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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.
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A Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) should be aware that the barangay has various government programs that aimed to improve the people's quality of life. To minimize overlapping with the responsibilities and tasks of other barangay-based workers, it is necessary that the BNS understands his or her roles and functions.
Last August 17-18, 2021, the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Lake Sebu initiated a Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) Training Workshop together with the National Nutrition Council (NNC) XII at Centro Inn, Brgy. Tasiman, Lake Sebu. A total of 28 BNSs all over the LGU actively took part in the training. The activity aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills of the BNSs in the municipality along with the other nutrition-related programs.
The two-day training covered the topics along PPAN, Nutrition Assessment and BNS forms, workshops on the PPAN programs (nutrition specific programs, nutrition sensitive programs, and enabling programs) were also included in the training to deepen the understanding of the participants on the nutrition and nutrition-related programs, projects, and activities and to effectively apply it to their respective communities.
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August 12 - The Provincial Government of South Cotabato through the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) and Provincial Nutrition Office (PNO) in-partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) XII held an orientation on the First 1000 Days. Barangay Nutrition Committee (BNC) members, Brgy. Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and Brgy. Health Workers (BHW) of Koronadal City were convened for the said orientation.
The activity aims to 1.) Emphasize the importance of optimum nutrition in the first 1,000 days of the baby’s life, 2.) Apprise various services and interventions for the first 1000 days population group and 3.) Harmonize Maternal & Child reporting system between BHWs & BNSs.
Read more: South Cotabato and DOH XII partnered for F1KD orientation
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The month of August of every year is the celebration of Sight Saving Month under Proclamation No. 40. The campaign aims to highlight the significance of protecting, taking good care, and for everyone to focus on their eye health.
The eye is one of our most important body organs that can capture and interpret more than one million pulse signals per millisecond and transmit them to the brain. 80 percent of what we perceive comes through our sense of sight.
Eye problems can involve any of the eye parts. Common eye disorders and diseases include refractive errors, age-related macular degeneration, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, amblyopia, and strabismus that might cause blindness and vision loss. Having signs like eye pain, eye fatigue, eye infection, blurry vision, light sensitivity, dry or itchy eyes, double vision, trouble seeing at night, frequent headaches, problems with near or distant vision, experiencing a cloud of floaters, flashes of light, swirly mists or a curtain over part of your eye, seeing halos around lights particularly during the middle of the day, having a foreign object in the eyes such as grit, dirt, chemicals or a large object and diabetes if it’s been a while, one should see an eye doctor right away.
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Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program is set to sail as it moved one step forward to its implementation phase.The Department of Agrarian Reform Region XII (DAR XII) together with the National Nutrition Council Region XII (NNC XII) conducted the Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony cum Forging of Marketing Agreements with the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Associations (ARBOs) for the Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program.
The signing ceremony was held last August 11, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the DAR XII Office. There were 12 attendees present in the event and the others attended via Zoom platform. The event was hosted by Ms. Kate S. Pagayon, Acting Regional Information Officer of DAR XII.
The welcoming remarks were given by H. Roldan A. Ali, Assistant Regional Director for ARBDSP and STO of DAR XII, in behalf of Engr. Marion Y. Abella, DAR XII Regional Director. DAR Undersecretary for Support Services, Atty. Emily O. Padilla, gave her message to the group as they enter into an agreement. Cabinet Secretary Hon. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles also expressed his keynote speech to inspire everyone in their roles as catalysts of change to the lives of the beneficiaries of the program. Before the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and Marketing Agreements, Annalita Mae V. Flores, OIC-Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator of NNC XII gave an overview of the Tutok Kainan Supplementation Program.
Read more: DAR XII and NNC XII Ceremonial Signing of MOU and MA with ARBOs
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August 17-18, 2021 – The National Nutrition Council XII through the Regional Mobilization Team which was created to ensure quality nutrition program implementation for the improvement and sustainability of the health and nutrition status of LGUs, provided technical assistance in LGU Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat in polishing their Municipal Nutrition Action Plan for 2022-2024. The two-day Local Nutrition Action Planning workshop was attended by the members of their Local Nutrition Committee from MSWDO, MBO, MPDC, and Nutrition Office.
