The National Nutrition Council (NNC)-Caraga continues to support the Department of Health (DOH) in its campaign on deworming among children ages one (1) year and older. The program aims to eliminate intestinal parasitism in children that can cause malnutrition.Malnutrition is directly associated with insufficient dietary intake, with underlying factors such as a lack of safe…

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January is Liver Cancer and Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Malusog na Atay, Masayang Buhay” which raises awareness, emphasizing the importance of the liver and keeping it healthy.The liver plays a central role in nutrient metabolism and regulation, including production of bile to help absorb dietary fats, cholesterol, and fat-soluble vitamins; storing…

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BUTUAN CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the latest National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) revealing that fewer women aged 15 to 19 are getting pregnant. Teenage pregnancies declined to 5.4% in 2022 from 8.6% in 2012.According to the NDHS, most teenage pregnancies occurred among 19 year-olds at 13.3% followed by 18 year-olds…

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BUTUAN CITY – The National Nutrition Council Caraga Region participated in the simultaneous national launching of End Stunting Now Campaign of Brigada News Network on its 11th week of Mother and Child Care Advocacy at Brgy. Libertad, Butuan City on 21 January 2023. Brigada News FM Butuan 96.7 Station Manager, Mr. Carlo G. Dugaduga and his…

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The National Nutrition Council Caraga is one of the many agencies and entities that joins with the country in celebrating Goiter Awareness Week or GAW which is annually observed on the fourth week of January.  The celebration is in adherence to Presidential Proclamation No. 1188 signed on 11 December 2016 by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo…

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BUTUAN CITY – The Provincial/ City Nutrition Action Officers ( PCNAOs) and District/ City Nutrition Program Coordinators (DCNPCs) of Caraga region convened for its First Meeting of the year on 12 January 2023 at Balanghai Hotel, Butuan City.The meeting was attended by nineteen (19) PCNAOs and DCNPCs from the five provinces and four cities (Bayugan…

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BUTUAN CITY–The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP)—Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) conducted a meeting with the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Caraga on 11 January 2023 at EPAHP-RPMO, JMV Building, T. Guingona Sr. Avenue, Butuan City.The meeting discussed the community-based organizations (CBOs) in Caraga and…

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BUTUAN CITY- In a pre-workshop meeting conducted on 13 January 2022, via Zoom, five (5) municipalities in Siargao Island will be enrolled in Health and Nutrition Governance and Programming which will be facilitated by the Zuellig Family Foundation (ZFF) in partnership with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and the National Nutrition Council Caraga starting…

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BUTUAN CITY- In its first Staff Meeting of the National Nutrition Council Caraga on 9 January 2022 at Balanghai Hotel, Butuan City, Dr. Nino Archie Labordo, the Nutrition Program Coordinator, together with his regular and job order personnel formulated interventions and renewed commitments to better implement related activities in 2023.In a workshop, the staff identified…

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BUTUAN CITY- Community Nutrition Services NC II for the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) to kickstart in 2023, said by Nutrition Program Coordinator, Dr. Nino Archie S. Labordo during the meeting of the Provincial/City Nutrition Action Officers (PCNAO) and District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators (DCNPC) on 12 January 2023 at Balanghai Hotel, Butuan City.In 2019, the NNC…

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