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Photo NM2016 articleThe National Nutrition Council called on all stakeholders to support the First 1000 Days of life program to hasten the reduction of malnutrition in the country. This call was made during the launching event of the National Nutrition Month campaign held on July 5, 2016 at the Quezon Convention Center, Lucena City.  Bannering the Nutrition Month theme “First 1000 Days ni baby pahalagahan para sa malusog na kinabukasan!”, the launching event aimed to generate and spread awareness on the significance of good maternal nutrition and proper infant and young child feeding practices and the continuum of services in early childhood care and development (ECCD).  The First 1000 Days which starts from conception until the child reaches his/her second birthday, is considered globally as the golden window of opportunity to build a person’s foundation for physical growth, mental development, health and economic productivity. 

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ISO recertified

The National Nutrition Council’s commitment to conform to high quality standards paid off as the agency achieved re-certification of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008, during the conduct of the 1st Surveillance Audit of TUV Rheinland on May 5, 2016.

 

Mr. Jayzer Aquino together with Ms. Kharen Tan-Concepcion, Mr. Lionell Aala and Mr. Roy Alminanza led the NNC’s external certification body – TUV Rheinland, Philippines in conducting  the 1st Surveillance Audit of Site 1 - NNC-Central Office and Site 3 – CALABARZON.

 

This audit aims to validate conformity of the NNC to the requirements set by ISO through the effective implementation of the NNC Quality Management System.

 

Since NNC committed to the ISO mandate since 2015, the auditors found zero Nonconformity, thus recommending the retention of the ISO 9001:2008 certification.

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whynotlogoThe National Nutrition Council is happy to announce that its TV program “Why Not?” is having its re-runs on Channel 2, Saturdays at 8:00 a.m.  The program started its rerun on 14 May 2016 and can be viewed until 8 January 2017.

“Why Not? is an edu-infotainment program targeting children in order to encourage positive eating behaviors for better nutrition.  Each episode tackles the nutritional benefits of a specific food commodity and other information such as planting, selecting, storing, preparation and cooking.

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image ews eccd articleThe National Nutrition Council, committed to building capacities of local government units in addressing hunger and malnutrition, will expand the Food and Nutrition Security – Early Warning System (FNS-EWS) to ten (10) ECCD (Early Childhood Care and Development) areas in 2016.  This is expected to contribute to NNC’s objective of strengthening implementation of intervention packages designed to prevent hunger and malnutrition among infants and children in their first 1,000 days (from conception to 2 years of age).

FNS-EWS is a type of food security information system that monitors and analyzes relevant information that may foretell a possible crisis such as food shortage or health problem. It is a regular and periodic collection of relevant data (e.g. food production, climate, food prices, etc.) to determine status of food supply and food security in a community. Depending on the food security situation in the community, the early warning system may provide recommendations on building capacity for disaster mitigation, resilience and preparedness, and on recovery or rehabilitation interventions that rebuild livelihoods and ensure food security. (FAO, 2007. Food and Security Information System and Networks)