Butuan City–As an output to the Nutrition in Emergencies crash course, participants, particularly the young doctors assigned in Dinagat and Siargao islands formulated re-entries that are doable in the implementation of the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM) and Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) programs and activities on 18 March 2022…

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Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur—The Provincial Government of Agusan del Sur (PGAS) through its Provincial Health Office (PHO) provided an integrated health and nutrition services to the residents, mostly children, pregnant and lactating mothers, during the long Dental Health Month Celebration.Part of the celebration of the National Dental Health Month and National Vaccination Day – Resbakuna…

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Butuan City – At least 20 barangay nutrition scholars attended the Crash Course on the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM) conducted on 07 March 2022, at City Hall Food Supply Office, Butuan City.The initiative aims to assist LGUs and provide Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) a re-orientation in managing cases of children with moderate…

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Butuan City – Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs) of the 18 local government units of Surigao Del Sur convened for a face-to-face meeting on March 8, 2022, at Gold Bar Function Hall, Tandag City.In her presentation, PNAO Emerlinda Ascarez shared the provincial nutrition situation, particularly the prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight among 0-59 months children. In the…

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Butuan City – Nutrition Action Officers in the Province of Surigao del Sur re-orients on Operation Timbang Plus (OPT+) during the conduct of its First Quarter Meeting on 8 March 2022 at the Gold Bar Function Hall, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur.In her presentation, Provincial Nutrition Focal Point, Ms. Julianne Janine Carrillo shared the electronic…

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BUTUAN CITY – In the recently conducted Women’s Summit 2022 at the Balanghai Hotel, this city, the Department of Health (DOH), the country’s lead agency battling the pandemic, intensifies information drive on COVID-19 vaccination and took the opportunity to orient the participants of the summit on COVID pediatric vaccination.Ms. Phoebie Rhanie Demata-Boque, Health Education & Promotion…

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BUTUAN CITY – In celebration of the Women’s Month this year, the Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC) of the Caraga Regional Development Council (RDC) hold today a Women’s Summit at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center with the theme, “We Make Change, Work for Women” and with the tag line “Agenda ng Kababaihan Tungo…

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BUTUAN CITY— Two Typhoon Odette-hit provinces of Caraga Region – Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands -topped stunting prevalence in the 2021 Operation Timbang Plus (OPT+) among provinces in the region reported during the Provincial and City Nutrition Action Officers and City and District Nutrition Program Coordinators on 24 February 2022 at Almont City Hotel,…

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By virtue of Proclamation 930 issued in the year 2020, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared the second week of March of every year as the “Philippine Digestive Health Week”. The proclamation takes cognizance of the need to “strengthen national and local efforts in providing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to health development with emphasis on…

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You’re invited to join the 2022 World Obesity Day Webinar on 04 March 2022, 9AM to 12NN.This year, the World Obesity Day will again be observed with a global theme “Everybody Needs to Act”. Globally, the call for action is being made to tackle the rising levels of childhood and adult obesity, to reduce the…

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