The Regional Development Council of Northern Mindanao approved during its 100th Full Council Meeting held last 20 February 2014 two relevant nutrition-related proposals of the Regional Nutrition Committee- Region X.
Approved for advocacy and support are 1) RNC as the oversight committee of the regional nutrition cluster on nutrition management in emergencies and disasters and 2) organization of the EO 51 Region X Task Force.
Gov. Mohammad Khalid Q. Dimaporo ably presented the two proposals emphasizing the need to strengthen and institutionalize a well-defined institutional mechanism on nutrition management in emergencies/disasters at the regional and local level, on the one hand, and on operationalizing the underlying principles of EO 51 or the "Milk Code" on the other.
As approved by the RDC, the Department of Justice, Commission on Higher Education and the Office of Civil Defense are members of both structures.
In attendance to the RDC meeting were DOH Regional Director and RNC Chairperson Aristedes Concepcion-Tan and newly appointed NNC X NPC Marissa DM Navales.
