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In 2017, the National Nutrition Council launched the “10 KUMAINMENTS” as a campaign to promote the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) to address and prevent malnutrition and diet-related non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer.
Along with this, The National Nutrition Council developed the 10 KUMAINMENTS Nutrition School On-The-Air (NSOA) with the belief that it was the most effective form to reach, educate and give information to the people. The module consists of 12 sessions about the 10 KUMAINMENTS and it has the components of a school setting: teacher, student, quizzes, and graduation. Its procedures include enrollment, monitoring and evaluation, review, and graduation day. This was aired in a few radio stations in the region and was participated by our health and nutrition workers in some of our LGUs.
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NNC Calabarzon was highly honored in all six (6) categories of NNC 2nd Quarter Special Webby Awards for its commendable and outstanding performances in the management of the “NNC Webpage and Social Media Accounts.” The event was held last October 2 during the 3rd Management Conference Series 2020 in the presence of the NNC Web Team and Regional Web Publishers.
Overall, NNC Calabarzon garnered championship for the ”Most Visited Webpage (2,107 unique visitors), “Highest Number of Likes” (8,920 Facebook Page Likes), “Highest Social Media Engagement” (275,656 engaged users in Facebook Page), “Highest Social Media Reach” (3,715,411 average reach), and “Most Visible Social Media Account” (299,844 page consumption and visibility). The agency also won 2nd runner-up for the “Highest Number of Articles Posted.” All award categories were judged and based on “Webpage and Facebook Analytics.”
Read more: NNC Calabarzon Webpage Sweeps 2nd Quarter NNC Webby Awards
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Quezon City, 29 September – Amidst the pandemic, more work is being done at NNC Calabarzon to vigorously conduct salt testing of samples taken from various sources like supermarkets and markets in different parts of the region to ensure that its constituents are getting the sufficient and recommended iodine content in salt and food items.
In addition, the salt testing efforts of the region supports the continuous success of the significant drop in number of children (6-12 years of age ) and lactating women who are suffering from Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD). The reports on the drop in IDD cases was based on the results of the 2018 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) of the FNRI-DOST on “The reduction of target outcomes in different forms of malnutrition, specifically on micronutrient deficiency from Iodine.” In the survey, the prevalence of IDD among the population were compared from baseline data during 2013 with the more recent data from 2018.
Read more: NNC Calabarzon Conducts Salt Sample Testing Amidst Pandemic
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Sampung (10) Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) ng CaLaBaRZon na naka quarantine sa mga isolation facilities sa kasalukuyan ang humingi kamakailan ng tulong pinansyal sa NNC. Sa dahilang ito, sila ay makakatanggap ng limang libong piso (Php5,000.00) bilang medical assistance upang madagdagan ang kanilang panggastos habang sila ay nagpapagaling sa sintomas ng Covid-19.
Ang tulong ay ihahandog bilang pasasalamat at suporta sa walang sawang pagbibigay nila ng serbisyo upang maipagpatuloy ang mga programang pang nutritisyon sa kani-kanilang komunidad sa gitna ng pandemya. Nararapat lamang na tulungan ang mga BNSs dahil sa bawat araw ng paglaban nila upang masugpo ang malnutrisyon, nalalagay sa panganib ang kanilang kalusugan dahil sa pandemya.
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“Come-on! And be our partners!” was the powerful and encouraging statement of the Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator of CaLaBaRZon, Ms. Carina Z. Santiago, in her opening message to LGUs in the virtual CaLaBaRZon Regional Team of Planning Facilitators (RTPF) Annual Investment Planning (AIP) Workshops last September 18.
As a momentum to invest in nutrition, the AIP workshops for LGUs provides an effective strategy that ensures that nutrition will be integrated in the 2021 Annual Investment Programs (AIPs) of LGUs to secure the gains made for nutrition programs which have been part of the local planning and budgeting workshops in 2019.
Read more: Momentum to Invest in Nutrition: CaLaBaRZon RTPF AIP Workshops for LGUs
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LAGUNA, 10 October – During the 12th Cluster meeting organized by the NNC Calabarzon last October 7, various regional line partner agencies shared their response and plans during the pandemic. Worth noting, and which called the attention of the Cluster was the upcoming School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) of DepEd-Calabarzon.
In the Cluster meeting, Nutritionist-Dietitian II of DepEd, Mr. Neil B. Evangelista, shared that the SBFP was redesigned to cope with nutrition demands resulting from the impact of the government’s general guidelines during the pandemic. He carefully explained that to implement the program (and in adhering to the minimum health standards set by the Inter-Agency Task Force and Department of Health), schools may choose whether food supplies or Nutritious Food Packs (NFPs) will be picked up or delivered to the home of learners.
Read more: Redesigning the School-Based Feeding Program in Calabarzon, Coping-Up During the Pandemic
