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Cebu City - Culminating the month-long celebration of Nutrition Month 2011, the 7th Regional Nutrition Action Officers' Congress and 2011 Grand Nutrition Awards was held. This took place last 05 August, 2011 at the Victoria Hall, Cebu Parklane International Hotel, Cebu City. This annual conference aims to provide useful information and technical updates for improved nutrition program management and improve PPAN implementation regionwide.
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Siquijor Province – Nutrition officials of Siquijor promised to take immediate actions to address their nutrition situation. This commitment came up during the first Siquijor Province Joint Municipal Nutrition Action Officers (MNAO) / Municipal Nutrition Program Coordinators (MNPC) meeting last 12 February 2013 held at the ELQ Inn, Siquijor, Siquijor.
Based on the 2011 Updating of Nutritional Status (DOST-FNRI), Siquijor province registered a very high magnitude of underweight children 0-5 years old at 46.0 more than double the national and regional data at 20.2 and 21.6, respectively. The same survey also showed that wasting prevalence is critical and is considered as a public health problem with 23.0% higher than the national average. The situation of school children is also a challenge to nutrition program managers and implementers. The prevalence of underweight school children is also very high based on the WHO classification of magnitude and severity. Measures to improve the nutritional status of children were laid down and the officials vowed to implement them.
Read more: Nutrition Officials of Siquijor Vowed to Improve their Nutrition Situation
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Negros Oriental – Until there is monitoring, it is difficult to validate that good nutrition is being promoted. The National Nutrition Council 7 visited eleven municipalities in Negros Oriental to check enforcement levels in good nutrition. Thus far, an increase of healthy Filipinos is expected in Region 7 as monitoring has found more local government units and health offices promote good nutrition.
NO I Ms. Nasudi G. Soluta, RND, who led the team together with AA III Mr. Eduardo B. Baguio visited the municipalities of Tayasan, Manjuyod, Pamplona, Amlan, San Jose, Basay, Sta. Catalina, Siaton, Sibulan, Bacong and Valencia last 18-21 February 2013 for Promote Good Nutrition (PGN) monitoring. The team met with the Municipal Nutrition Action Officers, Municipal Nutrition Program Coordinators and PGN-trained barangay implementers such as the midwife, Barangay Health Worker, Barangay Nutrition Scholar, mother-leader, day care worker or Barangay Kagawad, Chair, Committee on Health, whoever was available in the barangay. The monitors also visited barangay health centers, barangay hall and schools and took photos of the IEC materials.
Read more: More Healthy Filipinos Seen in Region 7 as Promotion of Good Nutrition Improves
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Cebu City –“Ang Hustong Nutrisyon: Pakisayran, Buhaton ug Ipabaniog”, is Tita Rica's closing spiel in her 30-minute radio program, "Chika with Tita Rica."
The conversational radio show was specifically structured to give on air advisories on nutrition. NNC 7 Ricarda "Tita Rica" Limocon is program host with co-anchor DYSS mainstay Super Aljin Abaquita.
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Boracay Is.,Malay, Aklan - The sky was ready to fall, the winds were harsh and the waves were cruel but that didn't deter the NNC Region 7 & Region 8 staff from reaching their destination last Wednesday, August 15, 2012 to the beautiful island of Boracay, for the Visayas island cluster team building activity.
Sadly, the host region Western Visayas, was not able to make it due to conflict in their schedule. Still, 14 NNC staff members packed up both their swimsuits and rain gears and boarded planes, boats and a variety of land vehicles just to get to the famed white beaches for the well deserved break from the hectic NNC workload for the two day team building activity. Fortunately, along with the sunny smiles and the hopes for good weather, the rain did stop giving a time for the group to splash around in the clear waters and play around in the sand.
According to Dr. Parolita A. Mission, RNPC of NNC 7, this activity was planned with the objective of strengthening the bond between and among the staff in the region, and the Visayas cluster and establishing a work support group to improve productivity and enhance nutrition service for the people of the Visayas. The activity was facilitated by DOH-CHD 6, Nurse V, Ms. Medalla P. Balandria who emphasized the importance of the individual in a group.
Games were played, exercises were done and realizations were made as individuals shared their happiest and not so happy moments in their childhood. In the end, they bonded and empathized with each other as they shared trade and personal secrets making them each unique being created by God. In attendance were Dr. Parolita A. Mission, RNPC; Ms. Susan Y. Orpilla, NO III; Mr. Dave F. Bargamento, NO II, Ms. Nasudi G. Soluta, NO I; Ms. Ricarda M. Limocon, AA VI; Ms. Eula Althea R. Mayol, AA VI and Mr. Eduardo B. Baguio AA III of Central Visayas and Ms. Segundina Devota A. Dilao, OIC-RNPC; Ms. Rina A. Ladrera, NO II; Ms. Era Mae O. Abelido, NO I, Ms. Alemelle D. Estorejero NO I, Ms. Clytie A. Sta. Cruz AA VI , Ms. Elinore O. Grande AA VI and Mr. Romeo F. Armeje AA III of Eastern Visayas. Dr. Sofia Chua who represented DOH-CHD 6 and RNC Susana K. Madarieta gave the welcome remarks. //NGS
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Cebu City - More than 400 participants, which include caregivers, mothers with their breastfed babies and 0-2 year old kids, husbands, teachers, students from the different colleges of nursing, nutrition & dietetic and food technology department, business sector, hospitals, RNCmembers and mall-goers, attended the event at the Entertainment Plaza of SM City Cebu last 01 July 2011.
