TACLOBAN CITY — Mayor Gemma P. Zosa of Sta. Margarita, Samar said since the Media-Nutrition Caravan visited her municipality last year, the local government unit (LGU) had been more conscious and sensitive regarding the town’s nutrition status.To start things right: it now has an organized functional Municipal Nutrition Committee (MNC), a Municipal Nutrition Action Plan…

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TACLOBAN CITY — The Harmonized Initiatives of Media for the Spread of Good Nutrition in Region 8 (HIMSoG-8), media-group partner of National Nutrition Council Region 8 (NNC-8), has targeted the southern towns of Eastern Samar province for media-nutrition caravan scheduled on September 27, 28 and 29, this year.Municipalities for stop-over are Giporlos and Quinapondan on…

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In celebration of the 43rd National Nutrition Month, the Regional Technical Working Group (RTWG) on Nutrition during its 2nd Quarter Meeting on 16 June 2017 sets activities for the month long celebration in July 2017. A motorcade will be conducted on 4 July 2017 around Tacloban City and will be followed rightly with a thematic…

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Recognized as one of the top performing Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippines for an excellent and efficient implementation of local health programs, the Municipality of Salcedo in the Eastern Samar Province would like to envision a disaster risk resilient community through capacity development and better emergency management among health workers and barangay officials.…

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TACLOBAN CITY — Vice Mayor Lucia L. Astorga of the island-municipality of Daram, Samar said she is keen in knowing where her town stands in terms of nutrition, the reason she was glad the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) has chosen Daram for a Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI).The RNET headed…

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In order to address the pressing problems and issues on health and nutrition in the Eastern Visayas region, the members of the Regional Technical Working Group (RTWG), representatives of key non-governmental organizations (NGOs), selected provincial/city nutrition action officers and Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) representative work together to craft the 2017-2022Eastern VisayasRegional Plan of Action for…

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The Regional Bantay Asin Task Force (RBATF) conducted a salt monitoring on 10 May 2017 to selected distributors in Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The salt monitoring is one of the activities by the National Nutrition Council through the RBATF to address the challenges on iodine deficiencies. It is likewise aimed at mobilizing the local government units…

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TACLOBAN CITY — Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo, Jr., Regional Nutrition Program coordinator of National Nutrition Council (NNC) here, led a contingent of media practitioners from Eastern Visayas to the launching of “Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022”  in Iloilo City on May 2, 2017.The five press personalities are all members of NNC-8’s media-group…

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The Eastern Visayas District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators (D/CNPCs) elected set of officers during its first meeting held on 20 April 2017 at the PopCom Conference Room, PopCom Regional Office VIII, Government Center, Palo Leyte. The newly elected officers of the District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators Association of the Philippines- Eastern Visayas Chapter; President Ms. Nilda M.…

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On 18 April 2017, thirty-two (32) participants from the different cities and municipalities of Samar attended the First Quarter 2017 joint Provincial Nutrition Committee (PNC)-Technical Working Group (TWG), Municipal/City Nutrition Action Officers (M/CNAOs), District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators (D/CNPCs) and the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) Federation Officers Meeting at the Casa Cristina Hotel in Catbalogan City,…

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