The National Nutrition Council Regional Office 1 successfully spearheaded the review of the 2020 implementation of the Regional Plan of Action (RPAN) for Nutrition held on February 10-11, 2021 via zoom. The said activity was attended by the members of the Regional Nutrition Committee thru its Technical Working Group and representatives from the Local Government…

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The National Nutrition Council released the Interim Guidelines in the Conduct of OPT Plus, Nutrition Screening, Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) Activities in the context of COVID-19 Pandemic and other related disasters on January 4, 2021 through Memorandum No. 10 S. 2021 which will serve as guide among the Local Government Units in the conduct…

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 SAN FERNANDO CITY, Dec. 31 (Anne Hazel Flores, PIA-1) — Eleven local nutrition workers completed the e-Learning course conducted by the National Nutrition Council (NNC-1) in the Ilocos and received their certificates via a virtual closing ceremony on Dec. 22.The six-week course dubbed as: e-Learning Course on Nutrition in Emergencies and Information Management which started…

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Good news for pregnant women as they are targeted to receive additional meals and food commodities to improve their nutrition. This was bared during the soft launch of the Tutok Kainan Supplementation Program with Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles and National Nutrition Council Executive Director Dr. Azucena Dayanghirang on 23 November at the NNC Headquarters.…

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28 October 2020– The Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) successfully launches the Iron-Fortified Rice Production here at San Pablo Multi-Purpose Cooperative Rice Mill and Warehouse, Bet-ang, Balaoan, La Union.This is the realization of the Provincial Ordinance No. 118-2017 entitled “An Ordinance Providing Mechanisms for the Production, Distribution and Use of Iron-Fortified Rice (IFR) in…

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DAGUPAN CITY (Liwayway Yparraguirre, PNA) – The bread product Nutribun, famous in the 70s for being nutritious, is making a comeback after a firm based in Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan reformulated it, calling it enhanced Nutribun.“We are making it sure that the enhanced Nutribun is a different reformulation, it has different look, but we are giving more…

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The LUPangIlocos Barangay Nutrition Scholars Federation Incorporated celebrates its 10th year anniversary of progress and success of its foundation since 2011.With the assistance of National Nutrition Council Regional Office-I, the LUPangIlocos BNS Fed., Inc. held the 10th Regional Barangay Nutrition Scholars’ (BNS) Congress cum Webinar Series “A decade full of challenges and progress” on September…

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(Joyah Mae C. Quimoyog, PIA-Ilocos Sur) Without enough income, it is indeed a challenge to survive amid coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Aside from the fear of being infected by the virus, most of us, especially of the vulnerable sector, struggle every day with food security being at stake.Nevertheless, with the support from the national government…

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SAN FERNANDO CITY, Sept. 11 (Anne Hazel Flores, PIA-1 ) – The Regional Development Council in the Ilocos (RDC-1) approved the resolution enjoining all local government units  (LGUs) to finalize their respective local nutrition action plans (LNAP). During the 2nd Quarter Full-Council Meeting of the RDC-1 on Aug. 26, the body approved RDC-1 Resolution No. 75,…

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The National Nutrition Council Regional Office 1 (NNC-ROI) in partnership with the League of Nutrition Action Officers of Region 1 (RLNAO-I) has successfully conducted the 2020 Nutrition Month Webinar Series cum RLNAOs Online Conference held every Tuesday from July 21-August 25, 2020 via Zoom Cloud in lieu of the postponed annual RLNAOs Conference-Workshop for this…

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