Mindanaotoday.com | LDN PHO, DHO launch Health Promotion Playbook on ASRH
By: Lou Ellen Antonio
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) here in partnership with the Department of Health-Centers for Health Development Health Education and Promotion Unit launched the Health Promotion Playbook on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH).
This activity is in line with the aim of the PHO to establish the Key Assistance for Developing Adolescents Network and expand the concept of adolescent-friendly health facilities.
Health Education Promotion Officers, representatives from the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, the youth sector consisting mostly of adolescents, and public health nurses participate in the said launching. Topics discussed during the activity include an overview of Family Planning, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Republic Act 7610: Violence against Children, and Parent-Teen Talk.
Provincial Health Officer Grace Joy Yañez emphasized the importance of educating people on sexual reproductive health.
“We would like that nobody will be ignorant about it. We would like everyone to be knowledgeable,” she said.
PHO also revealed that the top 5 municipalities with recorded HIV cases in this province are Lala, Kapatagan, Kolambugan, Bacolod and Tubod. (LELA | PIA-10 | Lanao del Norte)
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