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Women make sacrifices for their aspirations and career every single day. From doing the daily chores, earning money, preparing the food for the table, to taking care of their family. Women are often restless just to keep up with the amount of work they have to do. Women are selfless, they focus on their goals in life whilst devoting their time to their loved ones. But certain factors and conditions hinder them from achieving all these. One of these is the micronutrient deficiency called the Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA).
Pregnancy, significant menstrual bleeding during monthly periods, and uterine fibroids are all reasons why women are more likely to experience IDA. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, an estimated 20 percent of women of childbearing age have IDA. Pregnant women are even more likely to have this kind of deficiency because they require greater amounts of blood to support their growing babies.
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The National Nutrition Council Region 9 conducted an Emergency Meeting on Tutok Kainan: Dietary Supplementation Program to the Provincial/City/Municipal Nutrition Action Officers (P/C/MNAOs), District/City/Municipal Nutrition Program Coordinators (D/C/MNPCs), and barangay staff of the component LGUs in the Provinces of Zamboanga del Norte (ZDN) and Zamboanga del Sur (ZDS) on 10 March 2021 at 8:30 in the morning via Google Meet.
43 participants from 33 LGUs joined the online meeting. The meeting was called for the general purpose of providing updates and preparing for the launching of the said program in the Provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur around the third week of March.
Read more: NNC IX prepares for the launching of Tutok Kainan Program
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On March 4, 2021, the Nutrition Division of the City Health Office of Zamboanga City, in collaboration with the National Nutrition Council Region IX, conducted an orientation regarding the new e-OPT plus tool for Acute Malnutrition to the City Nutrition Program Coordinators (CNPCs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) of Zamboanga City.
The activity was made possible in response to the request of the city government to provide their nutrition staff and selected BNSs technical assistance on the new tool. The orientation was facilitated by Nutrition Officer III Elton Pelegrino as resource person and was participated by four (4) CNPCs / City Nutritionist-Dietitians, twenty-three (23) BNSs and three (3) NNC 9 newly hired technical staff.
Read more: NNC-IX conducts orientation on the new eOPT Plus tool in ZC
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Annually, there are 200-300 Filipinos who die from rabies. Rabies, which is considered a neglected tropical disease (NTD), is 100% fatal yet can be prevented 100% (data according to DOST). Under Executive Order No. 84, series of 1999, March of every year is considered the Rabies Awareness Month. This aims to provide general information to prevent the occurrence of the disease. It is a great annual opportunity to raise awareness by penetrating media to faster reach information down to the community levels.
Read more: Rabies Awareness Month: Protect both Humans and Animals
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Smoking is considered one of the most preventable factors of non-communicable diseases. It is a practice in which a substance, usually tobacco, is burned and the resulting smoke is breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream. The use of tobacco kills up to half of its users and it can also be deadly to non-smokers. According to the World Health Organization in 2020, Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. Over 80% of the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries.
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Did you experience extreme thirst, increased hunger, and the need to urinate frequently? It’s time to consult your doctor now because you may have diabetes. These are the three common symptoms of diabetes: Polyuria-frequent urination; Polyphagia-increased appetite; and Polydipsia-increased thirst. Other symptoms may include weight loss, blurry vision, extreme fatigue, erectile dysfunction, and sores that don’t heal.
Diabetes is a serious, chronic disease that affects how your body turns food into energy. It occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. After a meal, most of the food we eat is broken down into sugar and enters the bloodstream through the small intestine, which signals the pancreas to release insulin. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that maintains normal blood glucose levels by facilitating cellular glucose uptake. It also signals the liver to store blood sugar as glycogen for later use. Lower insulin levels alert the liver to release stored blood sugar (glycogen) so energy is always available.
