The Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program (TK DSP) is part of the PPAN 2017-2022 which aims to prevent stunting by giving nutritious food commodities to the nutritionally at-risk pregnant women and children 6-23 months old. The Province of Masbate has been identified as one of the provinces under the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster…

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Isang malaking hamon para sa Barangay Anas, Masbate City ang apatnapu’t dalawang (42) malnourished children na naitala sa kanilang barangay nuong 2021. Ngayong panahon ng maraming pamilya ang hirap makakuha ng sapat na pagkain at halag ng nutrisyon na kailangan ng mga bata. Sa pamamagitan ng Direct Observed Supplementary Feeding (DOSF) Program na inilunsad ng…

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Legazpi City. The Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) are community nutrition volunteers who provide nutrition services to our families. This group of volunteers were organized by the National Nutrition Council  per Presidential Decree No. 1569 (1979) which mandated the deployment of at least one (1) BNS in every barangay in the country. The BNSs are task…

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Department of Agrarian Reform, Legazpi City – In partnership with the National Nutrition Council, DARPO Albay conducted a one-day orientation program of selected ARBO’s who will participate in the Dietary Supplementation Program for Pregnant Women in the province of Albay expected to run anytime from March to May 2021. Addressing the participants of the activity,…

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Tabaco City. Year 2020 left a mark in history caused by the turn of events from the outbreak of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) which placed the country’s healthcare system in severe distress. However, this pandemic did not hinder the implementation of various nutrition interventions in Tabaco City in the province of Albay. Rather, it paved…

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Stunting has been a global burden and the Philippines ranked 9th in this crisis and ranked 2nd for the shortest in the ASEAN Region based on the 2014 Comparative Heights in ASEAN Countries. The First 1000 days intervention, dubbed Early Childcare and Development programs, has been the scientifically proven program to address this problem. Various…

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Based on 2020 OPT Plus report of Catanduanes, the National Nutrition Council Bicol reported that the municipality of Caramoran finally slid down in its ranking of municipalities with high prevalence of stunting among 0-59 months children. From being on top of the list in 2019 at 29.7%,  it now has the 5th lowest prevalence of…

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Legazpi City. Ang mga sanggol ay hindi dapat makaranas ng gutom. Ito ay isang mahalagang mensahe na kailangan tandaan ng mga magulang para sa kalusugan ni Baby. Ang breastfeeding ang pinaka simpleng solusyon dahil hindi na kailangan pang maghanda ng kahit ano, pinakaligtas dahil ito ay masustansiya at walang preservatives, pinakamatipid dahil hindi na ito…

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Legazpi City. An American businessman and entrepreneur in the name of James Cash Penney once said, “The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison”. This quote is true for the nutrition workers in our country, for we belong to different units or offices but share one common goal,…

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Legazpi City.  As in the past, Nutrition Month Celebration of NNC Bicol is participated by various local nutrition workers and other stakeholders with several activities lined up during the month, However, this year,  we are celebrating the nutrition month differently: Virtual or should we say, Blended!  Still, in coordination with the RNC members and Local…

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