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The search is on for the 2015 ROBNS in NCR
Fifteen (15) outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) from 14 cities and 1 municipality in Metro Manila are vying for the Regional Outstanding BNS (ROBNS) for 2015. Barangay Nutrition Scholars are community-based nutrition workers who deliver basic nutrition and related services in the communities. Presidential Decree 1569 mandates that there should be at least one (1)…
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NNC–NCR launches its Regional Webby Awards
The National Nutrition Council at the National Capital Region in partnership with the regional media group, Nutrition Communication Resource Group – NCR (NCR2), launches today the Regional Webby Awards to encourage metro cities to promote good nutrition through social media. The NCR Regional Webby Awards is an offshoot of the National Nutrition Council’s Webby Awards,…
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WFP conducts blanket supplementary feeding in Tondo, Manila
The World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership with Manila City Health Department is currently conducting a two-month blanket supplementary feeding in Vitas, Tondo, Manila to mitigate the effects of El Niño by preventing acute malnutrition or wasting (thinness) among children 6-59 months old. The supplementary feeding started in February 11, 2016 and is being managed…
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Caloocan City promotes First 1,000 Days through “Buntis Congress”
Caloocan City conducts “Buntis Congress” to promote the importance of good nutrition during the First 1,000 days for both mother and child. The “First 1,000 days” or the first day of pregnancy until 2 years of age of the child is the period of rapid growth and development. This period is the critical window of…
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QCHMB Implements Strict Guidelines for Safe Human Milk Banking
The Quezon City Human Milk Bank (QCHMB) operated by the city government of Quezon City implements strict guidelines to ensure that breastmilk provided to babies is safe. Located at the Quezon City General Hospital, the QCHMB aims to share human milk especially to mothers with premature babies or to motherless infants, infants in the neonatal intensive…
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Save the Children launches CMAM Project in Navotas City
Save the Children Philippines launched its Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Pilot Project in partnership with the City Government of Navotas in a short program held on March 9, 2016 at the North Bay Boulevard North (NBBN), Navotas City. This will be the first CMAM project in Luzon. The program launch was attended by…
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Caloocan City deploys more BNSs for its 188 Barangays
The city government of Caloocan, in its commitment to improve its nutrition program, hired an additional 179 Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) on August 2015 and continues to deploy them in 2016. To date, there are 247 BNSs covering the city’s 188 barangays. Barangay Nutrition Scholars are community-based nutrition workers who provide basic nutrition and related…
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Malnutrition rate declines in Metro Manila
The 2015 Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus results reveal a declining trend in under and over nutrition among children less than six years old in Metro Manila. The OPT Plus is a massive weighing of preschool children 0-71 months old done every year by Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) with the help of other community-based health and…
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Mandaluyong City bags “Most Child-Friendly City” in NCR
QUEZON CITY 28 Jan. (PIA)–Mandaluyong City was recently awarded as the 2015 Most Child-Friendly City in the National Capital Region (NCR). The Regional Committee for the Welfare of Children RCWC), an inter-agency committee under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conferred the Seal of Child-Friendly Governance on January 22, 2016 at Wack Wack…
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NNC scales up rice fortification
QUEZON CITY, 09 Feb., (PIA) – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) is holding a series of advocacy meeting nationwide to scale up iron rice fortification (IFR) to address iron deficiency anemia (IDA). The advocacy meeting held on February 1, 2016 at Richville Hotel in Mandaluyong City is the second to the series and targeted participants…
