Tuguegarao City----After its successful five (5) batches of roll out training on the updated monitoring and evaluation tool dubbed as the MELLPI Pro last year, and the discussion during the First Semester Joint NAOs and DCMNPCs federation meeting on 20 February the Local Nutrition Workers in the region are now prepared and ready for the full swing of the MELLPI PRO this 2020.
MELLPI Pro is the updated monitoring and evaluation framework and system for assessment of initiatives along policy and legislation, nutrition service delivery, capacity building, performance of nutrition workers and nutrition outcomes of pregnant women.
The tool is called MELLPI Pro because it is a Protocol that includes procedures and tools; Promotive since it promotes awareness and observance to existing laws, rules and guidelines; Progressive as scoring is based on desired progress of LGUs in terms of nutrition program implementation and Professional because it promotes professional and objective review of evidences.
In addition, the MELLPI Pro is also a tool used to assess the performance of local nutrition workers such as Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs) and District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators (DCNPCs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs).
“It also recognizes not only the effort of the MNC as a whole but also the nutrition workers as it assesses the performance of the different men and women behind the success of the nutrition program management,” said PNAO Henedina Cabrera, Province of Isabela during the said meeting.
The MELLPI Pro replaces the old MELLPI tool. The old MELLPI tool assesses the local nutrition program using efficiency and effectiveness criteria while the new tool emphasizes assessment of LGUs' progress toward compliance to quality standards; evidence-based validation; and mentoring through joint discussion for learnings and actions with the LGU and nutrition workers assessed.
LGUs will be using the MELLPI Pro in their scheduled provincial, municipal evaluation and after which will also be used by the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) in their MELLPI.###(JNLB-NNCR02)
