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Every barangay in the country is expected to have at least one Barangay Nutrition Scholar or BNS as mandated by Presidential Decree 1569. Since the promulgation of PD 1569 in 1978, thousands of BNSs all over the country have been serving our communities by delivering basic nutrition and related services to the families, particularly those with malnourished children. They serve as an important link between the community and the service providers of nutrition and health services. As trained community nutrition workers, they care for the malnourished, mobilize the community for nutrition action, build linkages to ensure delivery of services to community members, keep records for reference and provide other forms of assistance.
The BNSs are usually seen carrying salter-type weighing scale and height board to weigh and measure children aged 0-71 months during Operation Timbang and regular growth monitoring. They also assist the health center staff in giving micronutrient supplements to mothers and children. They conduct home visits to counsel mothers on breastfeeding and correct child feeding practices, and to actively find cases of malnutrition and refer them to the health center for appropriate management. They conduct Pabasa sa Nutrisyon classes and other nutrition education activities. In Metro Manila, many of the BNSs have multiple roles and wear many “hats” as they are also members of the breastfeeding support group and Community Health Team among others.
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Six years ago, the City of Marikina launched its ‘Siksik sa Six’ Project in response to the call of the National Nutrition Council-NCR for the intensive promotion of correct infant and young child feeding practices in the region. Spearheaded by the city’s team of IYCF trainers trained by NNC-NCR, the project aims to increase the percentage of mothers practicing breastfeeding and correct complementary feeding.
According to the city’s IYCF Coordinator and nutritionist-dietitian, Ms. Eileen S. Guevara, “Siksik sa Six is a breastfeeding advocacy with a different twist. More than just a campaign on breastfeeding, it promotes important child health services that should be availed by mothers for their infants and the city health department ensures that these services are made accessible and available to the mothers in all health centers of the city”.
Read more: Marikina City’s ‘Siksik sa Six’ Project now on its 6th year
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Selected local nutrition program coordinators and members of the nutrition committees from various local government units in Metro Manila were trained on Nutrition Program Management (NPM) by the NNC-NCR on September 9-13 at Tagaytay Country Hotel in Tagaytay City.
The training was part of the NNC's capability building of nutrition workers. Members of the Regional Management Group also attended the training which was facilitated by Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo and LGU NPM Trainers who have been trained by NNC-UPLB namely, Ms. Femilina Tuazon (Makati City), Ms. Maria Teresa Abando (Caloocan City) and Ms. Ma. Ana Ordenes (Muntinlupa City). Secretariat support was given by Nutrition Officer II Anjelia San Buenaventura of NNC-NCR.
The participants were trained on how to effectively plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and sustain nutrition programs, in the context of the over-all local governance and development system. NNC-NCR hopes that through this training, all local government units in the region will start adopting the formulation of the three-year local nutrition action plan (LNAP).
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To ensure the widest dissemination of the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) in Metro Manila, the National Nutrition Council - NCR convened the city and municipal nutrition program coordinators (C/MNPCs) of the 17 local government units and members of the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) for a one-day planning workshop to formulate their plan of action for the promotion of NGF. The planning workshop was held at the Robbinsdale Hotel, Quezon City on September 5, 2013.
During the workshop, Nutrition Officer II Anjelia C. San Buenaventura presented the revised Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) which has been approved by the NNC Governing Board in 2012. The NGF consists of ten (10) messages which are primary recommendations to promote good health through proper nutrition. Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo discussed the current regional nutrition situation and explained the rationale and need for the intensive promotion of the NGF. She emphasized that improving the dietary and related practices of the people through the promotion of the NGF will help ease the double burden of malnutrition in the region as there is both a problem of under and overnutrition in NCR.
Read more: NNC-NCR teams up with LGUs and partner agencies in promoting NGF in Metro Manila
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Recognizing the important role the teachers play in influencing the nutrition practices of school children, the National Nutrition Council-NCR convened more than 700 teachers from all the public elementary and secondary schools in Metro Manila in an Advocacy Forum on the School-based Promotion of the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF). The forum was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Century Park Hotel in Malate, Manila.
Also present at the forum were members of the press, regional media group called NCR Nutrition Communication Resource Group (NCR2) headed by Mr. Marvin Capco and Regional Management Group (RMG). CHD-NCR Assistant Regional Director Erlinda Domingo gave a message on behalf of Regional Nutrition Committee Chair and CHD-NCR Regional Director Eduardo Janairo.
Each of the ten (10) NGF was presented through a video clip from “Busog Lusog” and brief explanation of Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo. “The NGF are primary recommendations to promote good health through proper nutrition. They are simple statements that give advice on eating right and living healthy. The promotion of these guidelines is an important strategy to improve the dietary and related health practices of Filipinos”, said RNPC Federizo.
Read more: NNC-NCR holds advocacy forum with teachers to promote NGF in schools in Metro Manila
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The National Nutrition Council-NCR conducted the Training of Trainers (ToT) on the Basic Course for Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) on September 9-13, 2013 at Tagaytay Country Hotel in Tagaytay City. Thirty (30) participants from the 16 cities and one municipality in Metro Manila composed of nutrition program coordinators, medical nutrition program coordinator, nurse supervisors, midwives and selected Barangay Nutrition Scholars attended the one-week training. The training used a modular strategy developed by the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food (IHNF) of the College of Human Ecology of the University of the Philippines Los Baños for the National Nutrition Council.
Read more: NNC-NCR conducts ToT on the Basic Course for BNSs
