SOCCSKSARGEN---With the aim to scale up nutrition interventions, the National Nutrition Council XII representing the Regional Mobilization (RMOB) Team whips up mobilization by conducting series of LNAP Formulation Workshop in selected LGUs.

The RMOB Team was organized last 2019 to ensure quality nutrition program implementation of LGUs by providing technical assistance through mentoring, coaching, monitoring and evaluation for the improvement and sustainability of health and nutrition status of LGUs.  Hence, this will also serve as a strategy to achieve positive nutrition outcomes stipulated in the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) which calls for various set of actions that will reinforce each other to transform the targeted provinces, cities, and municipalities into well-performing LGUs in the field of Nutrition Program.

To date, three (3) LGUs were already provided technical assistance in crafting their respective three-year Local Nutrition Action Plans for 2022-2024, to wit: Matalam, Cotabato (August 13), Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat (August 17-18) and Lebak, Sultan Kudarat (August 19-20). Polishing their current plans were also done to ensure that the major program pillars (Nutrition-specific, Nutrition-sensitive and enabling programs) were encapsulated and integrated in their corresponding PDPFP/CDP and AIPs.

Further, the team is set to visit more LGUs in the region with the full commitment in shepherding LGUs toward nutrition improvement.

Upcoming LGU Mobilization activities are the following:

August 31-Banga, South Cotabato

September 2-3- Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat

September 14-15- Tupi, South Cotabato

September 16-17-Glan, Sarangani

September 21-22- Antipas, Cotabato

September 23-24-Pikit, Cotabato

(by NOII Aurel/OIC-NPC Flores)