Ms. Emelyn Flor Fabiana, the 49-years old District Nutrition Program Coordinator of the Province of Agusan del Norte is one of the contenders of the Regional Outstanding District Nutrition Program Coordinator in Caraga Region.DNPC Fabiana is a Registered Nutritionist Dietitian by profession from Silliman University in Dumaguete City.The dedicated DNPC is serving the Province of…

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The month of September is known as the Generics Awareness Month. The event celebrates the passing of the law – the Generics Act of 1988 or Republic Act No. 6675 which guarantees all Filipinos affordable and effective medications.The 2008 Cheaper Medicines Act amended the Generics Act to require pharmaceutical companies to make generic drugs widely…

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Surigao City– On September 16, 2022, Purok-3, Barangay Canlanipa, Surigao City served as the launch location for the Adopt-a-Community Project of the Caraga Regional Hospital’s Department of Family and Community Medicine with the theme: “Himsog na Pamilya, para sa Himsog na Komunidad”.The project, which will last for two years, is intended to offer fundamental services…

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Butuan City- In relation to post Typhoon Odette’s monitoring and reporting of the implementation of the cluster strategy and results, NNC Caraga’s newly hired Information Management Officer (IMO) for the Province of Dinagat Islands (PDI), Ms. Angelica Pajulas was introduced to Municipal Nutrition Action officers (MNAOs) and Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO) Ms. Joanna Jessica…

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Butuan City- On 12 September 2022 at 3rd Floor Santiago Government Center Building, Santiago, Agusan del Norte the Regional Evaluation Team (RNET) visited the outstanding Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (MNAO) of the Province of Agusan del Norte.The 56 years old Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (MNAO), Ms. Belen Estrosos, is a devoted wife and mother of…

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The International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) recognizes September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by highlighting the global burden of childhood cancer and IARC’s efforts to prevent and treat childhood cancer worldwide.Cancer is a disease in which some cells of the body grow uncontrollably and spread throughout the body. Environmental or genetic factors may have…

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Surigao City- As part of the over-all local government unit (LGU) mobilization strategy in scaling up nutrition, the National Nutrition Council Caraga region conducted a three (3)-day Planning Workshop on Integrating Nutrition in Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan (PDPFP), Comprehensive (CDP), and Local Development Investment Programs for Local Government Units known as the “Local…

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Recently, during the celebration of the Nutrition Month organized by the Province of Agusan del Sur, Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) LadyPril Basibas was hailed as the Outstanding BNS of the province on 21 July 2022.The Provincial Outstanding BNS of Agusan del Sur was visited by the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) on 5 September 2022…

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On the 7th of September 2022, the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) visited the Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO) of the Province Agusan del Sur, Ms. Laniebelle T. Angchangco at the Provincial Nutrition Office, Agusan del Sur.The visit aims to monitor and evaluate the performance of the provincial government and the nutrition focal person in…

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One of the contenders for 2022 Search for Caraga Regional Outstanding City/Municipal Nutrition Action Officer is the 9-year Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (MNAO) of the Municipality of Rosario, Ms. Fe Vergara Sulfelix.The 47-year old MNAO was evaluated by the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) on 6 September 2022 at the RHU Building of the Municipality…

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