CITY OF ILAGAN, ISABELA---- Dr. Edwin Galapon, Provincial Health Officer (PHO) and Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO)-Province of Nueva Vizcaya, bagged the Regional Outstanding PNAO.
The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) Region 02 during the deliberation has unanimously declared Dr. Galapon as Regional Outstanding PNAO based on the results of Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation Protocol (MELLPI Pro), and interview score conducted by the team.
Annually, the MELLPI is conducted by an interagency nutrition evaluation team from the national to provincial/ city/municipal levels to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of local nutrition program management and implementation.
In 2019, the National and Regional Evaluation Team launched the use of the enhanced version of MELLPI called MELLPI Pro. The MELLPI Pro is used to monitor and evaluate performance of local government units at all levels and local nutrition focal points like the Barangay Nutrition Scholars, Nutrition Action Officers and District/City /Municipal Nutrition Program Coordinators.
The MELLPI PRO for Local Nutrition Focal Points assesses the performance of frontline nutrition workers in carrying out their core functions in line with delivering nutrition services in the locality. Performance is defined along eight management dimensions: P1. Coordination; P2. Advocacy; P3. Planning; P4. Implementation; P5. Monitoring and evaluation; P6. Resource generation; P7. Documentation and record keeping and P8. Capacity building.
Few of the notable accomplishments of PNAO Galapon are the following:
- Conducted regular Provincial Nutrition Committee (PNC) meeting with discussions and updates on PPAN PPAs and eOPT results (semi-annual)
- PNC oriented on PPAN 2017-2022
- PNAP integrated in local development plan and Annual Investment Program
- Advocated for the adoption and implementation of nutrition laws and policies
- Conducted regular monitoring of LGUs, and conducted PIR
- Regularly updates LGU functionality checklist
- Conducts MELLPI Pro for LGUs and LNFPs
- Rolled-out necessary trainings down to the barangays (e.g. NIEM training, BNS Trainings, MELLPI Pro orientation, workshop on integration on nutrition)
- Regular monitoring of lactation stations in the province
- Partnership with Aboitiz Foundation for funding of nutrition projects (Php 1.2M)
The RNET were composed of National Nutrition Council, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and Philippine Information Agency as the chair of the RNET 2021.
Conferment for the award is tentatively set on November 2021 during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony.###John Nestor Ballad
