Region IV-B

Details: Category: Region 4b; Published: 25 March 2022

032022 Marinduque Onsite Visit Province of Marinduque – Nutrition Program Coordinator (NPC), OIC Ma. Eileen B. Blanco and Provincial Nutrition Focal Point (PNFP) Nichole Loyola conducted a back-to-back Radyo Kamalindig Monitoring and Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program Meeting last 8-9 March 2022.

Details: Category: Region 4b; Published: 25 March 2022

03252022 San Vicente

San Vicente, Palawan – The Provincial Nutrition Office of Palawan headed by Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO) Rachel Paladan and the Municipal Nutrition Committee of San Vicente represented by Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (MNAO) Rodrigo Cipriano Jr. have partnered with Coral Bay Nickel Corporation to provide Supplementary Feeding for 45 days to children 6-59 months old in two Sitios in Baranagay Caruray as response to Typhoon Odette.

Details: Category: Region 4b; Published: 24 March 2022

0324202 NNC MIMAROPA first face to face

The National Nutrition Council MIMAROPA, together with the District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators Association of the Philippines Inc. (D/CNPCAP) – MIMAROPA and Federation of Barangay Nutrition Scholars (FBNS) – MIMAROPA held its two-day joint meeting on 22-23 March 2022 at the Bell Mansion Hotel, Quezon City.

Details: Category: Region 4b; Published: 24 March 2022

03242022 eOPT Orientation
Federation of Barangay Nutrition Scholars - MIMAROPA and select District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators in the region took a review on the use of electronic Operation Timbang (e-OPT) tools during the afternoon session of their joint meeting on 22 March 2022.

E-OPT tool is used by nutrition workers in the community to help them record, interpret, and summarize results of the OPT Plus conducted annually to measure the nutritional status of the children 0-59 months old.

Details: Category: Region 4b; Published: 24 March 2022

5 Breastmilk Nutrition and Protection 1

Breastmilk provides the most ideal nutrition for infants having the nearly perfect mix of nutrients needed for growth and development. Breastmilk provides all the energy and nutrients that the infant needs for the first months of life, and it continues to provide up to half or more of a child’s nutritional needs during the second half of the first year, and up to one third during the second year of life. It also contains antibodies that gives protection from many common childhood illnesses.

Details: Category: Region 4b; Published: 24 March 2022

03242022 Newly elected officcers of FBNS MIMAROPA

Quezon City – On the 22nd day of March 2022, six (6) out of seven (7) provincial and city Barangay Nutrition Scholar presidents of MIMAROPA Region convened for the election of officers for years 2022 to 2024 at The Bell Mansion Hotel.

The activity was presided by NNC MIMAROPA NPC-OIC Ma. Eileen B. Blanco along with BNS Denia Lingon of Boac, Marinduque; BNS Emelia Riambon of Narra, Palawan; BNS Ginalyn Linaza of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro; BNS Mary Jane Rodia of Magdiwang, Romblon; BNS Ramona Fortuna of Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro; BNS April Marasigan of San Vicente North, Calapan City; and BNS Jivy Sabanes of Santa Monica, Puerto Princesa City.