In July 2016, the Department of Education and Department of Health in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao celebrated the National Schools Deworming Month (NSDM). An NSDM kick-off was held last July 11, 2016 to initiate the deworming activities in schools. A video was also released during the NSDM kick-off featuring messages from several government officials including Dr. John Magno, Secretary of DepEd-ARMM, Sec. Kadil Sinolinding, Secretary of DoH-ARMM, USec. Alzad Sattar of the Bureau of Madaris Education, DepEd ARMM, and E.D. Abdulmuhmin Mujahid, Regional Jurisconsult (Darul Ifta) – ARMM. The video encourages parents to have their children dewormed and invites them to sign the consent form.