ATTY. ROSALINA U. BASCAO, CPA, MGM
Deputy Executive Director III for Administrative and Financial Service and
Officer-in-Charge Executive Director IV
National Nutrition Council

Email: oed@nnc.gov.ph

NNC Officer-in-Charge Executive Director Bio

Atty. Rosalina U. Bascao is an experienced public servant and has been a prime mover, and team leader and player.

She first served at the National Nutrition Council (NNC), an attached agency of the Department of Health, Philippines, as the Chief of the Nutrition Policy and Planning Division in October 2022; later served as Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Deputy Executive Director for Administrative and Financial Service.

In November 2024, she was appointed as Deputy Executive Director for Administrative and Financial Service of the NNC. In June 2025, Atty. Bascao was designated as the Officer-in-Charge Executive Director IV of the NNC Secretariat.


  • NNC meets with nutrition advocates at the House of Representatives

    NNC meets with nutrition advocates at the House of Representatives

    Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV Dr. Azucena M. Dayanghirang, together with OIC Deputy Executive Director Atty. Rosalina Bascao and Nutrition Officer II Ms. Enah Eunice Calanog, paid a courtesy

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  • NNC holds 3rd Management Conference 2022

    NNC holds 3rd Management Conference 2022

    The National Nutrition Council conducted its three-day Management Conference for the 3rd quarter of 2022 on September 19-22, 2002, in the Lucky Chinatown Hotel, Manila.

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  • NNC meets with the Office of the Vice-President

    NNC meets with the Office of the Vice-President

    National Nutrition Council, Executive Director and Assistant Secretary Azucena M. Dayanghirang, together with her Deputy Director Rita Papey and the Division Chiefs, convened in a meeting with the team from the Office of the Vice-President at the NNC-Office of the Executive Director’s Conference Room.

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  • Women Catalyst Partners in Food Security, Environmental Stewardship and Nutrition

    Women Catalyst Partners in Food Security, Environmental Stewardship and Nutrition

    NNC Executive Director and Assistant Secretary Azucena M. Dayanghirang was invited as one of the resource speakers  of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) in their Women’s Dialogue on September 20, 2022 held at Sequoia Hotel, Quezon City.

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  • “Kalig-ong Nutrisyon, susi sa pagtukod ug mas maayong bag-ong NAOrmal”

    “Kalig-ong Nutrisyon, susi sa pagtukod ug mas maayong bag-ong NAOrmal”

    The Central Visayas Regional Nutrition Committee in partnership with Central Visayas Nutrition Action Officers Association, Inc. culminated its 48th Nutrition Month Celebration  with the 2022 Grand Nutrition Awards back to back with the Regional Congress of Nutrition Action Officers ( NAOs) last September 16, 2022 at Robinsons summit Galleria Hotel , Cebu City with the…

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  • NNC meets with the Office of the Vice-President

    NNC meets with the Office of the Vice-President

    28 September 2022 National Nutrition Council, Executive Director and Assistant Secretary Azucena M. Dayanghirang , together with her Deputy Director Rita Papey and the Division Chiefs convened in a meeting with the team from the Office of the Vice- President at the NNC- Office of the Executive Director’s Conference Room. In attendance to the said…

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  • NNC-Asec. Dayanghirang speaks at the NEO-Orientation Course for the Vice- Governors of the Philippines

    NNC-Asec. Dayanghirang speaks at the NEO-Orientation Course for the Vice- Governors of the Philippines

    NNC Assistant Secretary and Executive Director, Azucena M. Dayanghirang was one of the distinguished speakers in the currently concluded NEO- Orientation Course for Local Legislators: Primed Leaders for Renewed Local Governance for all Vice Governors of the Philippines on August 18, 2022 at the Manila Hotel.

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  • First 1,000 Days strategy to address Malnutrition

    First 1,000 Days strategy  to address Malnutrition

    ChildFund Philippines and its local partner organizations gathered for a program learning forum to lay-out and level-off program quality standards as they implement interventions  to address the root causes of deprivation,  exclusion  and vulnerability situations and experiences of children and youth.

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  • NNC Executive Director speaks at ECCP – hybrid advocacy event on Building Healthier Philippines

    NNC Executive Director speaks at  ECCP – hybrid advocacy event on Building Healthier Philippines

    The European Chamber of the Philippines invited Assistant Secretary Azucena M. Dayanghirang as speaker and panelist during the hybrid advocacy event entitled Building a Healthier Philippines: Strengthening Partnership and Policies for Nutrition  on August 31, 2022 held in Ascott Hotel, Makati City.  

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  • NNC Executive Director graces PAAST 71st Annual Convention

    NNC Executive Director  graces  PAAST 71st Annual Convention

    The Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology invited Assistant Secretary Azucena M. Dayanghirang , Executive Director of the National Nutrition Council to its 71st Annual Convention with the theme “ Accelerating Transformations for Sustainable Development Through Science , Technology and Innovation last August 9, 2022. It was a Virtual Webinar Series ,…

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