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Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim. (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM)
COTABATO CITY – The chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has asked parents in the five component provinces of the region to vaccinate their children against measles and rubella from October 26 to November 25 of this year.
BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim said the region’s Health Ministry is currently focused on strengthening the campaign against measles and rubella that is targeting some 500,000 children in the region from nine months to five years of age.
“This vaccination campaign is important to us for our children,” Ebrahim said in a video message here Thursday.
The BARMM health ministry, he said, has ensured that no local transmission of the 2019 coronavirus disease would occur during immunization, as health workers would be equipped with personal protective equipment and would practice minimum health protocols.
He added that safe physical distancing and frequent hand washing by health workers will also be observed at immunization sites.
“We also ask all parents and young children to wear masks and face shields,” Ebrahim said. He noted that vaccines are safe and effective as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the past three decades.
“If your children ever have coughs, colds or fever symptoms, they should first be examined by our doctors, nurses or trained health personnel,” Ebrahim said.
Muslim religious leaders of the regional Darul Ifta (House of Opinion) passed a “fatwa” (Islamic sentence) citing immunization as permissive in Islam. (PNA)
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