HILONGOS, Leyte – The National Nutrition Council 8 inks partnership with Javier Vegetable Growers Association (JaVeGA) in Javier Leyte.JaVeGA is an Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (ARBOs) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). A Marketing Agreement (MA) between the two was signed and signals the start of the Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program (TK-DSP) for…

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PALO, Leyte – The Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program (TK-DSP) orientation and consultative meeting were done together with San Miguel Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (MNAO) Ms. Maria Diosdevina A. Delmo, San Miguel Municipal Agrarian Reform Program Officer (MARPO) Ms. Leah B. Sacan, Barugo DARMO-ARPT Ms. Emilor G. Ido, DARMO-SARPT Mr. Apolonio Mendoza Jr., DA AT-HVCDP…

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PALO, Leyte – In its first Nutrition Action Officers Association of the Philippines (NAOPA), Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo, Jr. had a dialogue with Provincial Health Officer (PHO) II and OIC-Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO) of the province of Eastern Samar, Dr. Efipania Marian Isiderio.Both had a side conversation on the creation of…

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PALO, Leyte – The National Nutrition Council, in its continuing effort to improve the LGU capacity to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate nutrition programs, is opening its e-learning course on Local Nutrition Program Management (NPM). The e-learning course will come in three batches on a flexible time and “at your phase learning”.The first batch will be…

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PALO, Leyte – Ready-to-Eat Therapeutic Food (RUTF) is a medicinal food that contains several nutrients that are very important in the recovery of severely and moderately wasted children from 6 to 59 months old. The guidelines in the distribution of RUTF is part of the Philippine Integrated Management of Malnutrition (PIMAM).PNFP Irene Dagami conducted PIMAM…

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ALBUERA, Leyte – This municipality is one of the areas for the Tutok Kainan Supplementation Program (TK-DSP) in Leyte with 83 beneficiaries of children 6-23months old who are nutritionally at-risk or undernourished.The program aims to contribute to the prevention of stunting among children 0-23months old by improving the quality and quantity of food and nutrient…

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MARCH 19, 2022 – Saint Bernard in Southern Leyte is one of the municipalities that was severely devastated by Typhoon Odette.The municipality through their Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (MNAO l) organized the Municipal Nutrition Cluster for a Nutrition in Emergencies Training and Planning Workshop.The MNAO invited pool of trainers from the National Nutrition Council 8…

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MARCH 19, 2022 – PNFP Irene Dagami paid a courtesy call to Municipal Agrarian Reform Program Officer (MARPO) Jose Arropo.PNFP Dagami introduced the Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program and scheduled a visit with two ARBOs, the Roxas II Farmer’s Association represented by Mr. Wilfredo Senario and the Brgy. Panoypoy ARBO.MARPO Arropo accompanied PNFP Dagami to…

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HILONGOS, Leyte – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 8 handed over the Barangay Nutrition Scholars’ (BNSs) cheque representing the 2021 travel allowance.The cheque will benefit 51 BNSs of the 51 barangays of the municipality.Hilongos, Leyte is one the municipalities in Leyte province to submit BNS proposal and release early to the BNSs. Subsequently, after…

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With the unprecedented hike in oil prices and uncontrolled inflation of commodities including food, there is an ever-greater clamor to change to a more sustainable lifestyle. Increases in prices are often related to the demand-and-supply relationship in the economy. When the supply cannot keep up with the demand, the prices start to increase. Exhaustible and…

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