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PASAY CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) - Mandaluyong City led twelve (12) local government units (LGUs) that were conferred with the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition or CROWN Award during the 2013 National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony held November 5, 2013 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay City.
The CROWN award is given to LGUs that have consistently shown excellent implementation of their local nutrition programs and reduction in the prevalence of undernutrition for three consecutive years.
The award proved that Mandaluyong City proves was able to trickle its economic growth and translate it to food and security enjoyed by its constituents.
Read more: Mandaluyong City ‘CROWNed’ for its outstanding nutrition program
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12 November 2013 - As part of the National Nutrition Council-NCR’s region-wide promotion of the revised Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF), promotional events dubbed as “Gabay sa Wastong Nutrisyon Para sa Pilipino: Ating Alamin, Gawin,at Palaganapin!” were held simultaneously in all the seventeen cities and municipality in Metro Manila attended by mothers, caregivers, school children and other members of the community as well as members of the Regional Nutrition Committee and Regional Management Group. The simultaneous promotional events staged by the city and municipal nutrition committees in partnership with NNC-NCR featured a short lecture on a particular nutritional guideline, question and answer portion, games and raffle.
The simultaneous promotional events aim to increase public awareness on the importance of good nutrition through the promotion of the NGF. “These nutritional guidelines are primary recommendations that aim 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 NNC-NCR Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo.
Read more: NNC-NCR steps up promotion of NGF in Metro Manila
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The National Nutrition Council has been given the task to lead the Nutrition Cluster as per Amendment of DOH Department Personnel Order No. 2007-2492 regarding the creation of the Health Cluster with Sub-Clusters on Nutrition, WASH and Health. The Nutrition Cluster aims to ensure that the nutritional status of affected population especially the most vulnerable groups namely, the infants, children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, older persons, people with disabilities, and people living with debilitating conditions will not worsen or deteriorate due to the impact of emergency and disaster through linking with other cluster/sector groups and establishing capacities at all levels.
In compliance with this mandate, the regional nutrition cluster of NCR was formally organized in a meeting held on 26 November 2013 at the conference room of the DOH Center for Health Development-NCR in Mandaluyong City. The meeting was convened by the NNC-NCR and presided by Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo. The members of the NCR Nutrition Cluster include the following but not limited to DSWD-NCR, DepEd-NCR, DILG-NCR, CHD-NCR, Grace Family Helper Project, Innerwheel Foundation, Hope for the Youth Foundation, Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines, Nutrition Center of the Philippines and other member agencies of the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC), Association of City/District Nutrition Program Coordinators (C/DNPCs) of Metro Manila, Regional Federation of Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs), and the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Coordinators’ Group. RNPC Federizo will serve as the Coordinator of the cluster and the NNC-NCR as its secretariat.
Commitments and responsibilities of partner agencies in the nutrition cluster were identified and discussed. Updates on the activities/services being done for Typhoon Yolanda survivors who are flown to Villamor Airbase via C130 were also shared by the partners. Actions to be taken by the cluster in response to Typhoon Yolanda and plans for 2014 were likewise identified.
The regional nutrition cluster aims to strengthen the capabilities of its members through trainings on Nutrition in Emergencies, IYCF in Emergencies and Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) in 2014 to be able to effectively fulfill its functions.
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16 November 2013, Villamor Airbase, Pasay City – A group of Filipino medical volunteers (Kalusugan ng Mag-Ina, Inc.), public and private hospitals, and mother support groups (L.A.T.C.H., Mommy Sense, Mommy Bright Start, Breastfeeding Pinays, Kaya and Arugaan) put up a mother and baby friendly space called “Nanay Bayanihan” tent at the Transition Staging Area in Villamor Air Base (VAB) in Pasay City. This is part of the project Bayanihan para sa Mag-Ina: A Unified Action for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies aimed at supporting mothers and protecting infants & young children during disaster situations.
Mothers and their young children 0-2 years old who are among the Typhoon Yolanda survivors flown to Manila via C130 after the debriefing are ushered to the Nanay Bayanihan tent. The tent was set up to provide space for the mothers with babies to rest and breastfeed their babies while waiting for their relatives to fetch them or vehicles to ferry them to their destination. Volunteer doctors and mothers who are breastfeeding advocates get information on infant feeding and counsel mothers on breastfeeding and complementary feeding. Other volunteers help make the mothers and babies rest and feel comfortable after their long journey from Tacloban and other parts of Eastern Visayas. They help mothers clean and change the baby’s clothing and diaper, play with the babies and young children while some even transport the survivors to the home of their relatives.
Read more: Nanay Bayanihan Tent: A mother and baby friendly space at VAB
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06 December, San Pablo City, Laguna – The NNC-NCR Family had its one-day teambuilding activity at Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort, an 800-hectares of self-contained working coconut plantation and hacienda located 10 kilometres south of the city of San Pablo, Laguna province on the border with Quezon province.
The annual teambuilding activity aims to strengthen camaraderie and working relationship among the official and staff of the NNC-NCR regional office. The group took a much deserved breather from work and enjoyed nature. Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort boasts of being a showcase for the Philippine’s rich cultural heritage and natural beauty. The teambuilding also served as an opportunity for the NNC-NCR family to appreciate the rich Philippine culture through the tour of the resort’s museum that showcases an extensive collection of religious icons, natural history and ethnographic dioramas, ethnic and national costumes, household furniture, weaponry, oriental ceramics, coins and many other items of interest that were collected from the travels around the world of the resort’s owners.
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20 November 2013, Mandaluyong City – The National Nutrition Council-NCR convened around 60 nutritionists, barangay nutrition scholars and breastfeeding support group (BFSG) members from the different cities and municipality of Metro Manila for a mobilization and orientation meeting of volunteers who will help promote, support and protect breastfeeding in the mother and baby friendly space in Villamor Air Base (VAB). This is in response to the call for volunteers trained in Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) who can render volunteer services round-the-clock at the “Nanay Bayanihan (NB)” Tent, a mother and baby friendly space in VAB put up by a group of volunteer medical doctors, breastfeeding advocates and volunteer mothers.
Mothers and their young children 0-2 years old from Typhoon Yolanda affected areas who arrive in VAB via C130 are sent to the NB tent where they can rest and be comfortable. Babies are cleaned and diapers are changed and if in need of medical attention, there are volunteer doctors who attend to them. The IYCF volunteers will assist the NB team by counseling mothers on breastfeeding and proper complementary feeding and give lactation massage, if needed and also provide vitamin A capsule to lactating mothers and children 0-59 months old. This is to ensure that mothers breastfeed their babies since breastfeeding is even more important in emergency situations where it may be the only way for the infants and young children to be food secure.
Read more: IYCF volunteers mobilized for mother and baby friendly spaces
