Three of the Local Government Units (LGUs) in the region are contenders of this year’s prestigious National Nutrition Awards.

For this year, the Municipality of Lal-lo, Cagayan is vying for the Nutrition Honor Award, the highest recognition given to LGUs throughout the country. Meanwhile, the Province of Quirino and City of Cauayan are now on their 2^nd and 1^st year of maintaining their Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (Crown) Award, respectively. These LGUs have consistently shown excellent performances in the delivery of basic nutrition and health services to the community.

Assistant Secretary of Health Maria-Bernardita T. Flores of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) will lead the National Evaluation Team (NET) in evaluating the Municipality of Lal-lo while the rest by the senior staff of NNC Central Office. Validation visits for Region 02’s contenders are scheduled from May- June 2014.

Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora G. Maestre of NNC R2 firmly believes that entries of the Cagayan Valley region will make it considering the strong support of local chief executives and the legislative to nutrition programs and outstanding performance of local nutrition committees for nutrition improvement.

LGUs that will qualify for the said nutrition awards will receive a cash prize and a trophy during the 2014 National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony in October.