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Category: Region CAR

Published: 15 February 2013

5-6 February 2013-- The National Nutrition Council-CAR with its media group, CAR- Media Educators on Nutrition visited Brgy. Bantay, Paracelis, Mt. Province and Brgy. Socbot, Pinukpuk, Kalinga for the conduct of a Nutri-Pasada Program as one of its strategy in increasing community awareness on nutrition to the most nutritionally depressed barangays (NDBs) in the region.

The Nutri-Pasada is one among the NNC-CAR’s innovated project with its media group to extend nutrition advocacy to barangays with high incidence of under nutrition especially among children 0-71 months old children with the hope that it will significantly contribute to the improvement of the barangay nutrition situation. Families of underweight children, concerned barangay nutrition scholars (BNSs), members of the municipal nutrition committee and 4Ps/CCT families were all invited and participated. The lined-up activities under the Nutri-Pasada Program include a Nutrition Audio- Visual Presentation (localized), nutrition situation assessment, lecture on the updated Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos, introduction of organic farming, vegetable cooking contest, nutri-kids class and various nutri-parlor games for children.

In the final message of OIC- Nutrition Program Coordinator Rose Lulu P. Pagaduan of the National Nutrition Council- Region I and CAR, she said that malnutrition is the root cause of numerous illnesses and problems among young children and mothers. She added that we should promote good nutrition so that children will be able to learn in school and become productive individuals who could greatly contribute in the improvement of the quality of life in their respective communities. She also appealed to the participants to start practicing proper nutrition in their homes and be counted in the effort to eradicate malnutrition in the countryside.

The Local Government Units of the both area committed to do their share in improving their respective nutrition situation to be able to achieve their MDG target specifically on eradicating poverty and hunger in their localities.

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Category: Region CAR

Published: 15 March 2013

Metro Manila— During the recently conducted Refresher Course on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and Mobilization of Community Support Group held last March 5-7, 2013 at Eurotel Hotel, Makati City, Ms. Vicenta Borja of the Department of Health strongly advocates to the public to report any Milk Code (Executive Order 51) violations and violators.

She said that the Milk Code aims to protect and promote safe and adequate nutrition for infants and young children through the promotion and protection of breastfeeding; therefore, all products for infant and young child feeding that are promoted and marketed in a way that may undermine breastfeeding is strictly prohibited.

All health workers from all levels should read and understand the scope of this law and help monitor its compliance, she added. Among the prohibitions she emphasized are the following: 1)do not promote products covered by the Milk Code; 2) do not allow milk companies and their representatives to promote their products within your health center/clinic/hospital, community/barangays; 3) do not post/accept posters or other promotional materials from Milk Companies and use it in your health center/clinic/hospital/health facility; 4) do not get sponsorships from Milk Company and their representatives without requesting the permission from FDA; 5) do not request/accepts gifts of any sort from Milk Companies and their representatives; 6) do not request/accept samples of products or products covered by the Milk Code to Milk Companies and their representatives; 7)do not allow the Milk Companies and their representatives to support/conduct activities in your communities/barangay and cities; and 8) the Milk Code prohibits donations of products covered during emergencies.

Do not be afraid to report violations at www.milkcodephilippines.org. Your identity is strongly protected by the Department of Health. Together we can help protect and promote breastfeeding in the country.

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Category: Region CAR

Published: 15 February 2013

The second and third wave of the Nutripasada organized by the National Nutrition Council-CAR in partnership with the CAR- Media Educators on Nutrition was conducted at Barangay Bantay of Paracelis, Mt. Province and Barangay Socbot of Pinukpuk, Kalinga on February 5 and 6, 2013 respectively.

In addition to the regular activities previously done, a Kiddie Nutri-Class was incorporated and undertaken simultaneously with the Nutripasada Program. Children of the invited families joined the nutrition education session and learned the importance of proper nutrition to achieve proper growth and development. This activity was facilitated by Ms. Bella Basalong, NO I of NNC-CAR.

Encouraging the children to eat vegetables was the highlight of the lecture since it is one of the feeding problems encountered among children. Actual vegetables were displayed for the children to have an actual experience on identifying vegetables including their nutrients like vitamins which is necessary for good health.
The fun learning on nutrition which the children had is only a way to inculcate good eating habits. Their immediate teachers, who are their parents, still play the biggest role in molding the children to effectively modify their behaviors to achieve good nutrition.

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Category: Region CAR

Published: 25 March 2013

Mayoyao, Ifugao—The Provincial Nutrition Council awarded certificates of recognition and cash to the winners of the 2012 search for nutrition-friendly school.

Provincial Nutrition Action Officer Mary Josephine Dulawan lauded the winners and encouraged them to work for the betterment of school children by promoting nutritious snacks in their respective schools.

Mayoyao Central School and the Hapid Elementary School were declared champions in the central school and elementary school categories, respectively.

Kiangan Central School landed second in the central school category while Lamut Central School was the third placer.

For the elementary school level, Balangbang School in Mayoyao emerged second place with Baguinge, Kiangan in the third place.

Aside from the certificate of recognition, winners for both elementary and central schools category received P4,000 for the first place; P2,000, second; and P1,500 for the placers.

The criteria for the contest include health and sanitation of the school (40 percent), nutrition or content of the canteen (30 percent), and school garden (30 percent).

The winners were chosen based on the recommendation of the PNC technical working group which evaluated eight competing schools.

The search for BNFS is one of the initiatives of the provincial government to ensure safe and nutritious snacks are served to pupils. It advocates for nutritious foods for Filipinos, and promotes the choice of selecting indigenous, native delicacies with high nutritive value. ( Marcelo L. Lihgawon, PIA- Ifugao)

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Category: Region CAR

Published: 26 February 2013

BAGUIO CITY , Feb. 15 (PIA) -–The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) is now ready for the conduct of the 2013 Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) and Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) evaluation in the Cordillera region.

Abra is its first stop next week.

During the orientation on the 2013 MELLPI and BNS evaluation conducted by NNC at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) conference hall last Thursday, Wendy Mana-a of the NNC informed that the undertaking aims to monitor and validate the efficiency and effectiveness of the nutrition and nutrition-related activities implemented at the local level.

Mana-a added that the NNC, together with the members of the RNET will be covering the provinces of Apayao, Abra, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Benguet and Tabuk and Baguio City.

After Abra, the team will proceed to Ifugao on February 25 to March 1 ; Baguio City on March 4 to 8; Kalinga and Tabuk City on April 1 to 5; Benguet on April 8 to 12; Mt. Province -April 15 to 19, 2013, and Apayao- April 22 to 26.

As to the areas to be visited, Mana-a informed that all provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays with Nutrition Action Plans will be visited at least once a year, however, the number of municipalities and barangays with Nutrition Action Plans (NAPs) to be visited within the province, municipality and city will be decided by the team as per guidelines.

She added that those provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays without NAPs should likewise be monitored by the team using the following criteria: No Nutrition program in the area, Non-Functional nutrition committee, Continued absence of Nutrition Action Plan (NAP), high prevalence of underweight pre-school children (PS), and newly trained & deployed Nutrition Action Officer (NAO).

The RNET will also monitor the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winnner in Nutrition(CROWN) awardees to provide technical assistance to be able to win the higher awards or maintain its status.

Mana-a said that list of winning areas can be disclosed only after the evaluation results/ recommendations are confirmed by the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC), and once it has made its decision, evaluation results are considered final and irrevocable.

Members of the evaluation team agreed that the Department of Interior and Local Government will act as the chairperson with the NNC as secretariat.

Other members of the evaluation team include the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Department of Budget and Management, Department of Labor and Employment and the Philippine Information Agency. (JDP/MAWC- PIA CAR