Community Healthcare in the Time of COVID-19 79 Figure 1 BKP members attending to the medical needs of their community Photo by Amparo Escovilla to do as a precaution to both members and non-members of BKP in the community (Atacador 2020). But because mass gatherings were not allowed during the ECQ, they utilized Facebook Messenger’s group chat function to coordinate and to contact BKP members. They also shared health tips in the platform for their members to read. Sherlito added that in his area, they were still able to discuss health tips and practices, such as social distancing (Conde 2020). In those sessions, he shared that the BKP was able to discuss common diseases and what can be done to prevent these. At the same time, he also provided health information flyers for people to read. He also shares information through Facebook Messenger and asked other members that this be shared with other people as well. He added that he keeps on stressing the importance of information for people to avoid panicking. Amparo says that they also utilize Facebook Messenger to share health information with their members (Escovilla 2020). BKP has an active Facebook page where updates are shared on what the organization is doing during the pandemic. However, she also mentioned that she is not that tech-savvy when it comes to using social media, so she seeks help from CAMP Asia staff on how to update the page.

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