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Updated eOPT Tools now available for download!
The National Nutritioin Council released recently the updated Electronic Operation Timbang Plus Tools for Large Barangays and for Community Levels and the Regular Consolidation Tools for City/Municipal Level and Province Level. For Caraga Region, tools are available for download through this link: https://nnc.gov.ph/component/phocadownload/category/10. The eOPT Plus Tool is a tool for consolidating measurements at the Barangay Level…
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NNC Caraga Monitoring, Assisting and Coaching (MAC) Visit to Talacogon
NNC Caraga team went to the municipality of Talacogon with Agusan del Sur Provincial Nutrition Action Officer Laniebelle Angchangco for technical assistance and to lobby for the continued support to the nutrition program through nutrition advocacy. OIC-RNPC Laquihon shared the nutrition situation and the capacity map of Agusan del Sur including the ranking of Talacogon…
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Mental Retardation in relation to Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD)
The Department of Health (DOH) has designated February 14-20 as the National Mental Retardation Week. Mental Retardation (MR) also known as Intellectual Disability (ID), is defined as a sub-average intellectual ability present from birth or early infancy. It is a term used in cases when the brain doesn’t develop properly, thus limiting a person’s ability to…
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NNC Caraga conducts RNTWG Meeting for Q1 CY2021
In maintaining the coordinated and harmonized nutrition activities across its member agencies, the National Nutrition Council Caraga conducted the Q1 CY2021 Regional Nutrition Technical Working Group meeting last February 26, 2021 via Zoom Video Conferencing to discuss relevant updates on nutrition program, projects and activities and technical concerns and action lines. RNTWG members present were:…
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Monitoring Visit and Technical Assistance to Surigao del Norte
February 10, 2021, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte – The National Nutrition Council Caraga, spearheaded by OIC-RNPC Retsebeth M. Laquihon conducted the Monitoring Visit and Technical Assistance through Mentoring, Assisting, and Coaching (MAC) Project to the provincial nutrition office of Surigao del Norte. The Provincial Nutrition Committee was convened and attended by Surigao del Norte’s District…
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NNC Caraga collaboration meeting with Breastfeeding Nanays sa Caraga for F1K Campaign
The National Nutrition Council Caraga, spearheaded by OIC-NPC Retsebeth M. Laquihon, RND, MPD, MDM, meets with the co-founder of the Breastfeeding Nanays sa Caraga, Ms. Rhea Carampatana, to coordinate activities in support of the First 1000 Days Campaign. Breastfeeding Nanays sa Caraga, which was founded in the year 2014 with only six members, is a…
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Ngipin ay Alagaan Mula sa Sinapupunan para sa Magandang Ngiti Hanggang Katandaan
Pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation No. 559, celebrating the month of February as the National Oral Health Month. This celebration is to strengthen the public awareness on the importance of the good oral health. National Nutrition Council-Caraga strongly advocates the importance of 1st 1000days of life as we also celebrate the 2021 National Oral…
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Agusan del Norte’s Turnover of measurement tools and IEC materials
February 4, 2021, Butuan City – the Provincial Nutrition Committee Chaired by Governor Dale Corvera led the turnover ceremony of the measurement tools given by DoH XIII and IEC materials from the NNC to respective LGUs in the province. NNC Caraga OIC-RNPC Retsebeth M. Laquihon also graced the ceremony. She presented the nutrition situation of…
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Caraga LGUs Observe National Deworming Month
Last January 1-31, 2021, Caraga Region observed the National Deworming Month. Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most common infections in humans worldwide, caused by a group of parasites commonly referred to as worms, including roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) and hookworms (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale) which can impair nutrient intake and malabsorption and…
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NNC Caraga’s First Coordination Meeting CY2021 with DOH XIII
January 20, 2021, Butuan City- OIC-Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Retsebeth M. Laquihon of NNC Caraga had a First Coordination Meeting for CY 2021 with Caraga Regional Nutrition Committee Chairperson, DOH Director Jose R. Llacuna, Jr for the collaborative efforts in the implementation of nutrition program between NNC and DoH in the region. OIC-RNPC Laquihon gave…
