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24 February 2021, Cagayan de Oro City – For 2021, the National Nutrition Council X steps up interaction and promotion efforts using the social media. Social networks provide an avenue for reaching more audience for nutrition information and updates.
Regular informative social media cards (SMC) are being posted every week, such as May Gahum sa Nutrisyon (MGsN) and First 1000 Days Matters (F1K DM). May Gahum sa Nutrisyon, which started in 2020, gives trivia and information on things related to health and nutrition every Tuesday. At present, the current MGsN series focuses on the foods in the Filipino folk song, “Bahay Kubo”, their benefits and uses in cooking various dishes. First 1000 Days Matters, which was also launched in 2020, focuses on facts about health and nutrition during pregnancy, infancy, and toddlerhood, and even recipe ideas for complementary feeding. The F1K DM series is being posted every Thursday. Starting February 2021, a video will be posted in addition to the regular infographics to cater frequently asked questions related to the First 1000 Days.
“Top Fans” or those users with sustained activeness and engagement with the Page are recognized every Wednesday. Such social media card is a gesture of thanks to the consistent interaction of Facebook users with NNC X.
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26 February 2021, Cagayan de Oro City – The National Nutrition Council Region X organized the first meeting of Media Advocates for Nutrition in Governance in Region 10 (MANGO DIEZ) last 18 February 2021. The meeting was attended by 10 media partners and presided by the Ad hoc Committee Chairperson, Ms. Jasper Marie O. Rucat, Information Officer II of Philippine Information Agency 10.
Nutrition Program Coordinator Gladys Mae S. Fernandez in her opening message, thanked the members for attending the meeting and encouraged them to pitch ideas on how to improve media approach for information dissemination.
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The annual conduct of Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus will not be complete without the “Plus”, which is the height or length taking. Fundamental steps and matters to consider in weight taking were already tackled in one of our published articles entitled OPT Plus 101: measurement using hanging type weighing scale. This time, the focus is on the know-hows of height and length taking.
Height is what we get when a child is measured in a standing position. This is usually done to children aged two years old and above. On the other hand, the length is the measurement we get when a child is measured while lying down. Length is taken among children below two years old and to those children who are not able to stand upright.
Read more: OPT Plus 101: The Basics of Height and Length Measurement
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23 February 2021, Cagayan de Oro City – The Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC)-Technical Working Group (TWG)/Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) convened its first regular meeting on 19 February 2021 via online.
RNET Chairperson Arlita Amapola B. Minguez of CHED 10 presided over the meeting attended by 19 RTWG/RNET members and representatives, and the Secretariat team led by Nutrition Program Coordinator Gladys Mae S. Fernandez.
Under the new business, the group tackled first the MELLPI Pro Guidelines which gives guidance for the conduct of monitoring and evaluation of nutrition program implementation. Nutrition Officer III Sheena Marie G. Talle discussed the updates. She also shared that the supplemental guidelines for the conduct of M & E in the new normal will be provided by NNC Central Office. To continue, she also presented the preferred initial schedule of LGUs for M & E activities.
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19 February 2021, Cagayan de Oro City – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region X organized the second annual Regional Nutri-Webby Awards. The contest aims to recognize local government units (LGUs) or local nutrition committees (LNCs) in Region 10 with highly visible and exemplar initiatives on promoting good nutrition for positive behavior change through posting of relevant contents in the social media, specifically Facebook.
A total of 18 LGUs submitted their registration, a 100% increase compared to the pilot run of the contest in 2020. This year’s registrants are Bukidnon, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental Provinces; cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Malaybalay, Ozamiz, Tangub and Valencia; and the municipalities of Kadingilan, Libona, Sumilao, and Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon, Bacolod, Baroy, Lala, and Maigo in Lanao del Norte, and Claveria, Misamis Oriental.
On 15 February 2021, a virtual meeting was held facilitated by NNC X to convene the participating LGUs and to level off understanding regarding the contest mechanics and criteria.
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22 February 2021, Cagayan de Oro City – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) X conducted a virtual orientation on the Electronic Operation Timbang (eOPT) Plus tools last 18 February 2021 via Zoom. The activity intends to orient all the nutrition workers in Region 10 regarding the updated eOPT Plus tools. A total of 153 Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs), District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators (D/CNPCs), Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) and Nutritionist-Dietitians of Department of Health (DOH) attended the orientation.
The first quarter of the year is the OPT Plus time for the nutrition workers and is considered as one of the busiest times for the BNSs. It is the annual mass weighing and height taking of all preschool children aged 0-59 months old in a community to identify and locate the malnourished children. Data generated from the OPT Plus are used for local nutrition planning particularly in prioritizing nutrition interventions and target groups. So, timely and accurate data of the 0-59 months old children nutritional status is vital.
Emergencies like earthquakes, floods and even the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic pose a possible threat to an increased prevalence rate of malnutrition which could mainly affect preschool children. To have a unified recording and consolidation of data, NNC with the assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations developed the eOPT Plus tool for Acute Malnutrition which will be used during emergencies. The DOH 2021 projected population is also included as one of the major updates in the tool.
Read more: NNC10 orients nutrition workers on the updated eOPT Plus tools
