January 19, 2018- The National Nutrition Council Caraga provided technical assistance as resource speakers during the Nutrition Program Management Training and Operation Timbang Plus held at the Liga Session Hall of Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte. Local Government Mobilization as one of the strategies of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022 includes capacity building of local government units to plan, implement, monitor and coordinate their nutrition program effectively.The training helped the participants to understand the basic concepts of food and nutrition, advancing core values and skills of nutrition workers, roles and functions of the barangay nutrition committee, phases of nutrition program management, proper weight and height measurement and PPAN 2017-2022. It also helped the participants to identify ways of improving local nutrition program management.The participants were also oriented on the Operation Timbang Plus (OPT) plus which includes the height measurement aside from the weighing of children to obtain a more comprehensive assessment on their nutritional status. District Nutrition Program Coordinator Marissa A. Solloso emphasized the important roles of the OPT team. She also shared the legal mandates of the barangay nutrition program.

The municipal mayor of Gigaquit Elvira A. Egay commended everybody for their presence ad active participation during the training. Finally, she emphasized on the actions to be taken for an efficient and effective management of their local nutrition program.

Author: NO II Karlyn Rose B. Panes