Legazpi City. The NNC Bicol in coordination with the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) held on 4 August its first-ever virtual 2020 Nutrition Month Culmination Program with a Webinar on Scaling-Up Nutrition Towards Resiliency to Pandemic: Adapting to the New Normal and Awarding Ceremony. Using google meet, NNC Bicol team successfully conducted the Culmination Program, which…

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Legazpi City. The National Nutrition Council released Nutrition Cluster Advisory No. 1 and No. 2 where LGUs and other nutrition stakeholders are recommended to prioritize nutrition in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic. Many heeded the call of NNC and continue to provide healthy food packs to their respective communities. The whole of Bicol Region has now…

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Tabaco City. With the Enhanced Community Quarantine in effect since March 16, many daily wage earners have experienced many difficulties in meeting their daily food needs due to low or no daily income earned. With low income, there is a big possibility for the members of the family to reduce food intake, resulting to limited…

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Five hundred fifty-one children, 6-59 months old, pregnant, and lactating, from the 23 barangays in the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon received freshly produced soya milk beginning 23 April 2020.  This was Prieto Diaz’s action in the midst of possible food insecurity brought about by enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Distribution of this…

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Virac, Catanduanes. Presidential Decree 491 in 1974 declared the month of July as Nutrition Month to raise awareness and influence the public on the importance of nutrition. Celebrations in the past four decades were carried out festively with various activities that span the whole month of July.   This year 2020, in its 46th-year celebration, as the…

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Across the country, local governments are at the forefront to cope with the blows this pandemic has brought to health and nutrition well-being of the population. All have initiated distributing food commodities (either ready to cook or fresh vegetables), vitamins, hygiene kits, among others to the general public and the more vulnerable groups of children,…

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Tabaco City.  COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health and livelihood of Filipinos. The Department of Health reminds everyone to wash their hands frequently and boost their immune system to prevent acquiring the virus. Promotion of good nutrition is most necessary during this health crisis. With this in mind, the city of Tabaco and municipality of…

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Both Barangay Based-Institutions (BBIs), the Barangay Health and Emergency Response Team (BHERT) and the Barangay Nutrition Committee (BNC) have its own unique role in ensuring the well-being of the populace. The former looks at the general population and active when there is an ensuing health emergency while the latter is for children (pre-school and school…

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By this time,  relief food packs already reached your pantry areas. In times like this,  we can only settle for what are locally available while our front liners are busy managing the sick while  government leaders  are deciding more serious matters. Not what food or dish to cook for the family.  We know these food…

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Tabaco City. Bicol Region has been on enhanced community quarantine since March 15 and has affected a lot of Bicolanos. The primary concern during this pandemic is the health of every individual which is now being addressed by respective provincial governments as well as other LGUs in the region. For an instance, the provincial government…

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