About 70 members of the Promote Good Nutrition (PGN) monitoring teams in the National Capital Region met in January 28, 2014 to plan this year’s monitoring activities. The meeting was conducted by the National Nutrition Council at the National Capital Region (NNC-NCR) led by NPC Mila Federizo. Also discussed during the meeting is the support of NNC-NCR to the monitoring team members.

The monitoring teams were organized to assess the status of implementation of the PGN program in NCR. It will be recalled that in 2007 and 2010, NNC-NCR provided funds to all local government units in the region for the conduct of trainings on Infant and Young Child Feeding and Pabasa sa Nutrisyon for community-based implementers. IEC materials promoting good nutrition, particularly the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos were also provided.

Starting this March, the teams will be visiting their barangays to interview breastfeeding counselors about their counseling experience. The teams will also look whether the information and education materials promoting good nutrition are still present and posted in these areas, and its usefulness to the people in these barangays.

(Written by NO III Meren L. Francia)