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NGO Partners to Scale Up Nutrition Action in Metro Manila
NGO partners in Metro Manila expressed their intent to scale up nutrition action in the region during the 2nd Regional NGO Forum entitled “Strengthening GO-NGO Partnerships in Metro Manila” held on July 30, 2015 at the Berjaya Hotel, Makati City. Twelve (12) NGOs and five (5) member agencies of the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) attended…
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NNC-NCR Promotes Good Nutrition Among School Children
The National Nutrition Council – NCR joined the “Oplan Goodbye Bulate” nationwide campaign launch during the National School Deworming Day held on 29 July 2015 at the Mandaluyong Elementary School, Mandaluyong City as part of the Department of Health’s HI5 campaign.Around 500 pupils from Grades 1 – 6 were given chewable deworming tablets and another…
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NNC-NCR supports DOH High Impact Five Breakthrough Strategies (Hi5)
The National Nutrition Council (NNC-NCR) joined the Department of Health-NCR Office and the stakeholders from the 17 local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila, non-government organizations, and government agencies in the Universal Health Care High Impact Five (Hi5) Summit held on June 8, 2015 at the Century Park Hotel, Manila. The 15-month High Impact Five…
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NNC-NCR promotes safe motherhood at the Buntis Congress
The DOH-NCR Office spearheaded the conduct of a simultaneous regionwide “Buntis Congress” on June 24, 2015. All LGUs in Metro Manila except for the cities of San Juan, Manila and Las Piñas, participated in the event. The Buntis Congress is part of the 15-month High Impact Five Breakthrough Strategies or commonly known as Hi5 of…
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NNC-NCR conducts 2nd batch of NPM Training
The National Nutrition Council-NCR conducted another batch of Nutrition Program Management (NPM) Training at the Makati Palace Hotel, Makati City on June 1-5, 2015. Thirty (30) local nutrition workers composed of city nutrition program coordinators, members of city nutrition committees and selected barangay nutrition scholars from the cities of Taguig, Muntinlupa, Manila, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Parañaque,…
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Metro Manila NAOs to continue the fight against double burden of malnutrition in NCR
The officers and board members of the Association of Nutrition Action Officers in NCR (ANAO-NCR, Inc) were once again challenged to end malnutrition during the Association’s regular meeting held on February 10, 2015 at Max’s Restaurant in Mandaluyong City. The meeting was presided by ANAO-NCR’s President and Mandaluyong City’s First Lady Mrs. Carmelita “Menchie” A.…
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Regional Media Group – NCR2 to Promote Good Nutrition via Twitter
Social media has become the most common public form of communication. Social media websites and applications such as Facebook and Twitter allow users to talk and share information. Information or messages can be posted and shared through social media and can reach millions of audience in just a few seconds. Realizing the power of social…
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March is National Women’s Month!
The National Nutrition Council – NCR joins the nation in the observance of the 2015 National Women’s Month. This yearly celebration has three legal mandates: (1) Proclamation No. 224 s. 1988 declaring the first week of March each year as Women’s Week and March 8 as Women’s Rights and International Peace Day; (2) Proclamation No.…
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NNC-NCR convenes regional and local nutrition clusters
In a joint meeting conducted by the National Nutrition Council- NCR, the members of the regional nutrition cluster met the focal persons/heads of the local nutrition clusters and the HEMS coordinators of all the 17 cities and municipality in Metro Manila except Las Pinas City who failed to attend the meeting. The meeting was held…
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Quezon City revitalizes its City Nutrition Committee
The Quezon City Nutrition Committee (QCNC) had its first meeting for the year at the Quezon City Health Department Conference Room on March 9, 2015. The meeting was presided by the Officer-in-Charge of the QC Health Department, Dr. Verdades Peña- Linga. Present at the meeting were City Councilor for Health, Hon. EufemioLagumbay, together with the…
