Marawi City—National Nutrition Council (NNC) ARMM joined the very first of the series of Provincial Nutrition Advocacy Summit of Health Organization for Mindanao in Marawi City on November 26, 2015. As the co-lead of the PIMAM (Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition) Regional Program Management Team, with Department of Health (DOH) being the lead. Ms. Hannah Farinnah Lidasan, stressed the creation of the Municipal Nutrition Committee with its role in the community.
Designed to mobilize the provincial and municipal government offices and other key stakeholders on nutrition to address the challenges of malnutrition, operation and resources requirements of nutrition program and to generate support and commitment to sustain the program following the recommended essential nutrition package. This shall instill ownership of the LGUs towards co-creating a nutritionally secure ARMM.

Held simultaneously in the Provinces of Lanao Del Sur and Basilan - a gathering of the local chief executives, policy makers, health and nutrition advocates, women, children and other stakeholders to uphold the campaign of preventing malnutrition and find a common ground to sustain the initiatives by ensuring access to evidence-based, effective, and life-saving interventions to prevent and treat acute malnutrition.

Highlighted in the event was the journey of the Nutrition Champion, Hasmina, a child who once suffered from severe acute malnutrition who has now fully recovered.