The Asuncion Municipal Police Station headed by PCPT Joselito L. Tan, Jr. with his team in partnership with the Municipal Nutrition Office conducted a very unique “An Egg a Day” Supplementary Feeding Program. The program targeted 13 severely underweight children 6-59 months old for 120 days and this program started last May 15, 2020 through…

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The City Government of Davao decided to place the entire Barangay 23-C in Davao City under a 14-day “hard lockdown” effective last July 04, 2020. Barangay 23-C is categorized as “very high risk,” as more residents tested positive of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). While addressing Covid-19 situation in the barangay, CHO still holds regular health…

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Juliet C. Revita – Sun Star THE National Nutrition Council (NNC)-Davao expressed concern over the threat of possible surge of malnutrition among children amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic crisis. During a virtual presser on Wednesday, May 20, NNC Davao Regional Nutrition program coordinator Maria Teresa Ungson said they are monitoring severe acute malnourished (SAM) and…

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Kevin Caro – PIA XI DAVAO CITY, May 20 (PIA) – In light of the recent effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in communities throughout the Davao Region, the National Nutrition Council (NNC XI) is campaigning for the proper nutrition of communities when it comes to the distribution of food packs by local government units. The…

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Edith Isidro/Kevin Caro – Philippine Information Agency XI DAVAO CITY, April 22 (PIA) — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG XI), through a memorandum, has provided the Department of Health (DOH) approved set of guidelines for the nutrition cluster in Region XI. The said guidelines are designed to provide communities all over the…

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Barangay Nutrition Frontline Workers otherwise known as Barangay Nutrition Scholars were capacitated to assist the Barangay Nutrition Committee in the management, coordination, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the barangay nutrition programs. A total of 30 newly appointed and existing Barangay Nutrition Scholars from 30 Barangays of Municipality of Malita, Davao Occidental undergone a 4-day…

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Ruth Palo – NEA Aguila Onse President/Daily Mirror – Writer DAVAO CITY — The National Nutrition Council (NNC) 11 has renewed its reminder to the public that a “no-milk” donation policy is being imposed amid the community quarantine due to the COVID-19 crisis. NNC 11 program head Maria Teresa Ungson told the Mirror that in…

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Last February 27-28, 2020, the National Nutrition Council XI represented by NO II Fernandez conducted its 1st quarterly monitoring visit and technical assistance to the two nutriskwela community radio stations of Davao Region, 97.3 Radyo Kalumonan of San Isidro, Davao Oriental and 101.3 Radyo Kahimunan of Laak, Davao de Oro. This is to assess the…

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Did you know that our favorite Banana Ketchup was actually invented by a Filipina? She was born in the heritage town of Taal, Batangas on November 29, 1893: Maria Ylagan Orosa. She was a food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian and war heroine who invented calamansi juice powder, banana ketchup, soyalac, and two breeds of fruit-plants…

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Dr. Eadara Shrikanth, TAN Asia Project Manager and Dr. Sahota Rupinder, Project Officer from Nutrition International – Technical Assistance for Nutrition (NI-TAN) conducted the progress assessment in relation to the project “Support to Scaling up Rice Fortification and Distribution with the Social Safety Net Program (SSNP) in the Philippines”. This project started on August 2017…

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