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The National Nutrition Council CALABARZON conducted an oath taking ceremony of the newly elected officers of the Federation of the Barangay Nutrition Scholars in Region IV-A last May 23, 2017 at The A. Venue Hotel, Makati City.
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On 12 May 2017, the Technical Working Group (TWG) of Q1K led by ALONA Partylist Rep. Anna Maria Villaraza-Suarez, met with the NNC Calabarzon led by Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator, Ms. Carina Z. Santiago, and F1K Provincial Nutrition Coordinators, Mr. Edzell M. Arcinue and Ms. Jane Christine B. Guballa, at the Provincial Governor’s Office of Quezon Province to discuss the harmonization of the two programs for the first 1000 days of life.
Read more: F1K Program to Harmonize with Q1K Program in Quezon Province
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A 5-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on the Management of Severely Acute Malnutrition (SAM) for Children under Five years was held last April 3-7, 2017 in Lucena City primarily to train community health workers, health professionals and LGU leaders to identify, refer, and provide rights-based care, counseling, and monitoring of children under-5 and their families towards SAM. Mr. Roberto D. Gajo, the Provincial Nutrition Action Officer of Quezon, acknowledged the crucial roles of the participants in aiming for #ZeroSAM in the province. Doctors, nurses, midwives, and dietitians from different private and district hospitals, municipal health officers, municipal nutrition action officers, and other community health workers attended the training. From these participants, pool of trainers was created for the roll-out of the training and program in the province.
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One-on-one meetings with the local chief executives (LCEs) of the expansion areas of F1K Program in Quezon Province had been done during the 2nd quarter of 2017. With this, all expansion areas – Burdeos, Buenavista, Calauag, Infanta, and Pagbilao – are now set to adopt and implement the program in their respective areas.
Read more: F1K Expansion Areas in Quezon Province all set for the implementation of the program
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The National Nutrition Council’s 2017 Nutrition Month theme: “Healthy Diet, Gawing Habit – For Life!” nails it! The NNC’s clarion call for all Filipinos to start the consumption of healthier foods and discourage them from eating unhealthy diets has never been stronger and louder.
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Iloilo City – Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Ms. Carina Santiago, together with officers of the Communicators’ Network for Nutrition in Region 4A (CNN4A) in CALABARZON, and the Promo-Nutricom from MIMAROPA , jointly supported the national launching of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017 -2022, in this city.
