Cebu City - Week 37 of the Year 2022 is a new slate of opportunities for the National Nutrition Council Region VII (NNC 7) to work towards its goal of reducing stunting (short for age) and other forms of malnutrition in Central Visayas. NNC 7 as secretariat arm of the Regional Nutrition Committee has identified priority programs, projects, and activities in the region that will contribute to the achievement of the Regional Plan Action for Nutrition (RPAN) goals and help attain the Sustainable Developmental Goal (SDG) 2 - zero hunger, and SDG 3 - good health and well–being which the country committed to the international community. Through the goals identified in the RPAN, the NNC 7 Excellent Team dedicate its time and efforts day by day to work towards realizing the vision of having a healthier and nutritionally-well Filipinos.
As a new workweek begins, NNC 7 has a set of events scheduled that is to be accomplished before the weekend creeps in. Listed below are what NNC 7 is set out to do for the week:
19-22 September (Monday to Thursday)
- NNC ManCon
Dr. Letlet A. Mission will attend the Management Convention for all the Regional Nutrition Program Coordinators from the Philippines and gather in Manila to discuss the status of NNC Regional Offices and the new mandates and/or upcoming events.
20-21 September (Tuesday to Wednesday)
- LHEARN
NO III Nasudi G. Soluta and ND II Franz Cassandra R. Ontina will be visiting Talibon, Bohol to conduct a training to the nutrition workers of Talibon.
21 September (Wednesday)
- 3rd FeBaNuSa 7 Inc. Meeting
BNS Coordinator Lucia A. Arellano and PNFP Siquijor Gab M. Flores will conduct the 3rd FeBaNuSa 7 Inc. Meeting via Zoom Conference Call with all BNS Presidents of every municipality in attendance.
- IMO Monitoring
22-23 September (Thursday-Friday)
- NNC7 Mid-Year PIR
All NNC7 will gather for evaluations of their performance to their assigned duties and responsibilities.
13 August (Saturday)
- Aksyon Para sa Nutrisyon on 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM at DYLA radio station, 909 khz
14 August (Sunday)
- NutriGame, Apil Na on 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM at DYSS radio station, 999 khz
To fulfill the above targets, the team has set for themselves the engagement of its multilevel and multisectoral regional and local government partners as they believe that the better approach to address malnutrition and its related challenges is through collaboration. The journey isn’t going to be easy, but no arduous task is insurmountable if everyone keeps moving forward and keep up the teamwork with the current Excellent Team members stitched together with its core values of integrity, zeal, excellence, sensitivity, and transparency. As the highest policy making and coordinating body on nutrition in Central Visayas and active participation of different nutrition stakeholders, we are committed to ensure improve access to quality nutrition and related interventions, the best gift we can give to every Boholano, Cebuano, Negrense and Siquijudnon child of today and in the years to come. // ND II Franz Cassandra R. Ontina, RND
