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Rise and Rebuild Int’l Foundation officials visit NNC8
PALO, Leyte – The Chief Operation Officer (COO) of Rise and Rebuild International Foundation Mr. Ray Goodson paid a courtesy visit to RNPC Dr. Catalino P.Dotollo, Jr. on February 9, 2023.The COO was with his wife Debra Goodson, Mr. Benjamin D. Cinco, the local managing director and other nutrition staff.The Rise and Rebuild Foundation is…
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NNC orients Borongan Mayor on Nutrition Shepherding
PALO, Leyte – The City of Borongan was chosen by the newly organized Regional Nutrition Shepherding Team (RNST) of the National Nutrition Council 8 as the target LGU for mentoring and coaching on nutrition program implementation.The National Nutrition Council Region 8 conducted re-orientation on Nutrition Shepherding (NS) among its identified members and trimmed down membership…
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Baybay City launches sweet potato baby food, milk drink
PALO, Leyte – Baybay City through its City Nutrition Office advances another food innovation, this time with the use of sweet potato and buffalo milk. Both food commodity will be use in their supplementary feeding programs for pregnant women and children 6-59 months old.Sweet potatoes or “camote” is described by Dr. Julie D. Tan a…
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Year Opener NEOtrition advocacy to Leyte’s Neophyte Mayors
PALO, Leyte – As the National Nutrition Council Region 8 opened the new year, Dr. Catalino Dotollo, Jr., the Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator, conducted a courtesy call and NEOtrition orientation to two municipal mayors of Leyte province. Inopacan, Leyte Mayor Hon. Rogelio Dotollo-Pua Jr. and Hilongos, Leyte Mayor Manuel Villahermosa were the subject of the…
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Rise and Rebuild Int’l Foundation visits NNC8
PALO, Leyte -The National Nutrition Council is the highest policy and coordinating body in nutrition. The same is cascaded at the regional level.The Rise and Rebuild International Foundation an international non-government organization (NGO) paid a courtesy visit with Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo, Jr.Foundation’s Managing Director Mr. Benjamin D. Cinco together with…
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NNC8 joins MNCH stakeholders’ annual review
PALO, Leyte – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 8 joined the Annual Stakeholders’ Review on Maternal Nutrition and Child Health (MNCH) at Summit Hotels Tacloban City last December 8-9, 2022.The activity was organized by World Vision in partnership with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Department of Health.This Program spans four provinces in…
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Former NNC8 senior staff gets nod as NPC of Caraga Region
PALO, Leyte – Dr. Nino Archie Labordo, a former Nutrition Officer and Officer-in-Charge of Caraga Region, get the nod as full-fledged Nutrition Program Coordinator (NPC.This was announced by no less than the Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV Dr. Azucena Milana-Dayanghirang. Its appointment paper was inked during the 4th quarter Management Conference series of 2022…
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NNC attends PMNP launching in Eastern Visayas
PALO, Leyte – Of the four provinces covered by the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP) in Eastern Visayas, Eastern Samar is the first to launch the project last December 13, 2022.PMNP is another endeavor that will support the Philippine government to adopt a bold, multisectoral nutrition approach to deliver a coordinated package of nutrition-specific and…
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NNC leads LNEWS PIR in Eastern Visayas
PALO, Leyte – Three municipalities implementation the Local Nutrition in Early Warning System (LNEWS) Program implementation review.These are Basey in Samar, and Palompon and Hilongos both in Leyte.The LNEWS- Food and Nutrition Security Program is one of the activities and data sources of the Philippine Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) of the Philippine Plan of Action…
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NNC8 wraps up two major activities
PALO, Leyte – Before the year 2022 ended, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) 8 wrapped up two major activities.These are Local Nutrition in Early Warning System (LNEWS) Program Implementation Review (PIR) and Learning Hub for Enhanced and Revitalized Nutrition (LHEARN) project.The Local Nutrition Early Warning System – Food and Nutrition Security (LNEWS-FNS) Program is one…
