National Nutrition Council Region 02 shared the newly issued Nutrition Cluster Advisory No. 02 series of 2020 to its Local Nutrition Clusters (LNCs) in the region to ensure continuous provision of healthful and nutritious food packs.

Early this May, Region 02 is one of the regions who gradually transitioning from Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) but provision of assistance is continuously given by respective LNCs to their constituents specially the vulnerable sectors.

To diversify and enhance the nutrient content of food packs, LGUs are strongly encouraged to optimize the use of local/fresh produce of dark green and yellow vegetables, root crops, legumes/beans/seeds, fruits, poultry, egg, meat/fish, or pasteurized fresh milks as stated in the LNC advisory no. 02.

The advisory also encouraged LNCs to buy healthy and nutritious food packs to small scale farmers, fisherfolks and cooperatives which is adjacent within the said communities in order to protect and promote local economy.

“Ensuring healthy and nutritious food packs in the region has been a practice of some of our Local Nutrition Committees,” emphasized by Ms. Maria Gisela Lonzaga, Nutrition Program Coordinator- NNC R02.

“We continue to advocate to other LCEs to adapt and ensure the availability of nutritious relief packs specially in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis,” she added.

The Regional Nutrition Clusters and DCNPCs of the five provinces and four cities planned to

conduct its special meeting to ensure further dissemination of the said advisory. ###JNLB