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.
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Message from the President on the concluded 2021 National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony
My warmest greetings to the National Nutrition Council as it holds its 2021 National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony. I am one with you in honoring the outstanding Local Government Units (LGUs) and Local Nutrition Focal Points (LNFPs) who have contributed much to the effective and efficient implementation of our health and nutrition programs. Congratulations to both…
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Agenda ng Kababaihan tungo sa Kalusugan at Kaunlaran
In celebration of National Women’s Month, the Vitamin Angels hosted a live webinar to honor Filipino women and their contributions to health and development, with the aim of promoting a deeper understanding of the importance, gains, and challenges of gender equality and women empowerment. Assistant Secretary and Executive Director Azucena M. Dayanghirang shared her insights…
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EU-GIZ Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Support Appraisal Mission
On 28 March 2022, the appraisal team from the European Union-German Agency for International Cooperation (EU-GIZ) met with Assistant Secretary and Executive Director Azucena M. Dayanghirang, the SUN Philippines Focal Point, South East Asia Lead Focal Point and SUN ExeCom Member, and the National Nutrition Council Secretariat management via teleconference to discuss their plan to support…
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1st Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Asia Regional Meeting
On 21 March 2022, the first Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Asia Regional Virtual Meeting was held to launch a consultative approach among all SUN countries in the South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, which encompasses 12 countries and 3 Indian states, all committed to scaling up nutrition. The overall goal of these regional…
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1st Management Conference S2022
The NNC Management and 17 Regional Nutrition Program Coordinators gathered last March 24-25 for the first quarter Management Conference (ManCon) Series of 2022, held at the NNC Central office and via Zoom. The 2-day conference, which was presided over by Assistant Secretary of Health and Executive Director Azucena M. Dayanghirang, covered all actions taken on…
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Philippines identifies nutrition priorities for 2022
The Philippines identified top 3 nutrition priorities to pursue in 2022 during the 2021 Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Joint Assessment Consultation Series held on 10 and February 2022. These are: Development and dissemination of Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023-2028 and Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023-2028, including the operational and advocacy…
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NNC Governing Board gives a go-ahead to 2 new policies
The National Nutrition Council Governing Board (NNC GB) approves two new policies in its very first meeting for the year 2021. Assistant Secretary Alex V. Avila of DOLE presides the meeting. Of the 3 agenda items discussed, two policies were approved: (1) Guidelines on Dietary Supplementation in the First 1000 Days (GDS F1K) and…
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Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network in the Philippines
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2nd NEP Forum focuses on results of PPAN evaluation
In 2019, the Government of the Philippines (GOP) entered into a cooperation agreement with the United Nations Children’s Fund for the period 2019-2023 through the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). The goal of this agreement is for the most marginalized, vulnerable and at-risk people to benefit from inclusive and quality services, and to live…
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NNC ED highlights efforts of NNC as a reactor during the 2nd NEP Forum
The formative evaluation of the PPAN under the NEDA-UNDP Strategic Monitoring and Evaluation Project was conducted to determine to what degree LGUs have applied the PPAN 2017-2022 strategic thrusts in nutrition programming. It pointed out some successes of the PPAN such as the 1) LGU mobilization as measured by the support to PPAN programs at…