TACLOBAN CITY – For the first time, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) 8 will hold its annual Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (RNAC) in blended virtual and face-to-face as mass gatherings are restricted amid the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo Jr., Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator, said most participants will join the ceremony…

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Tacloban City- National Nutrition Council (NNC) VIII received two major awards, namely, “Best Webpage and Social Media Account” and “Most Interactive Webpage and Social Media Account” during the recently concluded NNC-Q and Annual NNC Webby Awards via Zoom held last 17 March 2021.NNC Webby Awards is envisioned to be an annual event, to recognize meritorious…

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Tacloban City- Attended via blended approach, the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) sets timeline for the conduct of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) as agreed during its first meeting on 9 March 2021 at Ritz Tower de Leyte, Tacloban City.Using the MELLPI Pro tool, the team will start the monitoring…

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Palo, Leyte- members of the Municipal Nutrition Committee of Zumarraga, Samar attended and crafted the Nutrition in Emergency Plan during its three-day Training on Nutrition in Emergency conducted on March 3-5, 2021 at the Casa Cristina Hotel, Catbalogan City.Aimed to build resilience to natural and human induced disasters, the Plan International organized and sponsored the…

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Palo, Leyte- 20 pieces of anthropometric tools which aims to measure the height were distributed to 20 barangays in the municipality of Maydolong, Eastern Samar on 19 February 2021 at the Municipal Gymnasium, Maydolong, Eastern Samar.  On Friday, Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (MNAO) at the same time the Public Health Nurse, Ma. Teresita Garado shared that…

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PALO, Leyte – Residents in the northern part of Tacloban City will now have an additional income and better food options with the launching of a vegetable farm project.The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has partnered with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Tacloban City government to promote and replicate the urban gardening project…

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PALO, Leyte – The barangay nutrition scholars take part in assisting the mass vaccination starting February 1, 2021 during the month-long supplemental immunization campaign targeting children between zero and nine-months and below five years old for measles-rubella and oral polio vaccines, respectively.The barangay nutrition scholars inform the community about the schedule of the immunization and…

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Palo, Leyte- Despite the threat of COVID-19 pandemic, Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) and the Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) are now searching for 0-59 months children ready for the Operation Timbang Plus (OPT+) assessment conducted every first quarter of the year pursuant to National Nutrition Council (NNC) Governing Board Resolution No. 2, Series of 2012.The annual…

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The whole month of January is also known as Zero Waste Month in the Philippines by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 760 signed by former President Benigno Aquino III on May 5, 2014. The celebration also aims to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles where all discarded materials…

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TACLOBAN CITY – (Sarwell Meniano) The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been collecting more samples from live pigs in Leyte to find out if the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak has spread to other towns.This week, over a hundred samples randomly collected from live swine in the towns of Dulag, Burauen, Mayorga, Pastrana, and Barugo have…

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