National Nutrition Council Region 02 hastens its ties to Media Partners by creating the Nutrition Information Media Post (NIPM) as a basis of Nutrition related program and activities in the region in the recently conducted Media Expansion Meeting last January 18 at Tuguegarao City.
The creation of NIPM gives way to the local media of Cagayan Valley for easy access of information related to Nutrition activities, programs and projects around the region. It also fastens the circulation of information from the Barangay Level to regional level. The social media page of the agency will be used as the digital storage of information and recently concluded activity of each barangays and municipalities.
The idea of using Facebook as a mean is due to the high usage of this social media in the region. It will also boost the relationship of the agency to every barangay if their activity will be covered by Media. In an interview, Nutrition Program Coordinator, Ms. Rhodora G. Maestre, emphasized that it is important to tighten relationship with media they are the bridge that connect the agency to its constituents. Further, it will also a way of acknowledging efforts of locality in implementing nutrition related program and activities.
The steps in using the NIMP are very easy and accessible. In his presentation, Mr. John Nestor L. Ballad, Nutrition Officer II, summarized the steps in three easy ways. First, Log-in your personal account, then go to “National Nutrition Council Region 02,” posts a status answering the following question, what is the activity? Where it was conducted? When it was conducted? Who are the participants? Notable quotes and just click post. After which, the agency will inform the media in order to create an article or news articles for public consumption.
This innovation by NNC R-02 will expect to result to a fast and easy exchange of information in and between the media partners and localities because even Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) will be used as a source of nutrition related activities.
