Malnutrition still holds as one of the dangerous health problems among the vulnerable population, especially among 6-59 months old children during emergencies and disasters.
As on of the recipients of the Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) commodities, the municipality welcomed the National Nutrition Council Region 8 technical team to conduct the crash course on the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition.
The hardworking health and nutrition workers of St. Bernard gears up as they will soon commence the distribution of the RUTF among moderately and severely wasted children to address the malnutrition problem promptly.
In mid-December last year, Southern Leyte and some parts of Leyte were ravaged by Typhoon Odette. #NOII-TMDC