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COTABATO CITY - The Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao conducted a joint surveillance, monitoring and response to the ongoing measles outbreak in Marawi City and Lanao Del Sur on September 21-23.The 3-day monitoring aims to determine the primary cause of the spread of measle disease resulting to the declaration of outbreak in the said areas.
The data shown is based on September 21 record of the Integrated Provincial Health Office and City Health Office of Marawi.
The monitoring revealed that most of the patients were unvaccinated during the MR-OPV SIA vaccination campaign in May of this year.
Some rejected the vaccine due to misinformation and fear of the possible aftermath, while some claimed that it is against Islamic belief, despite having declared through Fatwa from the Darul Ifta of Bangsamoro that the said vaccine is halal and is not bearing destructive effects to the body.
Saida Diocolano-Ali, Health Education and Promotion Officer of the Ministry of Health, coordinated with several RHUs and APMC to conduct a focused group discussion with the health professionals and citizens from various municipalities of Lanao del sur.
The FGD aimed to raise awareness about the danger of measles and provide information on prevention and control measures.
Ali said that by engaging community members in an open dialogue the hopes to empower the residents to protect themselves and their family, ultimately working towards containing the outbreak and safeguarding public health.
The ongoing outbreak made the citizens of Lanao Del Sur and Marawi realized the significance of visiting health centers, consulting health professionals and partaking in vaccination campaigns.
The activity was spearheaded by Health Promotion Unit and Communications Management Unit (HPU and CMU), Regional Epidemiology surveillance Unit(RESU), Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases(EREID), and Health and Emergency, Management staff(HEMS) of the Ministry of Health-BARMM, in coordination with their provincial counterparts.
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Look || The Ministry of Health, thru its Family Planning Program - Family Health Cluster Division, has successfully conducted a five-day Family Planning Competency Based Training (FBCT) with the goal to develop healthcare providers' skills, improve knowledge and enhance their attitude and values to provide quality family planning services.The course also included a special lecture on the Islamic Perspective of Family Planning given by Ustadz Mohammad Pangca from Bangsamoro Darul Ifta.
The said training was held on September 11-15, 2023 with 36 active participants of midwives and nurses assigned at various RHUs in Cotabato City and Special Geographic Area.
As what Fatima Thaheera Ali-Sinarimbo said, Regional FP Coordinator, "This is a step towards fulfilling our dream to have HEALTHY BANGSAMORO FAMILIES."
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Health Minister Dr. Rizaldy L. Piang was present during Ministry of Health (MOH)โGender and Development's (GAD) Gender Sensitivity Training (GST): Understanding on the Basic Concepts and Mandates of Gender and Development (GAD) at Garden Orchid Hotel, Zamboanga City on September 5, 2023/20 Safar 1445 AH.Minister Piang clearly stated his stance by saying: โ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐จ-๐ฃ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ต ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ.โ
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) partnered with the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) for the latter's 58th Muslim Blood Donation (MBD) activity on Sunday, September 10, 2023/25 Safar 1445 AH at Rosary Heights 7 Gymnasium, Cotabato City.Aside from the Health Minister himself, several employees from MOH courageously took part in the challenge to donate blood and undoubtedly contributed greatly to the Muslim ummah.
Minister Piang congratulated all the participants. He stated, โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐๐, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด โ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฌ๐บ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ
The activity was successfully conducted with the joint effort of the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA), Ministry of Health (MOH)โRegional Voluntary Blood Services Program (RVBSP), Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC), City Health Office (CHO) Cotabato and Barangay Rosary Heights 7.
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