Region VIII

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 03 January 2019

himsog dec ORMOC CITY – The Harmonised Initiatives of Media for the Spread of Good Nutrition in Region 8 (HIMSoG-8), the media-group partner of National Nutrition Council in Eastern Visayas, will coordinate first with the Mayor’s Office in local government units (LGUs) in its targeting for the Media-Nutrition Caravans for year 2019.

This came was consensus of the membership during a Program Implementation Review (PIR) of the group held on December 21, 2018 at the Sabin Resort Hotel, here. The one-day event headed by HIMSoG President Antonio Pueblos extended as well as 4th Quarter Meeting, 8th Anniversary and Christmas Party.

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 28 December 2018

kain na PALO, LEYTE - The sweetest time of the year is spending quality time with your family and loved ones on holiday's season. Of course, the celebration of love and peace is incomplete without feasting on the food prepared wholeheartedly using the family traditional's secret recipe. Fatty foods such as lechon, sweet glazed ham, fruit cake, embutido, kaldereta, spaghetti and pancit, leche flan and ube jam and cakes and alike will surely delight the tummies of everyone without reservation. But have you ever wonder why our government keep on campaigning specifically on 10 kumainments and pinggang pinoy and will remind us on "maghinay hinay sa maaalat at matataba"? Maghinay hinay sa maaalat at matataba is a very timely reminder for us during holiday seasons wherein we should eat in moderation because everything that we eat that is too much is bad for our health and will likely to develop non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as diabetes, hypertension and cancer in the future. Hence, the celebration of love and peace during holiday seasons is more meaningful and still enjoyable as long as we eat and feast in moderation without worrying the NCDs.

So before you say goodbye to 2018, make sure to face 2019 with a healthy heart by following these holiday food safety tips from the Department of Health and National Nutrition Council:

Read more: Holiday Food Safety Tip

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 22 November 2018

HIMSOG TAME2 TACLOBAN CITY – The Harmonized Initiatives of Media for the Spread of Good Nutrition in Region 8 (HIMSoG-8), has joined the National Technical Assistance Monitoring and Evaluation (TAME) Team and representative from private evaluator Info-Share during its last salvo of Media-Nutrition Caravan for year 2018 to the Accelerated and Sustainable Anti-Poverty Program (ASAPP) areas of Baybay City and Mahaplag town of Leyte province on October 24-25, this year.

ASAPP, a central government program that aims to accelerate poverty reduction by boosting economic growth in localities through public-private interventions, is being piloted in selected cities and municipalities in 10 provinces nationwide, classified as Category 1 in the Updated Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016. In Eastern Visayas this includes the three towns and one city of Leyte namely: Abuyog, Mahaplag, Hilongos and Baybay City.

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 10 December 2018

rnac 2018 1 Palo, Leyte – For the third year in-a-row the municipality of Caibiran in the island province of Biliran bagged the highest regional citation on nutrition, reaping the Green Banner Award as Regional Outstanding Municipality in tandem for its fourth year as Provincial Outstanding Municipality in Biliran Province which further elated the municipality to be awarded as one of the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner Nutrition (CROWN) Awardee, awarded by National Nutrition Council (NNC) at the Philippine International Convention Center In Pasay City, Metro Manila. Another Provincial Green Banner Awardee this year is the town of Hinunangan of the province of Southern Leyte.

These are the top local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas recognized for their outstanding performance in implementation of nutrition action plans in year 2017. They were bestowed the due honours in a Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (RNAC) held on November 27, 2018 at The Oriental Hotel, Palo, Leyte.

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 30 October 2018

sarwel PALO, Leyte -- Implementation of the program meant to ensure proper nourishment within the child’s first 1,000 days of life is now under review in four pilot areas in Leyte province.

A team from the National Nutrition Council (NNC) arrived on Tuesday for the week-long review of the Early Childhood Care and Development First 1,000 Days (ECCD-F1K) program launched in 2016 and fully implemented this year.

“The evaluation and monitoring team wanted to track activities based on work and financial plan, initial impacts of the program, and see the need to replicate or expand the program in other provinces since currently there are only 10 pilot provinces in the country,” said NNC regional program coordinator Catalino Dotollo in an interview Thursday.

In Leyte, the initiative is being carried out in Baybay City, Hilongos, Mahaplag, and Abuyog towns. Among six provinces in Region 8 (Eastern Visayas), only Leyte has pilot areas for this intervention.

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 29 November 2018

koika2 TACLOBAN CITY - Aimed at reducing the prevalence of stunting among children is the project goal of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) new project for Eastern Visayas’ integrated nutrition and Health Actions in the First 1,000 Days of Life: Improving lives of vulnerable children and women in Samar and Northern Samar.

The project started its consultative meet ups with the local government units and conducted planning workshops to understand the program on early childhood care development (ECCD) in the first 1000 days, project implementation and responsibilities, terms and reference and timelines of the project.