabilities (including hearing loss), children and adolescents, older adults, rural or remote population
Met with individual policymaker: Yes
Participation of policy makers: Yes
Participation of influencers: No
WHO technical tool used: Yes
WHO educational and social media used: Yes