The National Nutrition Council – Region 5 led by NPC Arlene R. Reario together with ECCD F1K – PNC Betito, handed over the 2017 funds for the implementation of the program components on mother’s classes, nutrition education, home food production, and monitoring to all the ECCD F1K areas in Camarines Sur, namely Iriga City and…

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Bicol’s Best BNS Hurdles Written Examination                         NNC Legazpi City – 30 May 2017. The quest for the Best 2016 Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) continues. Today, the written examination for the respective 2016 Outstanding BNSs from all over the region are at Jennifer’s Kababayan…

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Yesterday, 22 November, NNC together with Mayor Bernard Brioso and the members of the Libmanan Nutrition Committee launched the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Intervention Package for the First 1000 Days (ECCD-IP F1KD) in the municipality with the strong 250 members of the Barangay Nutrition Committees from 75 barangays composed of Barangay Nutrition Scholars…

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Legazpi City. The National Nutrition Council Bicol will give due recognition to local government units that have shown outstanding performance in managing their local nutrition program on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon at The Oriental Hotel, Legazpi City.  Likewise, the NNC will honor outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) who have done…

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Catanduanes – Thirty participants representing the different sectors in the municipalities of Viga, Panganiban and Bagamanoc in Catanduanes committed support to the re-organized Community Radio Council (CRC) of the Nutriskwela Community Radio, Radyo Kaamigo last 26 May 2016. The induction ceremony of the new members and officers took place after completion of the 4-day refresher…

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  The National Nutrition Council Bicol continuously promotes exclusive breastfeeding to achieve the overall goal of reducing undernutrition among the children.   This is in support to Republic Act 10028, otherwise known as “Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009”,  that mandates all health and non-health  facilities, establishments or institutions, including public places to establish or provide…

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Katumbas ay Biyaya, the National Nutrition Council’s multimedia campaign to promote good nutrition to the public, proves to be changing the lives of the Filipino people. Mrs. Lorely de Guzman-Labo, one the two winners from Bicol region of the Katumbas ay Biyaya Season 10 Letter Writing Contest, is a living proof of this. With health…

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Legazpi City. A series of trainings will be conducted by the National Nutrition Council Bicol on WHO-Child Growth Standards (WHO-CGS) for health workers and Peer Counsellors training on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF). With funding support from the Department of Health RO V, these trainings will cover the six provinces of Bicol Region namely…

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Imagine that you’re a mother exclusively breastfeeding your baby and travelling to another place to visit. Many mothers find it difficult to continue breastfeeding while travelling unless they have their own vehicle or there is a nearby place to drop-by so they can breastfeed their baby. How about a mother waiting to ride a bus…

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Through the 2nd Regional NGO Forum conducted last 4 December at Hotel Venezia in Legazpi City, NNC Bicol continued to intensify partnerships with local government and non-government organizations. Nine (9) NGOs from different parts of the Bicol region and eight (8) agency members of the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) took part in the said event.…

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