PALO, Leyte – The Tacloban City Health Office headed by Dr. Gloria Enriquez- Fabrigas is all set for the National Immunization Days for COVID 19 dubbed Bayanihan Bakunahan. The campaign is the government’s efforts to increase vaccination coverage to at least 70% which is the minimum acceptable herd immunity. Herd immunity is the proportion of the…

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PALO, Leyte – The municipality of Alangalang in Leyte on Monday, November 29, 2021, joined launching of the the 3-day National Immunization Days (NID) against Covid-19 dubbed Bayanihan Bakunahan. The NID for Covid-19 will run from November 29 until December 1, 2021. The municipality of Alang-alang, Leyte thru the leadership of Mayor Lovell Ann Yu, herself…

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ABUYOG, Leyte – After the day 1 of the 2022 Updating Municipal Nutrition Action Plan, close to 12 Barangay Nutrition Scholars and eigth health workers attended the Advcocy Forum on RA 11148 or the Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Magnanay Act on Nov. 23, 2021The activity was organized by Nutrition Section of the Leyte Provincial Health…

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MAYDOLONG, Eastern Samar – The National Nutrition Council Region 8 conducted a two-day LNAP Updating and Integrating in the 2022 AIP workshop in the local government unit of Maydolong, Eastern Samar. A total of 10 members of its Local Nutrition Committee participated the activity including the MNAO, MHO, MLGOO, MSWDO, MA, and representatives from the…

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TANAUAN, Leyte – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 8, together with other members of the Regional Advisory Council Meeting (RAC), actively participated in the Regional Advisory Council Meeting for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for the year 2021 of the Department of Social Welfare and Development at Haiyan Hotel, Tanauan Leyte. The activty aims…

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TACLOBAN CITY – Seven more municipalities in Eastern Visayas has completed the two-day budgeting workshop on nutrition organized by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 8.   These includes the towns of Tabontabon, Merida, Dulag, and Tanauan all in Leyte, Villareal and Calbiga both in Samar, and Dolores in Eastern Samar.   The participants are…

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TACLOBAN CITY – The municipalities of San Jose de Buan and Gandara in Samar province attended the 4-day Training of Trainers on Barangay Leadership for Nutrition and Development under the Barangay Nutrition Governance Program organized by the Zuellig Family Foundation (ZFF)   The training is founded on the six pillars.   Investing in nutrition reflects good…

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PALO, Leyte – The province of Eastern Samar conducted a virtual launching of the Pilipinas Kontra Gutom (PKG) through its Mobile Kitchen Operation to achieve zero hunger and malnutrition. PKG is the private sector’s contribution in the attainment of zero hunger and malnutrition in the barangays, municipalities, provinces and regions. The partner private sector in Eastern…

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TACLOBAN CITY – The Municipal Nutrition Committee of Gandara, Samar on Thursday (Nov. 18) attended the reorientation on Local Nutrition Early Warning System (LNEWS). LNEWS is a form of monitoring and analysis of relevant information that may foretell a possible crisis such as food shortage or health problem. Gandara, being one of the areas in the…

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PALO, Leyte – Biliran province and Ormoc City topped among the provinces and cities the region with highest immunization coverage against Covid-19.As of November 15, 2021, Biliran province tops in the region with 78.3 percent coverage. Ormoc City on the other hand came second with 70.5% but tops among reported cities with the highest coverage. Tacloban…

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