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NET conducts CROWN validation visit in Mandaluyong City
On May 6-9, 2014, the inter-agency National Evaluation Team (NET) conducted its validation visit in Mandaluyong City being a contender for the First Year Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) Award.Mandaluyong City, dubbed as the Tiger City of the Philippines, got their CROWN Award last year for winning the Green Banner Award for three…
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NNC-NCR encourages LGUs to join the 2014 PSN Awards
The National Nutrition Council-NCR encourages the cities and municipality in Metro Manila to join the nationwideSearch for the 2014 Pabasa sa Nutrisyon Awardees. The Pabasa sa Nutrisyon Awards is an annual search of the Philippine Association of Nutrition (PAN) for government and non-government organizations that have successfully implemented thePabasa sa Nutrisyon project developed by the Nutrition Center of the Philippines (NCP).Pabasa…
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NCR continues to face double burden of malnutrition
More than 44,000 children aged 0-5 years old in Metro Manila are underweight for their age based on the results of the Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus conducted in the 16 cities and one municipality in Metro Manila in 2013. OPT Plus is a massive weighing and length/height-taking activity among children 0-71 months old held at…
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Paranaque City revitalizes its City Nutrition Committee
“Walang imposible kung tayo ay sama-sama at magtutulungan. We cannot implement programs and projects if there’s no support from the members of the City Nutrition Committee (CNC)”. These were the parting words of the First Lady and Paranaque City Nutrition Action Officer Mrs. Janet Olivarez to the members of their CNC during the inaugural meeting of the…
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Usec. Ted Herbosa now heads the RNC in NCR
Health Undersecretary Teodoro J. Herbosa and concurrent Regional Director of the Department of Health NCR Regional Office is the new Chair of the National Capital Region’s Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC). In a joint meeting of the RNC and the Regional Management Group (RMG) held on 14 March 2014, U/Sec. Herbosa accepted the chairmanship of the…
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Metro Manila LGUs assess 2013 PPAN Implementation
28 February 2014, Mandaluyong City – The National Nutrition Council-NCR conducted a Program Implementation Review (PIR) of the 2013 Local Level Implementation of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN). The one-day activity was attended by the local nutrition program coordinators of all the local government units in Metro Manila except the cities of Las…
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NNC NCR announces the 2014 MELLPI schedule
6 February 2014 – The National Nutrition Council at the National Capital Region has announced the schedule of the annual Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) during the meeting of the Association of the City/District Nutrition Program Coordinators of Metro Manila held at the Amphitheater of the DOH-Center for Health Development-NCR in…
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Congresswoman Paquiz supports breastfeeding
8 February 2014 (Mandaluyong City) – “All of my four children were breastfed. I know very well the benefits of breastfeeding”, Congresswomen Leah S. Paquiz said in her message during the Breastfeeding Forum and Photo Exhibit held at the Kaban ng Hiyas in Mandaluyong City. Congresswoman Paquiz, Sectoral Representative of Ang Nars Party-list, supports the promotion of…
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NNC-NCR promotes NGF with Barangay Nutrition Scholars
January 30, 2014 – As part of its series of advocacy fora on the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos, the National Nutrition Council-NCR convened over three hundred Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) from all over Metro Manila for the Advocacy Forum on Marketing the NGF. The forum was held on January 30, 2014 at the King and…
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Regional Media Group – NCR2 maps out its plan for 2014
The NCR Nutrition Communication Resource Group or NCR held its first meeting for 2014 on January 8 at the Robbinsdale Hotel, Quezon City to map up its activities for the year. The NCR2 is the regional nutrition media group that works in partnership with the National Nutrition Council-NCR in intensifying nutrition advocacy and promotion in Metro Manila.During…
