TWIN EFFORTS. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao health officials (left) and representatives from the United Kingdom government and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (right) pose for a photo after announcing a new partnership to sustain the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the region on Wednesday (Oct. 20, 2021). The new project was introduced following the successful implementation of the first Covid-19 Emergency Response in the region that ran from August 2020 to March 2021. (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - To boost its campaign against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), through its Ministry of Health (MOH), has entered into a new partnership with the United Kingdom (UK) government and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). "Primarily, the partnership aims to strengthen and support the Covid-1
BOOSTING COVID-19 RESPONSE. Photo shows the new PHP25-million Covid-19 isolation facility that was turned over in Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday (Oct. 13, 2021). Dr. Bashary Latiph (inset), BARMM health chief, said the 100-bed facility will serve not only Malabang constituents but also patients from other towns. (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Health officials in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have turned over a 100-bed isolation facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to Malabang, Lanao del Sur, the region's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced Thursday. Dr. Bashary Latiph, BARMM health minister, said the facility, amounting to some PHP25 million, was handed over to the management of the Dr. Serapio Montaner Memorial Hospital in Malabang on Wednesday. "The isolation facility will not only benefit Malabang constituents but all nearby municipalities of Lanao Del Sur amidst the Covid-19 pandemic," Latiph told reporters
READY TO SERVE. Two of the 32 health front-liners newly hired by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Ministry of Health to boost its health programs take their oath of office before regional health officials on Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2021) at the BARMM government center in Cotabato City. The health workers will be deployed soon across the region. (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - The Ministry of Health - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM) hired Tuesday 25 new nurses and seven support staff members to boost its health response in the region. "They will complement our current healthcare warriors battling the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic," Dr. Bashary Latiph, BARMM health minister, said in an interview by reporters here. The 32 new permanent employees took their oath of office before Latiph during a ceremony held at the MOH-BARMM regional office inside the Bangsamoro government center here. Latiph urged the new heal
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Dr. Bashary Latiph, minister of the Ministry of Health - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A total of 391,044 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine doses have so far been administered across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as of Wednesday night, the region's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported. Dr. Bashary Latiph, the BARMM health minister, said of the total number, 150,985 have been administered their first dose, another 83,217 have completed their two doses of the jab, and 156,842 have received the single-shot Janssen vaccine. "The other vaccines we used are the two-dose Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, and Sinopharm brands," he said in a statement Thursday. The BARMM comprises the cities of Marawi, Lamitan, and Cotabato, the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi, and the 63 villages in six towns of North Cotabato. "We are continuing our