Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko, together with Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Ministry of Health Director General Dr. Amirel Sanday Usman, Department of Health (DoH) Regional Director Dr. Joshua Brillantes, and International Organization for Migration Philippines (IOM) Officer-in-Charge Troy Dooley, attended the hand-over ceremony for the project "Strengthening BARMM's Preparedness and Response Capacity for Effective Covid-19 Prevention and Control" in Zamboanga City. BARMM Chief Minister HAl-Haj Murad Ebrahim conveyed his appreciation through video message.
Launched in April 2021, the IOM-implemented project aims to boost the BARMM's Covid-19 response through the provision of health and emergency preparedness interventions in cooperation with the BARMM local government, as well as vehicles and equipment. Following the successful mobilization of the three cold chain vehicles handed over in November 2021, six Multi-purpose GeneExpert Machines for detecting Covid-19 and other viruses, 18 Solar Refrigerators for transporting vaccines, and two Sea Ambulances were handed over for the safe and efficient transport of emergency patients, Covid-19 vaccines, and RT-PCR specimens in the BARMM region.
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