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This February, the National Nutrition Council Caraga joins the month-long celebration of National Cancer Awareness Month in which the campaign aims to spread the word on how to live a better, healthier, and happier life free from cancer.
Cancer is known as a large group of diseases that can start in almost any organ or tissue of the body when abnormal cells grow uncontrollably and go beyond their usual boundaries to invade adjoining parts of the body and/or spread to other organs.
It has existed since the dawn of time and affects people everywhere, regardless of their color, age, sex, or social standing. Due to an unhealthy lifestyle, its depressing hold has upscaled over the past few decades. Its growth has been attributed to factors such as smoking, eating poorly, and lack/absence of physical exercise.
One of the leading causes of mortality in the Philippines, a Southeast Asian nation with more than 110 million inhabitants, is cancer. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, cancer is the third most common cause of death as of 2022, accounting for 31,487 fatalities, behind heart disease, which remained the nation's top cause of death for the first seven months of 2022.
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Read more: LGU San Agustin launches TK-DSP on Valentine’s Day
TANDAG CITY - On February 14, 2023, Valentine's Day, the Municipality of San Agustin, Surigao Del Sur launched the Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program (TK-DSP) for children aged 6 to 23 months old.
The TK-DSP launching marks the beginning of improved food and nutrient intakes for the selected beneficiaries in the Municipality of San Agustin. This program provides nourishing food commodities to children aged 6-23 months old for a period of 180 days who were also identified as nutritionally at-risk or undernourished.
Mayor Nicolas O. Alameda graced the event's launch together with National Nutrition Council Caraga - Development Management Officer II, Ms. Shenna Marie Montenegro, Municipal Nutrition Action Officer, Ms. Maryl Masaglang, Brgy. Kauswagan Punong Barangay Felicitas Corvera, Barangay Nutrition Scholars, and 17 guardians of the beneficiaries who attended the launching.
In his opening message, Mayor Alameda emphasized the need to invest in children's future, particularly in nutrition. Children are the nation’s future leaders and have the potential to lead and change the world someday, the good Mayor added.
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Read more: Tubay secures support for nutrition programs in the 2023 budget
BUTUAN CITY- Around 700 hundred thousand have been approved for the major 2023 implementation of nutrition programs and activities in the Municipality of Tubay, Agusan del Norte shared by Municipal Nutrition Action Officer Janet O. dela Cena during the visit of National Nutrition Council Caraga, Nutrition Program Coordinator, Dr. Nino Archie S. Labordo on 16 February 2023.
Identified programs and activities for implementation in 2023 are: dietary supplementation program; micronutrient supplementation program; Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition; Local Government Unit Mobilization; Nutrition Month Celebration; overweight and obesity management; national nutrition promotion and program; capacity development and aid to barangay nutrition scholars.
The approved budget is only under the Office of the Mayor relayed by MNAO Janet dela Cena. Programs and activities of the members of the Municipal Nutrition Committee will still be culled out and integrated to complete the PPAs of the Municipal Nutrition Action Plan.
MNAO dela Cena made mention of the support provided by the Municipal Mayor Jimmy Beray.
In Tubay, there is a caravan in which malnourished children, if seen or identified is refereed for complete assessment so that other underlying causes can be identified.
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Read more: Surigao del Norte nutrition action officers reconvene for the first time
BUTUAN CITY- The Provincial Nutrition Office of the Province of Surigao del Norte, after the long lockdowns and post Odette response activities reconvened its First Quarter Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs) Meeting on February 10, 2023, at the Provincial Health Office, Surigao City.
Fifteen (15) Municipal Nutrition Action Officers; City Nutrition Program Coordinator (CNPC) of Surigao City; District Nutrition Program Coordinator (DNPC); Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO); NDII of the Provincial DOH Office-SDN; and four (4) NNC Caraga staffs were present during the meeting.
The meeting served as an avenue for information dissemination of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2023-2028 and updated workshop guidelines on Local Nutrition Action Plans, address clarifications on matters related to nutrition programs and related activities, facilitate concerns of the association, and to discuss the following agenda: (1) OPT 2022 Results, (2) NNC Updates, (3) Incoming Provincial and Regional MELLPI Pro.
In her message, the Provincial Health Officer and the designated Provincial Nutrition Action officer (PNAO), Dr. Maria Isabel Bertulfo-Makinano welcomed the nutrition action officers and representatives from the different municipalities.
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Read more: Local leaders in Siargao starts learning nutrition governance
BUTUAN CITY- Local leaders in five municipalities of Siargao Island attended the first module of the Municipal Nutrition Governance Program (MNGP) conducted on February 1-3, 2023 at Traveller’s Inn Beach Resort, General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte.
Under the AHON Siargao Capacity Enhancement Program (Project Cape), the MNGP program is being facilitated by the Zuellig Family Foundation in partnership with the Alumni Association of the Asian Institute of Management.
The program aims to improve the nutritional status and outcomes of pregnant women and children under two years old in the five identified municipalities, namely: Burgos, Pilar, San Isidro, Sta. Monica, and San Benito.
The first module of the three-day in-house learning session aims to increase the ability of the LGUs to create and support the local health and nutrition ecosystem with an emphasis on the First 1,000 days (F1KD) of children in their respective areas.
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The National Nutrition Council Caraga joins in the celebration of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) Month, by virtue of Presidential Proclamation 1400, which promotes the important role of social health insurance to every Filipino.
The Philhealth, which is the administrator of the NHIP led the observance activity provided in Republic Act 7875, also known as the "National Health Insurance Act (NHI) of 1995," signed by former President Fidel V. Ramos on February 14, 1995.
This February, PhilHealth, and other partners and stakeholders celebrate National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) Month. This year, its 28th year has a theme "Pinalawak at mga Bagong Benepisyo para sa Mamamayang Filipino."
PhilHealth ensures that every member is protected through comprehensive benefits packages that are both preventive and curative. Moreover, the NHI law also seeks to provide financial access to quality, appropriate, and adequate healthcare services at an affordable and reasonable cost. These benefits are based on the individual health needs of Philhealth members:
Read more: Philhealth and its essential role to every Filipino
