Mass deworming of kids held
LINGAYEN—The provincial government held simultaneous school-based and community-based mass deworming in observance of the National Deworming Day last January 27.
Provincial health officer, Dr. Anna De Guzman said the school-based deworming catered the five to 12 years olds or the kinder to Grade 6 pupils while the community-based deworming was administered to the two to five-years-olds who are not yet attending schools, said De Guzman.
Teachers and school nurses conducted the deworming activity in schools while midwives and other augmentation force under the DOH’s nurses deployment program were responsible for the community-based deworming.
De Guzman said deworming helps fight anemia by killing worms as roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), the whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) and the hookworms (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale) that usually infect children.
Mass deworming in the country is given every six months.
De Guzman noted that during the last deworming in July 2015, 92% of the target population or almost 300,000 children were provided with the deworming tablets. (Johanne R. Macob)
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