MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 24 (PIA) --- The Integrated Provincial Health
Office (IPHO) and the Department of Education (DepEd) here met on July
23, to gear up preparations for the upcoming National School Deworming
Day on July 29.
The coordination meeting tackled the
respective commitment of the two agencies as well as other stakeholders
to ensure the successful conduct of the deworming activity.
The
meeting was also attended by law enforcement agencies, officials of the
provincial government, and media practitioners to help in intensifying
information dissemination for the deworming activity.
The
National School Deworming Day is a massive, one-day, and simultaneous
school-based deworming effort targeting approximately 16 million
school-aged children.
IPHO Chief Dr. Alinader
Minalang said the activity was designed to reduce the problem on soil
transmitted helminthiasis (STH) infections that can cause poor physical
growth, poor intellectual development and impaired cognitive functions
in children which can result to anemia and malnutrition.
“We
are optimistic that this activity will reduce the burden of worm
infections and will have a positive impact on children’s education and
health,” he said.
Thus, he urged parents to send their children to school on the day of the activity.
Minalang
also advised them to ensure that their children have eaten breakfast
before the intake of the chewable Albendazole (400mg) or Mebendazole
(500 mg) tablets.
The second round of school deworming is scheduled on January 2016.
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