Table 1. Results of the monitoring visits for PEN implementation, Region 8, the Philippines, November 2014–March 2015.

Region/Province	Number of facilities monitored			Number and percentage of facilities implementing PEN						Facilities with essential medicines always available
	Nov–Dec 2014	Feb–Mar 2015	Total	Nov–Dec 2014		Feb–Mar 2015		Total
				n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Biliran	2	4	6	1	50	3	75	4	67	1	17
Southern Leyte	3	4	7	3	100	4	100	7	100	1	14
Leyte	15	6	21	2	13	4	67	6	29	7	33
Northern Samar	-	4	4	-	-	4	100	4	100	0	0
Eastern Samar	5	5	10	-	-	1	20	1	10	1	10
Western Samar	-	4	4	-	-	1	25	1	25	0	0
Total	25	27	52	6	24	17	63	23	44	10	19

PEN, Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions.