DSWD-7 midawat og 2018 Red Orchid Award sa DOH

Ang Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII (DSWD-7) nakadawat og Red Orchid Award gikan sa Department of Health (DOH) atol sa 2018 Regional Health Summit and Awarding Ceremony niadtong Nobiyembre 15, 2018 sa Grand Convention Center of Cebu.

Ang DOH Red Orchid Award usa katinuig nga seaarch for the 100% Tobacco-Free Environment nga maglangkob sa national government offices, hospitals ug local government units ug gi-conceptualize sa pagpakigbatok sa pagpanabakop human naila nga nagunang hinungdan sa cardio-vascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes ug cancer.

Una kining higayon nga ang regional office niapil sa tinuig nga bangga ug ang DSWD nipatuman sa “No Smoking Policy Campaign” sulod sa ilang hawanan.

Si DSWD-7 Assistant Regional Director for Administration (ARDA) Grace Q. Subong ug Human Resource Welfare (HRW) Unit Head Joseph John Orden mao ang ningdawat sa plaque alang sa Red Orchid award nga nagila ug nagsuporta sa tobacco-free campaign sa DOH.

Ubang Red Orchid Awardees ning tuiga, 2018, mao ang Municipality of Siquijor, Siquijor, San Remigio, Cebu, Tuburan, Cebu, Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) 7 ug Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) 7.

“Let us maintain our no smoking practices not just for the award but for our health and that of our families and even of the clients that we are serving,” matod ni said Regional Director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre to DSWD-7 staff.

Ang mga mananaug sa DOH Red Orchid Award gihukman base sa ilang kalig-on ug kusog sa malangkuban nga paningkamot sa 100% Tobacco-Free Environment gamit ang World Health Organization (WHO) MPOWER initiative.

Ang MPOWER maoy acronym sa six proven tobacco control policies: Monitor tobacco control policies, Protect people, Offer help, Warn against the dangers of tobacco, Enforce bans on tobacco advertising ug Raise taxes.