Anda Bohol – The Municipal Nutrition Committee of Anda Bohol started their 2023 Operation Timbang Plus (OPT Plus) in all the barangays of the municipality on 25 January 2023. The activity was initiated by their Municipal Nutrition Action Officer (MNAO) Joden Deloso, and ably assisted by the Municipal Nutrition Program Coordinator (MNPC) Nicel Olandria, and Municipal BNS Association President Vivana Olalo. They mobilized different OPT Plus Teams composed of the BNSs, BHWs and BNC members and supervised by their respective RHM Ms Ma Liza Makino, Ms. Endalica Deligero, Ms. Ana Fe Bernido, Ms. Evelyn Inso, Ms. Gemma Peligrio, and Ms. Ronalyn Casimsiman.

According to the National Nutrition Council, Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus is an information system at the barangay level that provides data on food insecurity, by tracking the prevalence of malnutrition among vulnerable young children in the community. OPT Plus helps to identify children who are underweight, wasted and stunted, or obese; and to locate families with malnourished children. OPT Plus is designed to gather evidences for nutritional assessment and local nutrition program design, management, and evaluation. Children aged 0 to 59 months are the OPT Plus’ target population.

The MNC thru MNAO Deloso thanked all the barangay nutrition scholar for courageously locating all children 0-59 months old for this nutrition assessment, and growth monitoring activities to ensure that they will be provided with appropriate nutrition services. // DMO II Jenelyn A. Guillena