PALO, Leyte – Created by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE.org), the National Health Education Week (NHEW) is an annual celebration that aims to increase national awareness on major public health issues and promoting a better understanding of the role of health. Since 1995, the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), NHEW was initially celebrated…

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ORMOC CITY – It was a Sunday and an impending typhoon is soon to arrive in the Philippine Area of Responsibility, but did not dampen the spirit of Punong Barangays, Brgy. Nutrition Scholars (BNSs), Kagawad on Health and other barangay officials to attend a very important activity, the Barangay Nutrition Action Planning (BNAP) and Budgeting Workshop. The…

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ORMOC CITY – While attending to their second day of Barangay Nutrition Action Plan Updating and Budgeting Workshop for 2022, Punong Barangays, Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) and other barangay officials had the opportunity to attend and listen to the Virtual Dialogue with Punong Barangays: Enabling Nutritiin Devolution via Facebook live. The participants attentively listen to the input given…

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PALO, Leyte – The Leyte Provincial Nutrition Office conducted its regular quarterly meeting on November 12, 2021, held at View Deck, Mac Arthur Landing Memorial National Park, Candahug, Palo, Leyte. Moreover, he vowed to decrease the stunting rate by 4% per year until 2022. The top five (5) municipalities with the lowest stunting rate and with 4%…

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TACLOBAN CITY – In preparation for the a possible partnership with Department of Agrarian Reform Regional Office 8, NNC officials visit and orient DAR Regional Director and selected staff on Tutok Kainan: Dietary Supplementation Program (TK:DSP).RNPC Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo, Jr. discussed the rationale, objectives and implementing mechanism. Included in the orientation is partnership with local…

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  HILONGOS, Leyte – In the light of the implementation of Tutok Kainan: Dietray Supplementation Program in Eastern Visayas, the NNC 8 conducted a series of DSP orientation in the target municipalities. Thirty 30 municipalities in the province of Leyte is included under Phase 3 of Sen Imee Marcos’ congressional initiative. The ECCD F1K areas of…

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HILONGOS, Leyte – Natural disasters and devastating food insecurity grip communities around the world, threatening lives and livelihoods – and women and children bear the greatest consequences.Disasters and emergencies including the pandemic brought about by the COVID-19 threatens the health and nutrition of the vulnerable sectors.The current crises are characterized by limited access to safe food…

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PALO, Leyte – In September 2002, Malacañang proclamation No. 247  declaring the month of September of every year as Development Policy Research Month (DPRM). It highlights the critical role of policy research in the socioeconomic advancement of the Philippines.The celebration provides a means to promote, enhance, instill and draw awareness of the importance and necessity of…

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MAASIN CITY – Maasin City Nutrition Action Officer and City Health Officer II Dr. Francilisa I. Tan received the cheque from NNC 8 NPC Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo, Jr. representing 2021 traveling allowance of the city’s more than 71 Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) of the city. The traveling allowance is one of the monetary support of…

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LIBAGON, Southern Leyte – The municipality of Libagon in Southern Leyte is a recipient of the Local Nutrition in Early Warning System (LNEWS). LNEWS, formerly known as Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security (EWS-FNS) is a component of the Philippine Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (PFNSS). It is intended to enable LGUs to take…

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