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TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan– Mayor Liwayway Caramat of Sta. Fe, Nueva Viscaya has called on fellow local chief executives in the region to fully implement nutrition programs and projects.
“Unfortunately, nutrition program is not a priority among male local chief executives,” she said in her response as a Regional Green Banner awardee during the regional nutrition awarding ceremonies today in this city.
She said male local chief executives are more into impact projects like structures with nutrition only on the sidelines.
“Those structures are useless if the children are not healthy. Nutrition has more effect on them,” she added.
Dr. Azucena Dayanghirang, deputy executive director of National Nutrition Council said the challenge on nutrition programs and projects in the country is its sustainability. She lauded the efforts of region’s nutrition stakeholders and express appreciation to the various national awards Cagayan Valley has been bestowed with annually.
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Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon, NNC R02’s innovative radio program, was lauded by participants and members of the Nutriskwela Community Radio Network program during the recently concluded 8th National Conference of Nutriskwela Community Radio Network Program at Mezzo Hotel, Cebu City.
Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon are group of elementary and secondary students who were organized and trained to propagate mass information on good nutrition by using their skills in radio broadcasting.
It started in 2012 through the initiative of the National Nutrition Council, Region 02 supported with a Department of Education Regional Memorandum No. 56, Series of 2012, “Enjoining all schools to participate in “Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon”. This support of the DepEd paved way to the birth of Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon in Region 02.
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The National Nutrition Council wants to ensure the successful implementation of nutrition programs at the community level. In region 2, NNC met with the non-government organizations in a regional forum in Tuguegarao to share with them Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022.
Approved on February 21, 2017, the plan is consistent with the Duterte Administration 10-Point Economic Agenda, the Philippine Health Agenda, and the development pillars of protective concern, transformation and development and the vision of Ambisyon 2040.
The plan consists of eight nutrition-specific programs and an initial list of 11 nutrition-sensitive programs. The NGOs have been identified as one of the partners for its implementation.
The forum, the agency said, aims to strengthen and establish collaboration, partnership and alliance with the sector to fight the double burden of malnutrition and nutrition related problems in the region.
“The local nutrition committees are on the process of formulating their Local Nutrition Action Plan. It would be a challenge to achieve these with the help of these NGOs,” Maria Gisela Lonzaga, NNC OIC Nutrition Program Coordinator, said.
Earlier, the agency said ‘it’s no longer business as usual’ when it comes to nutrition as the region is experiencing cases of underweight, stunting, wasting and overweight.
Between 2013 and 2015, Cagayan registered a 24.6 percent increase of underweight cases while Quirino recorded 44.1 percent in stunting, both among less than 5 years old.
The agency took time to present to the participants the regional nutrition situation which revealed that one out of four school children are underweight or 26.8 percent while seven out of 100 or 7.2 percent are wasted or thin and is considered to be a public health problem.
“Stunting prevalence generally increased for all provinces,” the report added
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Bested the other 45 Nutriskwela Community Radio stations, Radyo Kalugaran, Claveria, Cagayan owned Nutriskwela Radio station, bagged the best Special Coverage of Community Event and 2nd in Best Tarpaulin Exhibit in the recently held 3rd Nutriskwela Awards during the 8th National Conference of Nutriskwela Community Radio Network Program at Mezzo Hotel, Cebu City. For the 3rd consecutive years, Radyo Kalugaran bagged home the best tarpaulin exhibit in the yearly national conference.
Radyo Kalugaran was established in 2011 for the promotion of health and nutrition and other development – oriented programs, projects and activities towards the development of a healthy and progressive Claveria.
The recently concluded live coverage of the 6th Founding Anniversary celebration of the community radio was the official entry of the station.
In the said anniversary celebration, the Claveria Community Radio Council and Management in coordination with the Municipal Nutrition Committee conducted nutrition and health related activities to highlight the celebration on March 9, 2017. The celebration started with a Thanksgiving Field Mass which was followed by the recognition of deserving employees / workers of Radyo Kalugaran, Blessing of the New Radio Station, Clinical Assessment of malnourished children, Hot Meal Feeding to malnourished children, including their parents, and Alay Handog ni Kalugaran to indigent families. Launching of the Sapat na Pagkain at Pangkabuhayan sa Bawat Tahanan cum distribution of vegetable seeds with lecture on vegetable gardening was also conducted.
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The province celebrated the 3rd anniversary of the Healthy Lifestyle Program dubbed as “Zayaw Pilipinas, Zayaw Nueva Vizcaya” on October 28 at the PLGU Convention Center.
The zumba session is in partnership with Zayaw Pilipinas Fitness Tour. The celebration was graced by celebrity zumba instructor Ron Antonio, a recording artist, former member of male group Wise Guys and the creator of the “Zayaw Pilipinas.” Antonio is acclaimed as Zumba King of the Philippines. “Zayaw Pilipinas” started last year and has been the most successful and extensive nationwide zumba tour.
There were around 400 zumba enthusiasts from the province and even from neighboring provinces that attended the zumba concert together with former Governor Ruth R. Padilla, who initiated the Healthy Lifestyle Program of the province and which Provincial Administrator Maybelle Dumlao-Sevillena started the zumba sessions at the Capitol every day after office hours.
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For the second time, the National Nutrition Council-Region 02 has successfully produced more than 79 graduates in the recently concluded Nutrition School on the Air or NSOA, in partnership with the government radio station, DWPE Radyo Pilipinas-Tuguegarao.
NSOA for Region 02 first started in 2009 with almost 200 enrollees registered, but only more than half of them was able to complete the ‘schooling’ , and therefore graduated from the short course. All enrollees then were housewives and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) from the 49 barangays of Tuguegarao City. Due to clamor from former enrollees to have another round of NSOA, and because of their unique experience with the program, the NNC-Region 02 responded positively on this request, thus the second airing of NSOA.
The latest NSOA, which was aired for 12 Wednesdays, from 10:30-11:00 am, centered on the 10 Kumainments or the simplified 10 Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos. The students/enrollees are still housewives but this time, from all over the province of Cagayan to accommodate those who we were not included during the first round of NSOA. Initially, there were 209 who enrolled but only 79 of them marched for graduation. The number of drop outs or those who did not graduate, was due to incomplete attendance in the duration of the class, while others failed to pass the exam, which was given every after session discussion on air. And so, after 12 straight Wednesdays of airing, only 79 survived, majority of them came from the municipality of Amulung and some were from Peñablanca, Solana, Sta. Ana, Enrile, and Tuguegarao City. The municipality of Amulung graciously hosted the Graduation Ceremony for the graduates this year, with no less than the Local Chief Executive, Mayor Nicanor de Leon who personally welcomed the beaming graduates and other visitors.
