DAGUPAN CITY – The Municipality of Bayambang, Pangasinan is now all set for the Nutrition Early Warning System (NEWS) quarterly survey after the conduct of the last leg of NEWS training particularly the Household Level Survey Enumerators training spearheaded by the National Nutrition Council-Regional Office I held last October 3-4, 2017 at Leisure Coast Resort, Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City. The said training was attended by the nutrition prime movers of the selected sentinel barangays of the municipality namely: Bacnono, MH Del Pilar, Sanlibo, San Gabriel 2^nd and Tococ West.

The NEWS project is one of NNC’s commitments in alleviating hunger, malnutrition and poverty in the municipality of Bayambang, Pangasinan. Municipal Nutrition Action Officer Venus Bueno explained that the NEWS will surely help the municipality in taking concrete actions to address its hunger and high malnutrition rate. She said during the NEWS training for household data collectors that the NEWS Team will start its periodic data collection on the second week of October this year.

“The Municipal Nutrition Committee (MNC) chaired by Mayor Dr. Cezar T. Quiambao is very committed and is looking forward for a very successful, fruitful and meaningful implementation of the project. Our beloved Bayambang will surely benefit from it,” he added.

NEWS is a form of monitoring and analysis of relevant information which are being collected periodically to determine status of food security in the area which may foretell possible crisis such as food shortage or health problem that will provide evidence-based information to the key officials in planning and executing appropriate and timely food security and nutrition interventions. (MGSC)