CITY OF ILAGAN, ISABELA---- Department of Health – Center for Health Development Region 02 and National Nutrition Council Region 02 teamed up in the recently concluded online training on Nutrition in Emergencies (NIEm) last 17-21 May 2021 via Webex online platform.
In her opening remarks, Ms. Nerissa Mabbayad, ND IV-DOH R02, acknowledged the efforts of the LGUs who attended the training despite the ongoing COVID-19 response and vaccination activities in their locality.
“The willingness of the LGUs to learn concepts of NIEm is very overwhelming with the number of participants who are attending this online training. We hope that we can all use and apply our learnings if ever we will be experiencing emergencies or disasters in the future,” shared by ND Mabbayad.
The first day of the online training focus on the Module 1: Overview of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) facilitated by Mr. Val-Aaron Taguinin, Nurse III- DOH R02 followed by the Cluster Approach in the DRRM and Nutrition Cluster at the national and local level shared by Ms. Maria Gisela M. Lonzaga, Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator-NNC R02.
The following day was about the Module 2 – Introduction to Nutrition in Emergencies facilitated by Ms. Frances Vea Valdez, NO II- NNC R02, Mr. Edzell Arcinue, NO III-NNC R02, discussed topic about importance of Nutrition in Emergencies and Ms. Abigail Anzia, ND-DOH R02, shared the topic about nutrition assessment.
ND Mabbayad discussed the topic about Nutrition in Emergencies Interventions
specifically about Infant and Young Child Feeding During Emergencies (IYCF-E), Micronutrient supplementation and Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM) while NO III Arcinue on Dietary Supplementation to conclude the day two of the online training.
The day three and four of the online training focused on the Module 3: Disaster Risk Reduction and Management – Health – Nutrition in Emergencies wherein participants were taught on how to draft their Nutrition in Emergencies plan. This session was facilitated by NO III Arcinue, NO II Valdez and NO II John Nestor Ballad.
In her closing remarks, RNPC Lonzaga congratulates the participants for finishing the five-day online training and hope to finalize their NIE plan to ensure nutrition programs even during emergencies.
“Congratulations for finishing the five-day training. we are very happy that the DOH led this NIEm training to ensure that all LGUs will organize/reorganize and strengthen Nutrition Cluster and formulate their NIE plan to be integrated in the DRRM-H plan and Local Nutrition Action Plan of their respective locality,” happily stated by RNPC Lonzaga.
A total of 65 participants attended the training and the NNC and DOH R02 hopes to receive the finalized plan within June to ensure that all LGUs will have their DRRM-H-NIE plan.###JNLB
