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Sa PPAN, panalo ang bayan!: Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition
Despite the gains to improve the nutrition status of children under-5 years old, there are still nutrition issues that could impact a child’s survival and development. And, acute malnutrition is among the pressing problems in nutrition. Acute malnutrition is a form of malnutrition that resulted from inadequate energy and/or protein intake, illness, or inappropriate childcare…
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Sa PPAN, panalo ang bayan!: Mandatory Food Fortification
The PPAN or the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2017-2022 consists of nutrition-specific programs, nutrition-sensitive programs, and enabling programs. These nutrition programs call for efficiency to ensure positive nutrition outcomes at the end of 2022. One of the nutrition-specific programs which addresses the micronutrient deficiencies problem in the country is the Mandatory Food Fortification.…
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Two Kagay-anon BNSs receive Civil Service Eligibility
11 May 2022, Cagayan de Oro City (CNPC Sherill Faith P. Española) – Ms. Osterlean D. Lustre and Ms. June Nalyn D. Damo, Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) from Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City have been granted with Civil Service Eligibility for qualifying in the Barangay Nutrition Scholar Eligibility (BNSE) from Civil Service Commission (CSC) 10.…
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Tutok Kainan social preparation in LGU Balo-i continues
12 May 2022, Cagayan de Oro City – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) X represented by Provincial Nutrition Focal Point (PNFP) Lizelle Bete, conducted Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program (TK DSP) monitoring and storage inspection to program recipient barangays in the municipality of Balo-i, Lanao del Norte. Last 6 May, PNFP Bete visited Barangays Maria…
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Make way, Hypertension DASH away!
High blood pressure also known as hypertension is defined as high or raised blood pressure. It is a condition in which the pressure in the blood vessels have persistently increased and significantly elevates the risks of various diseases. Blood pressure levels below 120/80 are considered normal. Over time, higher results may indicate hypertension. The top…
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2022 Safe Motherhood Week: Saving mothers, giving life
The second week of May has been declared as “Safe Motherhood Week” by Presidential Proclamation No. 200 signed in year 2002. Annually, the Philippines observes this proclamation to promote maternal health and nutrition, as well as full access to health services in order to make pregnancy and childbirth safer. Every woman, especially a pregnant or…
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NNC X joins EPAHP-RPMO10 in championing food and nutrition security
The Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (PAHP) program was enacted last July 2016 during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The aim of the program is to institutionalize and operationalize the league effort and partnership among the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Agriculture (DA), and Department of Agrarian Reform…
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NNC X capacitates Bukidnon LGUs for improved nutrition program management
6 May 2022, Cagayan de Oro City – In an effort to strengthen the functionality of the local nutrition committees (LNCs) and to scale-up nutrition actions in the remaining years of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) in the local government units (LGUs), the National Nutrition Council (NNC) X visited the LGUs of…
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R10 provides technical assistance to select LGUs of Misamis Occidental
4 May 2022, Cagayan de Oro City – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) X continually visits local government units (LGUs) in the region to conduct technical assistance (TA) and advocate the strengthening of the nutrition program in their localities. Last 26-27 April 2022, NNC X visited the LGUs of Sinacaban, Jimenez and Tudela, Misamis Occidental.…
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Sa PPAN, panalo ang bayan!: Nutrition Promotion Program for Behavior Change
The Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022 is the country’s blueprint to address the immediate, underlying, and basic causes of malnutrition. It consists of nutrition-specific programs, nutrition-sensitive programs, and enabling programs. In its Technical Guidance Brief for Effective At-Scale Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Communication, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) acknowledges…
