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BAGUIO CITY, April 2(PIA) - -The Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) is requesting the Regional Development Council (RDC) to confirm the re-organization of the Regional Bantay Asin Task Force (RBATF) and ensure the implementation of the provisions of the ASIN Law in the region.
The ASIN Law or Republic Act 8172 mandates all traded or distributed food grade-salt, whether locally produced or imported, should be iodized. It also mandates the use of iodized salt for processed food in food establishment.
Jesus Lopez, regional director for Center for Health Development –Cordillera and the RNC chairperson, said the RBATF facilitates and ensures the sustainable implementation of the ASIn Law in the region. It has been unoperational for some time and was re-organized last February 13, 2014 with CHD-CAR as chair and National Nutrition Council as co-chair.
Other member agencies are the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Education, Technology Research Center, Department of Education, National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Interior and Local Government, Philippine Information Agency, Philippine National Police, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Science and Technology, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
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BAGUIO CITY, March 19 (PIA) – The National Nutrition Council -Cordillera (NNC-CAR) is now headed by Nutrition Program Coordinator Rita Papey vice Ma. Eileen Blanco who is reassigned to Region 1.
The turn-over of leadership was facilitated by Chona Fernandez, Chief of the NNC Administrative Division last March 11 at the Fortune Restaurant here during the Regional Nutrition Committee(RNC) first quarter meeting.
Papey, from Ifugao, in her acceptance speech said she is looking forward to continue really working closely with RNC in promoting nutrition programs in the region.
Meanwhile, in the RNC meeting presided by Department of Health Regional Director Valeriano Jesus Lopez, the 2013 Operation Timbang (OPT) result and Nutrition Status of School Children SY 2013-2014 baseline was presented.
Also discussed were the two RNC resolutions requesting approval by the Regional Development Council. First is to enjoin all local government units to organize a nutrition cluster and adopt and adhere to the national policy on nutrition management in emergencies and disaster. The second is requesting confirmation of the reorganization of Regional Bantay Asin Task Force and to ensure the implementation of the provisions of the ASIN law in the region. (JDP/MAWC – PIA CAR)
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BAGUIO CITY, March 13 (PIA) - - The National Nutrition Council- Cordillera Administrative Region (NNC-CAR) conducted an orientation on the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) to members of the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) in preparation for the 2014 monitoring and evaluation.
Kendall Gatan of NNC-CAR explained that the MELLPI is a monitoring and evaluation system established by the NNC in 1979 which aims to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of local and nutrition-related activities implemented at the local level.
It aims to measure changes in the nutritional status of children, determine the extent to which nutrition is integrated into local development plans and programs, and advocate for the continuing support for local nutrition programs.
Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Officer-In-Charge Ma. Eileen Blanco stressed that during evaluation, members of Local Nutrition Committees should understand that the MELLPI is not an activity that they must be wary of, but rather, they should treat it as an opportunity to learn how they can improve or sustain their local nutrition program implementation.
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Bangued, Abra—The Provincial Nutrition Office of Abra was officially opened after its inauguration held last March 6, 2014 after the opening program of the Abrenian Kawayan Festival.
The office was requested by OIC-Nutrition Program Coordinator of NNC-CAR Ma. Eileen B. Blanco and Provincial Health Officer/ Provincial Nutrition Action Officer Leona Beroña in a courtesy visit to Governor Eustaquio “Takit” Bersamin, Chairperson of the Provincial Nutrition Committee (PNC) last September 25, 2013 and was finally installed for its purpose.
The inauguration was spearheaded by Abra First Lady Ruby Bersamin, OIC Blanco & PHO/PNAO Beroña.
OIC Blanco said in her message during the program that this is a good start towards a closer coordination among partners and stakeholders to combat malnutrition in the province.
“Abra’s undernutrition rate among preschool children dropped by 9.67% in 2013 from 12.36% in 2012. The decrease made Abra as the 2nd among the provinces in CAR with the highest malnutrition rate, which is a record breaking for the province since Abra has been consistently the top province with the highest number of underweight children,” she gladly added.
The inauguration was witnessed by the members of the PNC, municipal nutrition action officers (MNAOs), DOH- Provincial Office, community members and NNC-CAR staff.
Moreover, the congresswoman of the province Hon. Maria Jocelyn V. Bernos positively considered the establishment of a provincial malnutrition ward in the Abra Provincial Hospital which will be another strategy in addressing malnutrition in the province.
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3-5 December 2013—The National Nutrition Council-CAR in coordination with the Provincial Nutrition Committee of Abra Province visited the municipalities included on the top 100 Municipalities/Cities with high malnutrition prevalence in the country based on the 2012 Operation Timbang Results- an annual survey being conducted by Local Government Units. Four municipalities in Abra namely Boliney (17th), Lagayan (35th), Dolores (55th) and Danglas (73rd) were among the municipalities in the country included in the list.
Ms. Ma. Eileen Blanco, OIC- Nutrition Program Coordinator of the National Nutrition Council-CAR, said during the consultative meetings with the members of the local nutrition committees of the municipalities that one of the factors to consider and should be validated is on how the frontliners specifically the Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Barangay Health Workers measure the weights of children, how they compute age of the children in months and the measuring equipment used in determining the nutritional status of the preschool children.
Per findings, most of the barangays are still using bathroom scales in taking weights and most of the BNSs, BHWs and Midwives were not trained on the World Health Organization-Child Growth Standard, the latest growth reference index. The Local Chief Executives and officials committed to carry out appropriate actions like provision of logistics and trainings with technical assistance by NNC-CAR.
Moreover, LCEs also requested the nutrition action officers to validate the data from the barangay level before the consolidation of data at the municipal level.
