Jungle Fighter bags DOH Red Orchid Award 2018

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 8): Jungle Fighter bags DOH Red Orchid Award 2018

CAMP CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal -- The Department of Health (DOH) has presented its Red Orchid Award to the 2nd Infantry (Jungle Fighter) Division (ID) for enforcing a “No Smoking Policy" at the camp.

Major Gen. Rhoderick M. Parayno, commander of the 2ID, together with Col. Jose Augusto V. Villareal, 2ID Chief of Staff; and Lt. Col. Ma Asuncion C. Bayos, Chief Nurse of the 2nd Army Station Hospital, received a plaque from DOH representative Dr. Noel G Pasion, chief of the Local Health Support Division, during the 2018 Red Orchid Regional Awarding Ceremony at the Icon Hotel along Timog Ave., Quezon City last December 5.

The 2ID garnered a total score of 91 percent to 100 percent based on the DOH’s set criteria for implementing a 100-percent Tobacco-Free Environment and following the World Health Organization’s “MPOWER” Framework.

“(The) 2ID has been enforcing the ‘No Smoking Policy’ since 2015 and as evident in its undertakings, the Jungle Fighters will and always be genuinely committed to live a healthy lifestyle in an environment free from tobacco smoke,” Parayno said.

The Red Orchid is the highest score for the DOH Orchid Award, a search for 100-percent Tobacco-Free provinces, municipalities, cities, government offices, government hospitals and DOH centers for Health Development. It is followed by the second highest award, the Pink Orchid, and the third tier, the White Orchid.

The awards were conceptualized to fight tobacco use and to work for a tobacco-free environment. Tobacco use has been identified as the major contributor in cardio-vascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and cancer.

The 2ID is the first to receive such award among the Philippine Army Major Units. The division will continuously implement the “No Smoking Policy” and establish firm regulations against public smoking.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1056117