DOH deworms schoolchildren in ARMM

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao: The Department of Health in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOH-ARMM) is deworming thousands of children across the region to counter the adverse effects of worm infection on children’s health and nutrition.

Soraida Amilil, regional coordinator of the Integrated Hel-minth Control Program, said on Tuesday that as of January 28, the DOH-ARMM has already administered deworming medicines to a total of 303,523 children aged 5 to 12 years, which make up 52.64 percent of the total number of children enrolled in public elementary schools in the region.