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NNC Rolls Out Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security in more cities and municipalities in 2015

Radyo Mo sa Nutrisyon is a 30-minute block time nutrition radio program aired over RMN-DZXL 558 Manila every Saturday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. NNC Officer-in-Charge Executive Director III Dr. Azucena M. Dayanghirang anchors the program with radio broadcaster Rod Marcelino. Radyo Mo sa Nutrisyon discusses issues about nutrition, health and development. Since 2015, the program expanded its broadcast to eight other RMN provincial stations including DYKR 1161 Kalibo, DYHB 747 Bacolod, DYVR 657 Roxas, DYHP 612 Cebu, DXDR 981 Dipolog, DXMB 648 Malaybalay, DXDC 621 Davao and DXBC 693 Butuan. Radyo Mo sa Nutrisyon also broadcasts through online platforms such as via Youtube(RadyoMosaNutrisyonYr10), Facebook (RadyoMosaNutrisyon), Radio Mindanao Network Facebook live and over television via Cignal TV Channel 309.

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Details: Category: Uncategorised; Published: 27 January 2015

Ews article The National Nutrition Council will pursue in 2015 the conduct of a series of capacity building activities for 30 selected municipalities of the country as part of NNC’s strategy to capacitate local government units. The Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security is a component of the Philippine Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (PFNSS) that is intended to enable LGUs to take timely nutrition action through early detection of a worsening nutrition situation based on monitoring of nutrition and nutrition-related indicators.

The NNC, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations started the conduct of trainings for municipal and city level personnel on the Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security in the municipality of Botolan, in Zambales and in Panabo City, Davao del Norte in the 3rd quarter of 2014. This was followed by consultative meetings and training for local teams in another 8 local government units as part of the initial roll-out of the project in 2014. Another 20 cities/municipalities will be prioritized for 2015, this time through the joint efforts of NNC and FAO with support from UNICEF.

The training on Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security for LGUs includes 12 technical sessions, from basic concepts of data collection, nutrition and nutrition-related data analysis, to maintenance of the food and nutrition security early warning system. Participants include heads of offices of nutrition, social welfare and development, health, agriculture, planning and development and the local Sangguniang Bayan or Sangguniang Panlungsod. Barangay-based workers specifically the Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Barangay Health Workers together with the Rural Health Midwife are also trained on household data collection and analysis to enable them to correctly determine changes in household dietary patterns and growth of children 0-71 months, track hunger episodes and identify coping mechanisms of households, in the identified sentinel barangays.

An executive order creating the local Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security Team is issued by the partner LGUs to formalize the establishment of the Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security System in the community to ensure its sustained implementation .

Technical staff of the NNC Regional Offices have also been trained on the Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security to assist LGUs in the system’s establishment and maintenance and in its scaling up nationwide.

The Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security was modelled as a component of the Joint Programme of the Millennium Development Goals Fund (MDG-F) and later as a component of the Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Security Initiative in Asia project (MYCNSIA) of FAO and NNC.