Baguio City – Nutrition Action Officers’ Association-Cordillera Administrative Region (NAOA-CAR) officers agreed to strengthen LGU nutrition programs through the implementation of the Supreme Court Ruling on the Mandanas case during their virtual meeting on May 18, 2021 presided over by the association President Jimmy Taguilingon. As a step towards this, the NAOA-CAR officers agreed that…

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Baguio City – The Cordillera Barangay Nutrition Scholars Federations Inc. (CordiBNS Fed Inc.) started implementing the Survivorship Assistance Fund (SAF) Project as supplement to the survivorship assistance to Barangay Nutrition Scholars provided by the National Nutrition Council. The benefits of the project can now be availed by the BNSes. The SAF is a project of…

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Baguio City – The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) of Cordillera Administrative will conduct the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) Pro for Local Government Units (LGUs) and Local Nutrition Focal Persons starting May this year. This was firmed up during the virtual MELLPI Pro orientation and organization of the 2021 Regional Nutrition…

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Baguio City – Cordillera Barangay Nutrition Scholars Federation (CordiBNS Fed. Inc.)  met to push the Survivorship Assistance Fund (SAF) project and approved activities for 2021 amid the COVID 19 pandemic. The Cordi BNS president and treasurer presented  the financial statement of the federation and updates on the payment of 2020 annual dues and Survivorship Assistance…

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Baguio City – The Regional Nutrition Committee-Cordillera Administrative Region (RNC-CAR) approved the first resolution for 2021 titled “Reiterating RNC resolution no. 7, s. of 2017: Enjoining all local government units and regional line agencies to ensure verification and calibration of weighing scales for health and nutrition services with specific recommendations”. This reiteration of the policy…

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Baguio City – National Nutrition Council-Cordillera Administrative Region (NNC-CAR)  FB Fan Page bagged three awards during the virtual conduct of the 2020 4th Quarter Q Webby Awards and Annual Webby Awards 2020 Awarding Ceremony by the National Nutrition Council on March 17, 2021. NNC-CAR was adjudged 2nd Runner-up for the Highest Number of Likes for…

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Baguio City –  Regional Nutrition Committee-Cordillera Administrative Region (RNC-CAR) geared up for 2021 during the 1st Joint RNC and Regional Technical Assistants on Nutrition (RTAN) virtual meeting held  March 23, 2021. The body firmed up policies and plans of actions amid the COVID pandemic in 2021. The body  firmed up a policy  to address issues…

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  With the growing reliance on the use of technology due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Nutrition Council-CAR conducted an online Digital Orientation for Nutrition Workers on February 23, 2021 via Zoom Conference, where a total of 45 participants composed of District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators, Provincial/City/Municipal Nutrition Action Officers, and other representatives from the…

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The National Nutrition Council CAR conducted virtual MUAC Tool Orientation held via zoom conference and broadcasted live in the Cordillera Nutri-Abung Facebook Group- a private group for Nutrition Movers in the Cordillera Region. A total of 264 Nutrition Action Officers, City/ District Nutrition Program Coordinators, Barangay Nutrition Scholars and other allied health and nutrition workers…

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By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 1188 on December 11, 2016, Goiter Awareness Week is observed every fourth week of January. Goiter is a condition that refers to the abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland. It is the most common effect and manifestation of iodine deficiency. It may also be caused by factors which interfere…

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