To ensure the widest dissemination of the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) in Metro Manila, the National Nutrition Council – NCR convened the city and municipal nutrition program coordinators (C/MNPCs) of the 17 local government units and members of the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) for a one-day planning workshop to formulate their plan of action…

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06 December, San Pablo City, Laguna – The NNC-NCR Family had its one-day teambuilding activity at Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort, an 800-hectares of self-contained working coconut plantation and hacienda located 10 kilometres south of the city of San Pablo, Laguna province on the border with Quezon province. The annual teambuilding activity aims to strengthen…

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Six years ago, the City of Marikina launched its ‘Siksik sa Six’ Project in response to the call of the National Nutrition Council-NCR for the intensive promotion of correct infant and young child feeding practices in the region. Spearheaded by the city’s team of IYCF trainers trained by NNC-NCR, the project aims to increase the…

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The National Nutrition Council has been given the task to lead the Nutrition Cluster as per Amendment of DOH Department Personnel Order No. 2007-2492 regarding the creation of the Health Cluster with Sub-Clusters on Nutrition, WASH and Health. The Nutrition Cluster aims to ensure that the nutritional status of affected population especially the most vulnerable…

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Every barangay in the country is expected to have at least one Barangay Nutrition Scholar or BNS as mandated by Presidential Decree 1569. Since the promulgation of PD 1569 in 1978, thousands of BNSs all over the country have been serving our communities by delivering basic nutrition and related services to the families, particularly those…

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20 November 2013, Mandaluyong City – The National Nutrition Council-NCR convened around 60 nutritionists, barangay nutrition scholars and breastfeeding support group (BFSG) members from the different cities and municipality of Metro Manila for a mobilization and orientation meeting of volunteers who will help promote, support and protect breastfeeding in the mother and baby friendly space…

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The National Nutrition Council – National Capital Region of the Department of Health had its 2013 Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (RNAC) at the Manila Hotel on 29 August 2013 to recognize the outstanding local government units (LGUs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) in Metro Manila for their exemplary performance in nutrition program management and service…

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16 November 2013, Villamor Airbase, Pasay City – A group of Filipino medical volunteers (Kalusugan ng Mag-Ina, Inc.), public and private hospitals, and mother support groups (L.A.T.C.H., Mommy Sense, Mommy Bright Start, Breastfeeding Pinays, Kaya and Arugaan) put up a mother and baby friendly space called “Nanay Bayanihan” tent at the Transition Staging Area in…

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As an initial step in the region-wide promotion of the NGF in Metro Manila, the National Nutrition Council-NCR conducted a Workshop on the Formulation of Communication Plan for the Promotion of the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) in NCR on August 7-8, 2013 at Tagaytay Country Hotel in Tagaytay City. The NGF consists of ten…

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12 November 2013 – As part of the National Nutrition Council-NCR’s region-wide promotion of the revised Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF), promotional events dubbed as “Gabay sa Wastong Nutrisyon Para sa Pilipino: Ating Alamin, Gawin,at Palaganapin!” were held simultaneously in all the seventeen cities and municipality in Metro Manila attended by mothers, caregivers, school children…

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