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UNICEF turns over anthropometric tools to Maasin City
UNICEF through the Samaritans Purse has turned over anthropometric tools to the local government unit of Maasin City on April 21, 2022.The event was attended by Maasin City Mayor Nacional Mercado. The anthropometric tools are intended to be used by Maasin City Health Offices and their respective Barangay Health Stations.Dr. Jocelyn Anas-Orito, City Health Officer…
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Samar PNFP conducts TK-DSP orientation for ARBOs
CALBIGA, Samar- Samar Provincial Nutrition Focal Point (PNFP) of the National Nutrition Council Region 8, Ms. Irene F. Dagami, conducted an orientation on Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program among Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs).Present during the orientation were the two ARBO presidents and some of its members. Calbiga Municipal Nutrition Action Officer Ms. Evelyn Piscos-Jabonete,…
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NNC conducts OPT MOP, DQC Local Consultative workshop
TACLOBAN CITY – The National Nutrition Council initiated a consultative workshop for the Development of the Operation Timbang Plus (OPT Plus) Manual of Operations (MOP) and Data Quality Check (DQC) for Integration in the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) Pro.The workshop was commissioned to the University of the Philippines-Los Banos and…
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Baybay City activates Nutrition Cluster
TACLOBAN CITY – After the onslaught of Typhoon Agaton, Baybay City activated its Nutrition Cluster. The Nutrition Cluster aims to ensure that the nutritional status of affected population especially the most vulnerable groups, e.g. infants, children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, older persons, persons with disabilities, and people with debilitating conditions, will not worsen or…
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LGU Villareal in Samar attends NPM training, LNAP formulation
VILLAREAL, Samar – The municipality of Villareal in Samar funded a Nutrition Program Management (NPM) Training. The NPM training was squeezed to four days with overtime hours until 6:30 in the afternoon.The LGU invited resource speakers and facilitators from the National Nutrition Council 8 and from the Provincial Nutrition Office.The first 3 days tackle the…
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NNC soon to seal partnership with N. Samar ARBOs
CATARMAN, Northern Samar – PNFP Ramel Bandibas conducted Tutok Kainan:Dietary Supplementation Program Orientation and consultative meeting with Northern Samar Provincial Agrarian Reform Partners on April 5, 2022.The activity focusses on the orientation and overview of the program, guidelines on the engagement with ARBOs, Marketing Agreement, documentary requirements and the weekly cycle menu which includes commodity…
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Baybay City holds “Buntis Congress”
BAYBAY CITY – Around 60 pregnant women including teenage mothers are gathered at the City Gymnasium of Baybay today, March 30, 2022, for the Buntis Congress.As part of the intensified effort on information dissemination, the local government unit of City of Baybay through its City Heath Unit (CHU) conceptualized its own initiative to gather all…
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PNFP Dagami orients Samar ARBO on TK-DSP
DARAM, Samar – Provincial Nutrition Focal Point- Samar, Irene Dagami met with San Roque Farmer’s Association ((SRFA) Members Ms. Silva and Analyn to discuss the TK DSP program and the ARBOs who will supply raw feeding commodities ofthe identified barangays of the municipalities of Daram, Samar.Barangays of Mayabay and Talisay are the beneficiaries of the…
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NNC8 wraps up three major regional activities
PALO, Leyte – As the first quarter of 2022 will end, the National Nutrition Council Region 8 has conducted three major regional activities.These are the Pre-Deployment Orientation for Human Resources for Health- Nutritionist Dietitian Deployment Program (HRH-NDDP), Provincial/City/Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (P/C/MNAOs) meeting and District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators (P/CNPC) meeting.RNPC Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo, Jr…
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Merida, Leyte BNCs attend BNAP formulation workshop
TACLOBAN CITY – The Barangay Nutrition Action Plan (BNAP) is the local version of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN), the country’s directional framework for nutrition improvement.Lead by their Municipal Nutrition Action Officer, Mr. Ernesto Pening, Barangay Nutrition Committee Members from 21 barangays of Merida, Leyte, actively participates during the workshops.
