TABUK CITY, Kalinga – The Provincial Nutrition Committee (PNC) Technical Working Group of Kalinga with the coordination and facilitation by Ms. Kristal Gail Dacio, Nutrition Officer II and the District Nutrition Program Coordinator of Kalinga started the conduct of the Provincial Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Planning and Implementation (MELLPI) on April 16, 2018.

The Provincial Nutrition Evaluation Team (PNET) is composed of representatives from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) in the person of Ms. Rosario Alunday and Xaenadya Ebony Maligpas (Universal Health Care Implementer- Nutritionist), Ms. Gellian Solimen from DILG, and Ms. Joanna Dalanao from DepEd. All of the seven municipalities of Kalinga namely: Balbalan, Lubuagan, Pasil, Pinukpuk, Tanudan, Tinglayan and Rizal were evaluated and the conduct of MELLPI was concluded on April 27.

The PNC will be conducting their deliberation soon to identify their Provincial Green Banner Awardee and their Provincial Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar who will be their entry for the regional search.

The Provincial MELLPI was institutionalized by the province to ensure that nutrition programs are being implemented and to check whether the nutrition committees from municipal down to the barangay levels are functional. The PNC also wishes to provide technical assistance to municipal and barangay nutrition committees on their program implementation as well as on their nutrition action planning. The MELLPI will also ensure that local nutrition plans are implemented to help improve the nutritional status of communities in the province. By Xaenadya Ebony Maligpas, UHCI-Nutritionist/Kalinga