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Read more: CNAO Geli all we need is dedication and commitment to better nutrition implementation
Butuan City- On August 25, 2022, the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team interviewed and evaluated the City Nutrition Action Officer (CNAO) contender of Tandag City, Dr. Reyveen John B. Geli, using the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) Protocol.
The 31-year-old CNAO is a registered nurse by profession and has been the City Nutrition Action Officer of Tandag City for over four years, starting on January 2, 2018, until the present.
CNAO Geli is dedicated and committed to his functions and duties. He has attended different trainings about nutrition programs and implementation and became resource speaker of various webinars that promotes the same advocacy.
In terms of dealing with the people, his past experiences as an elected officer which exposed him to different fields and activities, became the strength that makes him believe that he can do more as the CNAO of the city.
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Butuan City – 29-year-old City Nutrition Program Coordinator, Mary Joy A. Galolo is one of the contenders in this year’s Search for the Regional Outstanding CNPC in Caraga region.
Part of the screening process, the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) interviewed, Mary Joy A. Galolo, at Capitol in Tandag City, Surigao Del Sur, on August 25, 2022. And documents were reviewed, particularly the accomplishments and documentation in 2021.
Ms. Galolo, a registered Nutritionist Dietician, once worked at the Department of Health (DOH) where she developed knowledge and skills about health and nutrition prior to becoming a public health nutritionist.
The Department of Health molded her to be efficient in every task being asked, to include master of the ceremony and speaker in every seminar, orientation, and other events. After working at the DOH, she officially transferred to Tandag City as a City Nutrition Program Coordinator in January 2019 as job order and was then appointed as Nutrition Officer III on August 17, 2020.
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The ability of an individual or a couple to anticipate and achieve their desired number of children as well as the spacing and timing of their births is referred to as family planning.
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that in order to treat unintended infertility, contraceptive methods and modern and natural contraceptives must be used, as family planning is now widely accepted on a global scale.
According to University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), COVID-19 lockdowns are believed to have caused an estimated 214,000 unplanned births this year, increasing the country's total birth rate to about 1.9 million (PopDev Caraga, n.d.). This means that, given the rise in teen pregnancies, the topic of family planning should interest us all.
As we can see, young women nowadays "normalize" getting pregnant before turning 20, yet by doing so, they risk missing out on the chance to live the healthiest, most fulfilling lives possible. The major cause of death for teenage girls in low- and middle-income nations is complications during pregnancy and childbirth.
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Every month of August, National Breastfeeding Awareness Month is celebrated, and for this year's theme, "Sama-samang Itaguyod, Tamang Kaalaman at Kalinga sa Pagpapasuso."
In accordance with Republic Act 10028, or otherwise known as the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009, signed by the 10th President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 16, 2010. The policy aims to encourage the government, the health sector, and the general public to support exclusive breastfeeding and raise public awareness of the importance and benefits of breastfeeding for both the infant and the mother.
According to UNICEF (2018), breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival. Breastmilk is an ideal source of food that provides all the energy and nutrients needed by infants, wherein it should be initiated during the first hour of birth up until 6 months exclusively and continued up to 2 years and above with safe and appropriate complementary foods.
In addition, breastmilk contains antibodies that protect the child against early diseases, specifically during their first 1000 days of life (Camacho-Morales et al., 2021) and a defense for childhood malnutrition. Breastfeeding promotes adequate growth and optimal brain development, which has been linked to higher intelligence later in life (Belfort, 2017) and a lower risk of childhood obesity when breastfed for more than 7 months (Qiao et al., 2020).
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Butuan City- 28-years old Barangay Nutrition Scholar, Robelyn C. Galela is one of the contenders on this year’s Search for the Regional Outstanding BNS in Caraga region.
The Tandag City outstanding BNS was visited by the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) on 25 August 2022 at Barangay Maticdum for the desk review and validation of documents.
Appointed in 2019, BNS Galela has already received various awards from the local government unit of Tandag and has been awarded a finalist during the 2021 Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony.
BNS Galela is dedicated and hard working. In her day to day service, she prioritized mothers, households, and young children because she knows that if she educates and encourages people in her barangay, they will have a better and healthier life.
Read more: Tandag City BNS Galela vies for Regional Outstanding BNS awards
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In 1996, President Fidel V. Ramos declared August 19, 1996, as National Tuberculosis (TB) Day under Proclamation no. 840, s. 1996, signed on July 30, 1996. Furthermore, it was a sign of tribute to former President Manuel L. Quezon's birthdate, August 19, 1878, who died due to tuberculosis in the year 1944. Thus, National TB Day is celebrated every year on August 19.
The Department of Health spearheads national TB day in developing and implementing a national strategic plan together with the various sectors, Local Government Units, and Non-government organizations to significantly reduce the problem of tuberculosis through the channels of the Department of Education on increasing awareness primarily to students and their families and Local Government Units to ensure TB symptomatic may access diagnostic services primarily sputum examinations and anti-TB drugs mechanism for ensuring TB treatments as embodied in the Comprehensive Health Care Agreement of the Department of Health (CDAsia, 1996).
As systemic lesions result from bacterial-immune interactions, tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by the intercellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Additionally, the pathophysiology of this disease includes aerosolization, phagocytosis, phagolysome blockage and replication, T-helper response, granuloma formation, clinical manifestations, and culminates with active disease and transmission (Maison, 2022).
