Makati City - Following the OPT Plus flowchart of activities Part 1 the continuation of the flow of activities for OPT plus proceeds to Activity three: OPT Plus Nutritional Status Assessment where processing of the OPT plus data is transferred or inputted to the e-OPT Plus tool developed by NNC for efficient collection, calculation, and reporting of OPT plus data.
Activity four: OPT Plus data interpretation and Action Planning - the gathered data is to be shared to the Barangay Nutrition Committee (BNC) to identify and prioritize nutrition plans, projects, and activities to be included in their Barangay Nutrition Action Plan (BNAP). The BNC is also responsible to check any inconsistencies in the data gathered especially noting the prevalence of the malnutrition rate in the barangay.
Lastly for Activity five: OPT Plus Monitoring and Evaluation is just as an important component in the process for OPT plus activities this is in order to improve the consistency and execution of nutrition projects, programs, and activities. This emphasizes the importance of keeping an eye on children's nutritional health.
A monthly monitoring of children 0-23 months old is conducted with those children who are 23 months above that is identified as malnourished. For 24-59 months semestral monitoring is executed. With the conduct of monitoring and evaluation there is also the need to update the spot map made and lastly it also serves as review of the accomplishment made following the BNAP. // DMO II Christine Lopez, RND