National Capital Region

Details: Category: Region NCR; Published: 06 September 2016

14163967 10154635135969406 1855102607 o Ms. Rhea S. Benoy, married and blessed with one child, has been working in the community for the last fifteen (15) years. She started as a Barangay Health Worker (BHW). In 2008, her nutrition supervisor who is a nutritionist-dietitian highly recommended her to be the Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) in Barangay Kapitolyo because of her good performance.

Barangay Kapitolyo is a highly urbanized barangay in the city but still has pockets of families with malnourished children. Through the efforts and initiative of Rhea, school weighing and Garantisadong Pambata activities were done even in private elementary schools. With minimal supervision, she ensures that the basic nutrition services are provided even in the hard to reach areas in the barangay.

Details: Category: Region NCR; Published: 01 September 2016

San Juan Patino Ms. Teresita Madrona Patino, one of the pioneer Barangay Nutrition Scholars of the San City since 1978, is the City’s Outstanding BNS for 2015. The year 2015 was really a turning point in her career as the new Barangay Nutrition Scholar at Barangay Pasadena replacing the retired BNS Ms. Luz Alipao. Honed through the years in the field of community nutrition with experience, trainings and seminars along with the very supportive Barangay Nutrition Council of Pasadena, she succeeded in making it to the top.

As the new BNS of Barangay Pasadena, Ms. Patino started off with a courtesy call to the Pasadena Barangay Nutrition Council. She asked permission from the Chairperson on Health and the Health Staff to make rooms for improvement in the health station. With her wit, charm, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and humbling spirit, she won the hearts of the Pasadena community, barangay council, health staff and NGO’s.

Details: Category: Region NCR; Published: 31 July 2016

simul event The National Nutrition Council-National Capital Region (NNC-NCR) together with the 17 local government units (LGU) in NCR recently conducted simultaneous activity to promote the importance of good nutrition in the First 1000 days among pregnant, lactating women and mothers of children 0-2 years old, held in celebration of the Nutrition Month this July.

Participated in by the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), every LGU and its Nutrition Committee spearheaded the activity in their respective localities. According to NNC-NCR Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo, the First 1000 Days, starting from the first day of conception until the 2nd birthday of the child, is considered as the “golden window of opportunity” for nutrition and related interventions to have a positive impact on the child’s physical and mental development.

Details: Category: Region NCR; Published: 26 August 2016

Manda Zamora Saloma Zamora has been the Barangay Nutrition Scholar of Barangay Mabini J. Rizal in Mandaluyong City for 17 years now. She could have been a Nutritionist-Dietitian, taking a course in nutrition then at the Philippine Normal College but because of financial difficulties and being a self-supporting student, aside from having a weak body, she finished only up to 1st year in BS Nutrition and Dietetics.

But as if fated to be in a nutrition-related work, she became the BNS of Barangay Mabini J. Rizal in 1999. Starting from scratch, she attended basic training as BNS for the conduct of Operation Timbang and other trainings conducted by the National Nutrition Council-NCR and other agencies. In her early years as BNS, although there was constant support from the barangay, the expenses for nutrition-related activities would at times, necessitate her to solicit support from program partners. The documentation, printing, compiling of reports for her regular tasks were out of her pocket expenses.

Details: Category: Region NCR; Published: 17 July 2016

Untitled-1 The Batang 1000 is a joint project of Quezon City Health Department (QCHD) and

UNILAB Philippines. It aims to reduce the prevalence of stunting in Quezon City by 2017. Based on the 2015 Operation Timbang Plus conducted by the health and nutrition workers in 142 barangay of the city revealed that more than 12,000 preschool children or 12.87% were found stunted.

Details: Category: Region NCR; Published: 05 August 2016

taguig GB2 The National Nutrition Council - National Capital Region (NNC-NCR) of the Department of Health recognized top performing LGUs and Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholars (OBNSs) with exemplary performance in nutrition program management and delivery of nutrition services during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (RNAC) held on 28 July 2016 at the Heritage Hotel, Pasay City.

The RNAC serves as the culminating event of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) and the Search for the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar (ROBNS). Around 300 participants from all over Metro Manila attended the event including Mayors, Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs), members of local nutrition committees (LNCs), BNSs and other stakeholders.