Compostela Valley – The National School Deworming Day and its Regional Launching was held last July 29, 2015 at Nabunturan, Compostela Valley which was organized by the Department of Health of Region XI headed by Dr. Abdullah B. Dumama, Jr., MPA, CESOIII. As DOH’s attached agency, the National Nutrition Council XI showed its support by participating on its culmination.

NNC XI, represented by NOII Marcel Paul B. Maglaqui and NOI Lovely Joy P. Caballero, together with DOH XI, DILG and DepEd went to Nabunturan Central Elementary School to deworm their school children. Among other activities undertaken during the culminating program is the hand wash drill and locally sponsored feeding program before the deworming of the children.

As the Region aimed to deworm 759,082 pupils (kindergarten - grade six) in 1,644 public elementary schools; Dr. Dumama left a message which he opts to keep in mind, that worm infestations may impact on a child’s ability to learn and that growth rate and weight gain among children who are regularly dewormed is higher compared to those who are not; he quipped, each child should be dewormed “para maging malusog at masigla ang inyong mga anak.”