PALO, Leyte – The Information Management Officer (IMO) of Leyte visited the 5th a district of Leyte, one of the areas hardly-hit aby Typhoon Odette last year. The IMO visited the municipality of Matalom, Bato, Hilongos, Hindang and Inopacan.These 5th District of Leyte municipalities were part of the humanitarian assistance of UNICEF, the Department of…

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PALO, Leyte – The Nutrition Action Officers Association of the Philippines (NAOPA) Eastern Visayas chapter held its election of new set of officers. The election was represented by NAOs of 6 provinces, cities, and federated NAO presidents.NAOPA elected MNAO Edward Fermani-Lor as their new President. Lora is the Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of Hilongos, Leyte. He…

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HILONGOS, Leyte – The National Nutrition Council 8 embarks on partnership with Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (ARBOs).A Marketing Agreement (MA) between NNC 8 and the Tagbawto-Hilusig Communal Irrigators’ Association, Inc. of Hilongos, Leyte was signed and signals the start of the Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program (TK-DSP) for 6-23months old children and nutritionally-at-risk pregnant women.RNPC…

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JAVIER, Leyte – The Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program (TK-DSP) is one of the programs under the Early Childhood Care and Development in the First 1000 Days (ECCD F1KD).It aims to contribute to the prevention of stunting among children 0-23months old by improving the quality and quantity of food and nutrient intakes and utilization of…

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PALO, Leyte – The Nutrition Action Officers Association of the Philippines (NAOPA) Eastern Visayas chapter held its election of new set of officers. The election was represented by NAOs of 6 provinces, cities, and federated NAO presidents.The beauteous Jassie Acla Alegre was elected NAOPA EV chapter as one of the association Auditors. Jassie as she…

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Maasin City is the second Nutrition Honor Awardee (NHA) in Eastern Visayas. The Nutrition Honor Award is the highest and most prestigious nutrition award conferred to a local government unit that has increasingly improved further its outstanding performance and held the record in the region for six (6) consecutive years.In the case of Maasin City,…

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PALO, Leyte – The Nutrition Action Officers Association of the Philippines (NAOPA) Eastern Visayas chapter has a new set of officers and board of directors. The election was held during its first meeting for this year.Ms. Teresita Bayotas-Garado, Public Health Nurse and concurrent Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of the municipality of Maydolong was elected Board…

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PALO, Leyte – As part of the Regional Nutrition Cluster (RNCL) Response for Typhoon Odette, the National Nutrition Council has coordinated with UNICEF for the transfer of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food from Catanduanes.Ms. Joan Goanzales, Information Management Officer, accompanies members of the Provincial Health Office and Provincial Nutrition Committee in distributing the commodities in the towns…

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PALO, Leyte – The Nutrition Action Officers Association of the Philippines (NAOPA) Eastern Visayas chapter elected its new set of officers and board of directors during their regular NAOs meeting.Elected Vice President is Tacloban City Nutrition Action Officer Ms. Maria Lumen Pedrosa-Tabao. Malu as she is fondly called started her government service journey in 2005 when…

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MARABUT, Samar– On March 24, MNAO Verly Jane Orden and Sir Lucky, former BHW turned Nutrition Staff were oriented on the use of the e-OPT 2022. Part of the discussion of the meeting was regarding the mode of validation (MOVs) done by Marabut in order to validate the e-OPT results. According to Ms. Orden, the…

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