AGLES hosts kick-off on ‘Oplan Goodbye Bulate’

MARIVELES, Bataan – The Antonio G. Llamas Elementary School (AGLES) in this southern town of the province hosted today’s kick-off ceremony on 2016 National Schools Deworming Day (NSDD) tagged as “Oplan Goodbye Bulate.”

Spearheaded by the Department of Education (DepEd)-Bataan, Provincial Health Office (PHO) and the Department of Health (DOH)-Bataan, the activity aims to keep the students healthy, active and smart by making them free from parasites.

“Ginagawa natin itong ‘Oplan Goodbye Bulate’ para maging malusog, masigla at matalino ang ating mga estudyante. Kailangang alisin ang bulate dahil ito ang umaagaw ng mga sustansiyang nararapat para sa mga bata,” said Dr. Jessie Ferrer, Schools Division Superintendent of Bataan, in his inspirational message.

“Isa sa pinakamalaking suliranin ay ang mga parasites. Ngayong araw na ito ay ang pasimula ng isang buwang programa ng pamahalaan upang ang lahat ng mga bata ay mawalan ng bulate,” Dr. Ferrer added.

Dr. Rosanna Buccahan, PHO department head, encouraged every parent to allow their children to participate in the deworming activity.

“Narito kami para isulong na ang pagpupurga ay hindi delikado. Ito ay karapat-dapat na gawain upang mapanatiling malusog ang mga bata,” Dr. Buccahan stressed.

According to Dr. Maria Belina Ibasco of DOH-Bataan, the deworming program is conducted twice a year, that is, every January and July wherein the students are given a chewable deworming tablet called “Albendazole.”

This event was a simultaneous activity held in all elementary schools of Bataan during their flag-raising ceremony today. DepEd selected AGLES as the host school to hold the kick-off for it bears the most number of elementary students having 3,994 pupils.