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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.
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Wao, Lanao del Sur–As essential as good nutrition is to human health and development, malnutrition is still a problem of varying magnitude especially in ARMM.
“Bantay Nutrisyon is our mission” and what better way to achieve this for ARMM is to equip the local leaders to guard the community’s nutrition with proper information by conducting the Training on Basic Course for Barangay Nutrition Scholars at Payag ni Dowa, Wao, Lanao del Sur.
27 Barangay Nutrition Schollars from 26 different barangays of Wao, Lanao del Sur participated during the said activity.
The training was facilitated by NNC ARMM’s, Chrisley A. Gonzales and Chrity Joy E. Danao, IPHO-Lanao del Sur’s, Dr. Emelyn Alvarez, Nelia R. Sarap and Virgilita B. Pagdato.
This training capacitated newly recruited Barangay Nutrition Scholars with the expertise to provide the basic health and nutrition services to their communities. This training engaged an array of methods which steered the participants to understand their roles and responsibilities as frontline Nutrition Workers as they identify malnourished children through visitation and all identified children with nutrition problems are then referred to Municipal Health Offices or Hospitals in the area.
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Advancing technology and the fast paced lifestyle among us have affected not only the dietary and eating practices but also influenced the diseases that afflict us. And that doesn’t exclude Muslims in the Philippines.
Educating the public to make proper food choices that are appropriate in the socio-cultural and environmental conditions has been difficult task and continues to be a major challenge.
Simple and practical Nutrition Guidelines provide individuals the right knowledge about food and their choices to consume adequate and well-balanced diet coupled with healthy lifestyle. Developed by the Technical Working Group chaired by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI?DOST) on Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos were adopted.
Because of the sensitivity of issues about food and proper conduct of lifestyles that synchronizes with conservative Islamic practices, the National Nutrition Council- ARMM headed by DOH-ARMM Secretary Dr Kadil M. sinolinding, Jr, in collaboration with Islamic Scholars and the Department of Education-ARMM Madaris, worked together in creating the Nutritional Guidelines for Muslim Filipinos with Islamic basis extracted from the Holy Quran and the Hadiths, offering Arabic transliterations. This program aims to fast track dissemination of nutritional messages among the Muslim sector with the hope to help eradicate ignorance on food intake and ease out malnutrition in ARMM.
Read more: NNC-ARMM's Nutritional Guidelines for Muslim Filipinos
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NNC-ARMM equips selected LGUs in Maguindanao with knowledge and skills on Nutrition in Emergency by conducting its first ever Nutrition in Emergencies Training at Em Manor Hotel, Cotabato City on September 27-29, 2015. Twenty-one (21) Participants composed of Municipal Planning and Devlopment Coordinators (MPDC), Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Officers (MDRRMO), Municipal, Health Oficers (MHO) and Public Health Nurses (PHN) from seven (7) selected municipalities of Maguindanao namely: Datu Piang, Talitay, Talayan, Guindulungan, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Pagalungan, and Mamasapano completed the 3-day live-in training.
Read more: NNC-ARMM conducts it’s very first Nutrition in Emergency Training
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7 February 2014, Cotabato City - National Nutrition Council-ARMM starts the airing of Suara sa Nutrisyon (Voice of Nutrisyon) last January 26, 2014. Suara sa Nutrisyon airs every Sunday from 7:00 to 8:00 in the evening at DXMY-RMN 729, Cotabato City with anchorwoman Ms. Saida D. Ali, Public Information Officer of DOH-ARMM. The program airs to increase the awareness of listeners on the updated Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos and its Islamic point of view. DXMY-RMN 729 reaches all areas of ARMM.
Suara sa Nutrisyon's resource persons for the third episode were Ms. Jessen T. Masukat, Nutrition Officer of NNC-ARMM and Ustadza Anisa Arab Taha representing Muslim Religious Leaders.
The third episode discussed complementary feeding, the optimal age of its introduction to the child, the advantages and disadvantages of giving it too soon and too late, and what foods are appropriate to the age of the baby. Ustadza Anisa Taha included Hadiths (the Sunnah or practice of Prophet Mohammad s.a.w) that are related to the topic to give the Islamic perspective of the messages.
The success of Suara sa Nutrisyon is shown through its high listenership. Many listeners asked questions through text messages and these questions were answered by the resource persons during the broadcast.
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NNC-ARMM conducts its Orientation on Barangay Nutrition Scolars at Dan Mar beach Resort, Pahut, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on September 17-18, 2015. Twenty-nine (29) Participants from all the barangays of three (3) different municipalities namely: Bongao, Panglima Sugala, and Simunul completed the 2-day live-in training.
The training was facilitated by Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator, DOH-ARMM, Celia Sagaral, RND, Chief of Public Health, Elsa Pescadera, Provincial Nutrition Coordinator, Aurora Laja, RND, and Nutrition Officer, Irene Anta, RND.
This thorough training helped equip the newly recruited Barangay Nutrition Scholars with the expertise needed to provide the basic health and nutrition services to their communities. This training engaged an array of methods which steered the participants to understand their roles and responsibilities and enabled them to know what they would need to identifying malnourished children by visiting each house in their area and weighing each child of the household.
