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To reduce the number of malnourished children in the municipality, the local government has provided seeds and seedlings to all families in the 32 barangays here through Aldaw Ti Umili “Pasadang Pangkalusugan sa Barangay” program which ran from January to December last year.
“This is one way of sustaining food supply for every family,” Ramillosa said. He added that the main cause of malnutrition in the municipality is low food intake due to food insecurity.
Through the provision of seeds and seedlings, Ramillosa said each family will have backyard vegetable garden as a source of vegetables so they won’t be worrying where to get money to buy foods for the family.
In 2012, there are 111 underweight pre-school children and 290 wasted and severely wasted school children in the municipality. “Hopefully, we will be able to reduce the number of malnourished children in our town by ensuring that there is food in every table of the families,” Ramillosa said.
Read more: LGU Diffun addresses hunger and malnutrition problems in barangays
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As it awaits the coming of the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) next week, the Provincial Nutrition Committee of this province has nothing but hopes for the most coveted First Year Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (Crown) maintenance award.
Luningning Pacudan, provincial nutrition officer, said the PNC and the different Municipal Nutrition Committees visited most of the 132 barangays to conduct actual weighing, site visitation of nutrition projects, nutrition counseling and monitoring of malnourished children.
“We and our partner agencies worked hard to improve the nutritional status of the populace and we are happy that through the various nutrition programs we implemented, we were able to reduce the number of underweight and severely underweight pre-schoolers from 605 in 2012 to 548 this year,” Pacudan said.
Likewise, the number of wasted and severely wasted school children was reduced from 1,492 during school year 2011-2012 to 1,352 during the recent school year.
Read more: Provincial Nutrition Committee optimistic of maintaining Crown award
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The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 2 has been monitoring the implementation of the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) program and best practices in the region.
Some members of the council went to some selected municipalities that have good implementation and innovation on the program, particularly Isabela and Cagayan province which was identified as convergence area for the IYCF program, particularly Alicia, Benito Soliven, and Penablanca, Cagayan
The IYCF program was formulated to address these problems on IYCF practices. It aimed to improve the nutritional status and health of children especially the under 3 years old and consequently reduce infant and under 5 years old mortality.
Specifically, its objectives were to improve, protect, and promote IYCF practices, increase political commitment at all levels, provide a supportive environment and ensure its sustainability.
Rhodora Guevarra Maestre, nutrition program coordinator, said there are a lot of municipalities that are seriously implementing IYCF in the region and several have introduced innovations to sustain the program in a collaborative effort with stakeholders up to the barangay level.
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Baguio City- The National Nutrition Council Region 02, through the support and sponsorship of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Philippines Inc. Led a seminar-workshop for the members of the Region 02 ASIN Task Force. The Seminar-workshop was a jointly executed activity by Nutrition Proram Coordinator for Region 02 Rhodora G. Maestre, and the Assistant Consultant of GAIN Philippines Inc. Mr Edward Otico. Together, they opened the activity presenting the potential of Cagayan Valley to successfully implement the use of WYD Iodine checkers; a device that measures the level of iodine in salt far more accurately than the rapid test kits customarily used. They expressed confidence that Region 02, who currently outperforms other regions in salt iodization implementation, is capable of making Region 02 a 100% iodized area. NPC Maestre also emphasized that despite the relative edge the Region has as compared to the rest, much of the Region still remains vulnerable to use of uniodized and inadequately iodized salt.Also, the ASIN checkpoints in various salt entry points in the Region where subjected to a reactivation
since some have ceased to operate after some problems arose.
The ASIN Task Force also had workshops wherein current and potential problems were identified, as well as their corresponding solutions provided. The committee also conducted a review on the memorandum of understanding drafted by the NNC to polish the provisions and clauses introduced, not to mention, that the Task Force also laid out standard operating procedures for ASIN checkpoints in order to further complement with the ASIN Law. Mr. Otico also reassured that the local government of priority areas for ASIN checkpoints shall be provided with WYD iodine checkers and their necessary reagents.
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DZNB 97.5 Mhz FM Radyo Kayvayvan Nutriskwela ,Batanes’ own radio station exists at literally the tip of the Philippines. This station is based in the island of Basco, where it delivers news to the locals through its regular running programs; One of which is BatangRadyo Sa Nutrisyon – Batanes, the latest installment of the BatangRadyo Program by the National Nutrition Council.
Assistant Secretary of Health and NNC Executive Director Maria Bernardita T. Flores perceives Radyo Kayvayvanan as an “information powerhouse to the Ivatans” and claims as a fact that “separation from the mainland is no reason for information for good nutrition to be withheld from the people of Batanes.”
The Nutriskwela Radio station inaugurated last April 13, 2013.
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Two of the local nutrition committees in region 2 are now contenders of the prestigious Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition award, given to Local Government Units (LGUs) that have consistently shown outstanding performance for nutrition improvement.
For this year, Quirino Province and Lal-lo Cagayan are the entries of Cagayan Valley in the said award system.
Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora G. Maestre said the two LGUs will be evaluated whether their efforts affect the downward trend of malnutrition. She said Lal-lo Cagayan was already evaluated last month while Quirino province is scheduled for May 27-31, 2013.
The CROWN contenders are visited by a National Nutrition Evaluation Team for three consecutive years to check whether their efforts in maintaining a downward trend of malnutrition are sustained through a well-coordinated plan implementation.
Maestre believed that the two entries will make it as she sees the strong foundation of the programs, projects and innovations made for the eradication of malnutrition rate in the said areas.
