COTABATO CITY – A project aimed to strengthen the Bangsamoro region’s response against COVID-19 was initiated through the support of the Japanese government and International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Newly installed minister for health, Dr. Bashary Latiph, said the collaboration will considerably help the region’s fight against the pandemic as the ministry has devoted its resources, both manpower and funds, to end the spread of the virus.
“Through the Ministry of Health (MOH), we put the containment, prevention, and eradication of COVID-19 as our highest priority,” he said.
He also noted that the regional government needs the support of development partners and allies in order to end the pandemic.
IOM Head of Sub-Office in Mindanao Hwahyun Kim said the project, dubbed as “Strengthening BARMM’s Preparedness and Response Capacity for Effective COVID-19 Prevention and Control”, has a total budget of P2.72 million U.S. dollars, which will run for 12 months.
She added that it will establish a more efficient and responsive prevention and control system amid pandemic.
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) provinces are targeted as recipients of the project, which comprised of Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, and some communities in Zamboanga.
BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim expressed his gratitude for the support it received from development partners “during one of the most difficult periods in recent history.”
“Our shared fight
against the coronavirus is far from over. The project today will help us ease
the path and address the effects of coronavirus,” he said. (BANGSAMORO
INFORMATION OFFICE/ MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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