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Caraga Nutrition Cluster orients BNS on MUAC Measurement
January 07, 2022 | Brgy. Boa, Municipality of Cagdianao, Province of Dinagat Islands – The Caraga Regional Nutrition Cluster orients and demonstrates to the Barangay Nutrition Scholars of Brgy. Boa in the Municipality of Cagdianao, Province of Dinagat Islands on the proper Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) measurement. Due to the wrath of Typhoon Odette, all…
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Nutrition Cluster intensifies monitoring of milk donation
Butuan City -In the weekly meeting of the Regional Nutrition Cluster on 17 January 2022, the Cluster intensified its coordination with the nutrition workers at the local government units for its monitoring of milk donation especially in the typhoon affected areas of the region.Department of Health (DOH) Memorandum No. 2020- 0231 or Guidelines on the…
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Dinagat Islands IMT bolsters effort for disaster response
January 07, 2022 | Province of Dinagat Islands – The National Nutrition Council Caraga Region with UNICEF Philippines joins the Incident Management Team (IMT) pre-deployment briefing. An incident management team is dispatched or mobilized during complex emergency incidents to provide a command-and-control infrastructure in order to manage the operational, logistical, informational, planning, fiscal, community, political, and safety…
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Caraga Regional Nutrition Cluster reaches Brgy. Boa in Dinagat Islands
January 07, 2022 | Brgy. Boa, Municipality of Cagdianao, Province of Dinagat Islands – The Caraga Regional Nutrition Cluster reaches one of the most hardly-hit areas in the Dinagat Islands province, Brgy. Boa in the Municipality of Cagdianao, wherein 95% of the structures in the area are totally damaged and families are displaced. Reaching the…
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Caraga Regional Nutrition Cluster Post-Disaster Assessment in Dinagat Islands
January 07, 2022 | Province of Dinagat Islands – The National Nutrition Council Caraga Region, in close collaboration with UNICEF Philippines, conducts post-disaster nutrition initial needs assessment at the Province of Dinagat Islands on Day 22 after the Typhoon Odette ravaged the area. NOII Raphael Ochavo, together with UNICEF Philippines Nutrition Officer Mr. Pete John Biscarra and…
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Typhoon Odette Ravages Dinagat Islands Municipalities
January 07, 2022 | Province of Dinagat Islands – Dinagat Islands Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO) Ms. Joanna Jessica A. Yasay, RND provided a quick briefer to the members of the Regional Nutrition Cluster on the current situation of the municipalities and discussed the geographical makeup of the province. Dinagat Islands are a group of islands…
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Caraga Nutrition Cluster distributes IYCF in emergencies tarp
Surigao City- In order to protect, promote and support safe and adequate nutrition for infants and young children through the protections of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices and advocacies, the Regional Nutrition Cluster distributed Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) in Emergencies advocacy tarp to typhoon Odette affected local government units in Surigao del Norte…
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Typhoon ravaged Surigao del Norte needs nutrition support
Surigao City- In a meeting convened by the Provincial Health Office of Surigao del Norte on 6 January 2022 at the DRR Building in Surigao City, Dr. Arlene Felizarta relayed that health and nutrition related services are needed by the province to include interventions which will mitigate further malnutrition deterioration.In response, Nutrition Cluster led by…
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Caraga Nutrition Cluster deploys three teams
Surigao City- Early morning on 6 January 2022, three (3) teams of the Nutrition Cluster readied for deployment to typhoon Odette ravaged areas of Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte including Siargao Islands to conduct the nutrition initial needs assessment.Joining the team Surigao del Norte Mainland is NNC -OIC Dr. Nino Archie S. Labordo with Nutrition…
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Caraga Nutrition cluster starts the year with coordination meeting
Butuan City- To provide updates of the nutrition cluster coordinating activities, the team convened its third meeting today 3 January 2022 via Zoom Conferencing.The meeting started with the nutrition situation presentation on the most typhoon Odette affected areas of Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte including Surigao City.The operation timbang plus (OPT+) revealed that most…
