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NorMin’s Regional Development Council approved during its 111th Full Council Meeting held June 29, 2017 RDC-X Resolution No. 36 (s. 2017), “SUPPORTING THE 2017 JULY NUTRITION MONTH CELEBRATION”. The policy issuance sets the tone for the regionwide celebration with the theme: Healthy Diet, Gawing Habit- FOR LIFE!”. The Resolution reiterates that healthy diet is consistent with the principles of nutrition: moderation, variety and balance.
The said resolution directed all RDC X member agencies to strengthen the institutionalization of the celebration through the implementation of purposive plan of activities relevant to the theme. RDC X also enjoins all stakeholders including LGUs, schools and other relevant institutions to support, advocate and advance this year’s Nutrition Month Campaign.
Among the major activities lined up in the region are the following:
- Short Film Making Contest as an initiative of the NorMin regional media group
- Launch of the G-4 Plus (Garden of Go, Grow and Glow +) and BNS Nutrition Forum (Gingoog City)
- Dancercise and Zumba by various LGUs
- Poster/Slogan Making and Inter-School Quiz Bee Contests
- Nutri Family Run and Launch of Healthiest Loser Kids Edition Season 2
- Free Nutrition Assessment and Counselling (NDAP Bukidnon Chapter)
- Healthy Diet Symposium and Healthy Meal Cooking Contest – (Valencia City)
- City Wide Posting of 10 Kumainments and Pinggang Pinoy (Cagayan de Oro City)
- Nutrition Congress (Misamis Occidental )
- Healthy Baby, Nutri-jingle and Nutri Poem Contests (Camiguin)
- Press conferences, radio/media guestings and live interviews
The Regional Nutrition Committee of Region X through NNC X recognizes the vital role of the RDC in sustaining the healthy diet campaign beynd the July Nutrition Month. As such, efforts toencourage members of the Council and GUs to observe serving of healthy diets during meetings, functions and activities will be pursued.pcdt
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In an effort to support, protect and promote breastfeeding especially in emergencies, Mother-Baby Friendly Spaces were established in Iligan City evacuation centers resulting from the Marawi City siege.
Breastfeeding advocates and support group Modern Nanays of Mindanao (MNM) initiated the establishment of Mother Baby Friendly (MBF) Spaces together with partner agencies NNC X, Moropreneur Inc., and Iligan Breastfriend Club. According to the December 2013 Operational Guidelines for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies in the Philippines, a Mother-Baby Friendly Space is a safe, comfortable area, with proper ventilation and sufficient lighting where pregnant women and mothers can breastfeed or express breastmilk, avail of information, appropriate counselling, and support for breastfeeding and nutrition of her child below three years old.
Pilot areas for the MBF space were Buru-un School of Fisheries and Sta. Elena evacuation centers (ECs). Along with the establishment of MBF spaces was the putting up of community kitchen where mothers were taught how to prepare safe and appropriate complementary food for infants 6-23 months, considering that most of the food donations received is directed to adults.
Read more: Breastfeeding Support Group Mobilized for Marawi Armed Conflict
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region X took a striking step towards improving the nutritional status of 4Ps beneficiaries through nutrition education.
Over 200 municipal/city links and community facilitators from the five provinces of Northern Mindanao attended the Training on Food and Nutrition for the Family Development Sessions held on April 3-5, and 17-19, 2017 at Hotel Conchita, Cagayan de Oro City. The training was conducted to provide the Pantawid Pamilya field workers a common working knowledge and understanding of food and nutrition as well as a deeper appreciation of promoting good nutrition for better nutrition outcomes through the FDS.
The trainings were conducted in partnership with NNC X that served as the main trainers and facilitators. NorMin-based breasfeeding-focused NGO “Modern Nanays”, through founder Nadine Angelica Casiño and the Cagayan de Oro City Nutrition Office also provided technical inputs during the training.
Read more: NorMin’s 4Ps Field Workers Upgrade K & S on Food and Nutrition
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Two Normin LGUs – Maramag, Bukidnon and Gingoog City are gearing up for two Nutrition Awards this year. The Municipality of Maramag, Bukidnon is one step away from the Nutrition Honor Award (NHA) while the City of Gingoog vies for the first year CROWN Maintenance award. The National Evaluation Teams to undertake separate validation visits for Maramag and Gingoog City.
Maramag, the lone contender for the 2016 NHA, is Northern Mindanao’s municipality with lowest prevalence on underweight among 0-71 months old children (0.63%) with a fully functional Municipal Nutrition Committee and increasing budget allocation for nutrition programs.
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With the call to entries for the 2016 Search for the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar (ROBNS), NorMin Regional Nutrition Committee reminded all Region X provinces and cities of its new policy that limits the endorsement of the same P/COBNS to a maximum of three years.
The new regulation takes effect this year with the adoption of RNC X Resolution No. 6 (s. 2016) “Approving the Recommendation of the RNC-Technical Working Group to Limit the Endorsement of the Same Provincial/City Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar to the Search for Regional Outstanding BNS to A Maximum of Three Years”. The same resolution provides that same P/COBNS endorsed for three years (need not be consecutive) must show progressive performance (increasing score).
“We (RNC-Technical Working Group) observed that one city of Northern Mindanao has been endorsing the same COBNS from 2010 to 2014 while the scores based on the tool used were decreasing over the years”, says Eva Pacturan of DA X. The new policy will give a fair chance to other performing BNSs to being declared as the ROBNS and be a potential contender to the Search for the National Outstanding BNS.
Qualified BNSs selected through a provincial and city level evaluations are endorsed to the National Nutrition Council X as their respective Provincial or City OBNS who all qualify for the Search for the Regional OBNS. The Regional OBNS, on the other hand, is declared through a regional level evaluation. Regional OBNS that reaches the cut off score is endorsed to NNC Central Office as regional contender to the national search.
The Search for the National Outstanding BNS was initiated by National Nutrition Council to periodically assess the performance of the BNSs and recognize those with outstanding performance in the delivery of basic nutrition and nutrition-related services in his/her barangay leading to improved nutrition. pcgd
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The Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) as the country’s blueprint of actions for nutrition improvement is now set in motion as the National Nutrition Council (NNC), together with key national and local stakeholders, launched the PPAN 2017-2022 on 2 May 2017 at the city of love, Iloilo City.
Health Secretary and NNC Governing Board Chair Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial along with other GB members led the ceremonial turn-over of PPAN 2017-2022 to Iloilo Province represented by Governor and Chair of the Provincial Nutrition Committee Arthur D. Defensor, Sr. This turn-over was symbolic of the services provided under the PPAN. Iloilo province is one of the 38 priority areas of PPAN identified because of the large numbers of stunted children.
Assistant Secretary of Health and NNC Executive Director Maria-Bernardita T. Flores presented the PPAN 2017-2022. In her message, she expressed hope that the new plan of action will be embraced, not only by nutrition implementers, but most especially by the Filipino people.
The PPAN 2017-2022 launch aimed to present to stakeholders involved in its implementation the targets for various forms of malnutrition and the corresponding programs needed to address these. Aside from the targets, directions, and priority actions included in the plan, it also defined the roles and contributions of stakeholders for the achievement of PPAN 2017- 2022 goals and targets.
NNC has always pushed for the cultivation of the public’s appreciation towards nutrition, especially the local government units (LGUs) for integrating nutrition in their political and development agenda. The commitments that were generated from key stakeholders during the launch is hoped to help pitch the PPAN to its success.
