February 6, 2014, Manila- The Provincial and City Nutrition Action Officers (P/CNAOs) of CALABARZON together with the Regional Technical Working Group (RTWG) convene for their First Quarter 2014 Joint Meeting. The meeting tackled a number of new inter-agency interventions scheduled for implementation in 2014 such as Search for Outstanding Nutrtion Action Officers (NAOs) and Project Orientation on Documentation of Good Practices in the Implementation of RA 10028 or the “Expanded Breastfesding Act”. The meeting also covered a discussion on the progress of regular activities particularly results of Operation Timbang, schedule of MELLPI visits, NAOPA Plans for 2014, RTWG Plans for 2014 and Updates from the National Nutrition Council of Region IV-A.

The Joint Meeting of PCNAOs and RTWG intended to create open and interactive discussions between the two clusters. Some issues on monitoring and evaluation such as the use of old tools by some of the barangays were resolved and clarified during the meeting.

The joint meeting was also attended by some officers of the Communicator’s Network for Nutrition in Region IV-A (CNN-IVA). CNN-IVA was established by NNC-R-IVA in 2012 to highlight and strengthen media’s role in public nutrition education and nutrition advocacy.

The meeting was presided by Regional Nutrtition Program Coordinator Carina Z. Santiago.