MINDANAO DAILY NEWS OCT. 19,2012

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HEALTH workers from Lanao del Sur do the workshop during the five-day training for trainers conducted by the National Nutrition Council in Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (NNC-ARMM) held at Iligan City. At left, Dr. Eloisa Usman (3rd from left) with National Nutrition Council Coordinator for Northern Mindanao Mrs. Zenaida Tondares with the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Training participants. Photos by Christine H. Cabiasa

NNC-ARMM trains trainers to promote good nutrition By CHRISTINE H. CABIASA of Cagayan de Oro Times

AS PART of the nationwide call to mobilize good nutrition campaign in every barangay, the National Nutrition Council in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (NNC-ARMM) intensified its Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Training of Trainers for municipal implementers on September 24-28 at Crystal Inn Hotel, Iligan City. “This is the third of the four batches of IYCF trainings allocated for Lanao del Sur in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) areas,” Dr. Eloisa Usman, the Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator (RNPC) said. “Lanao del Sur one of the provinces in ARMM which has the highest prevalence rate of malnutrition (stunting),” said Dr. Usman adding, “with this training, pregnant women and lactating mothers are encourage to breastfeed exclusively their babies within an hour after birth, until 0-6 months and to start giving complementary food at age six months but continue breastfeeding up to two years old.” To further promote good nutrition and decrease malnutrition rate in Lanao del Sur which belong to Priority 2 areas with severe malnutrition problem, the NNC-ARMM with the Provincial Health

Office of Lanao del Sur will monitor the nutrition situation of its municipalities specifically on the height and weight schemes for children. “It’s actually the first step of the series of seminars and trainings for the municipal implementers that will be rolled out to the barangay level. It will help lessen nutrition problems in their barangays,” Dr. Usman added. Thirty-three participants composed of nurses, midwives, and MECA of Lanao del Sur participated in the training. They will still conduct IYCF trainings in Maguindanao, Sulu, and Lanao del Sur. Ms Masa Mutia, Nutritionist Dietecian II of the Provincial Health Office of Lanao Del Norte (Region X)/ IYCF Provincial Trainer-Facilitator, was tapped by Dr. Usman to complement the ARMM training team held on September 27-28, 2012.

NUTRITION PLAN MONITORING AND EVALUATION. Nutrition Evaluators led by the Regional Nutrition Coordinator Zenaida T. Tondares (standing 5th left) visit Barangay Mantibugao in Manolo Fortich Bukidnon to do on the spot evaluation in the implementation of the nutrition action plan. Mantibugao was among the barangays randomly selected to represent their municipality in the monitoring and evaluation of the local level nutrition plan implementation. In photo with the team is Mantibugao Barangay Captain Hermenegildo P. Bunayo Tondares (7th from L-R, second row) and Kagawad Antonio S. Jayme Tondares (8th from L-R, second row). Photo by JCValcorza, PIA10

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