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In 2020
- 9COVID-19 isolation centers with 1,403 beds to cater to infected detainees in BJMP, BuCor and BI facilities, established with technical and material support from ICRC
- 400health and non-health staff from 15 detention facilities trained on infection prevention and control and supplied with PPE
- 86tablet devices with SIM card and load provided for detainees in 34 BJMP jails and COVID-19 isolation centers to allow them to maintain contact with family members
- 300healthcare workers and frontliners in Mindanao benefited from “Helping the Helpers” online sessions for selfcare and MHPSS support to fellow frontliners
- 38PRC chapters in Mindanao, Bicol, Eastern Visayas and Negros benefited from ICRC financial assistance to support their local COVID-19 response including business continuity of its blood and ambulance services
- 1,000residents in Saad village, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur benefited from the construction of a water-supply project
- 230weapon bearers, health personnel and community members in Mindanao received first aid trainings
- 9,120people displaced by conflict or other violence in Mindanao received food rations and/or household items
- 1,600vulnerable people such as families of missing persons and persons with disabilities received cash grants to improve their economic situation made worse by the pandemic
- 20,000in BJMP Region 4A jails benefited from ICRC-supported TB mass screenings conducted despite COVID-19
- 4academic institutions in Manila and Mindanao engaged on the teaching of IHL and convergence with Islam
- More than 20prosecutors joined the first roll-out of the IHL specialization course developed by the National Prosecution Service in partnership with ICRC
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