MARIKINA CITY, Oct. 30(PIA) – The Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joined forces in combating the dreaded dengue disease.
Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC, Health Secretary Janette Garin and Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman led the launching of the “Brigada para sa Kalinisan” and installation of insecticide-treated screens (ITS) Wednesday at the Parang Elementary School in Marikina City.
The project aims to gather local community leaders, parents, and schools to work together in keeping the environment sanitized to prevent dengue in schools and communities.
Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC encouraged the parents, teachers, and community leaders to participate in the school-wide cleaning program from November 2 to 8, 2015.
He also instructed all regional directors and school health nutrition personnel to coordinate with their respective DOH and DSWD regional counterparts in identifying schools in critical areas with high dengue incidence and schools that will receive the ITS.
Likewise, Soliman called on the support of everyone for the success of the project.
Meanwhile, Secretary Garin reminded the public of the 4S strategy - search and destroy mosquitoes, seek early consultation, self-protective measures and say no to indiscriminate fogging in preventing dengue in schools.
According to DOH’s data as of October 3, a total of 108,263 dengue cases were reported nationwide this year. Most of the cases were from the 5 to 14 years age group. (DEPED/RJB/JEG/PIA-NCR)
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