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0328 ManCon S2022

The NNC Management and 17 Regional Nutrition Program Coordinators gathered last March 24-25 for the first quarter Management Conference (ManCon) Series of 2022, held at the NNC Central office and via Zoom.

The 2-day conference, which was presided over by Assistant Secretary of Health and Executive Director Azucena M. Dayanghirang, covered all actions taken on the agreements made from the previous ManCon s2021, a workshop, regional updates and initiatives, and NNC Division Heads' progress reports.

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0328 SUN Asia Meeting

On 21 March 2022, the first Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Asia Regional Virtual Meeting was held to launch a consultative approach among all SUN countries in the South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, which encompasses 12 countries and 3 Indian states, all committed to scaling up nutrition. The overall goal of these regional meetings is to establish and strengthen a regional dynamic in order to better harness regional opportunities in fighting malnutrition together. Ms. Gerda Verburg, the United Nations (UN) Assistant Secretary General and Coordinator of the SUN Movement, greeted the SUN Asia Regional Focal Points and kicked off the meeting with remarks on the importance of country and regional leadership.

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MANILA – On 23 March 2022, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) announced the best-performing local government units (LGUs) in nutrition during the National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony in Pasay City and via an online platform. These LGUs were able to lower malnutrition levels in their communities by implementing effective nutrition program management.

The municipality of Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon and Tagum City in Davao del Norte received the most coveted Nutrition Honor Award, the highest award requiring LGUs to achieve a minimum score of 95.0 percent as evaluated by a multi-sectoral national nutrition evaluation team. Aside from the trophy, the NNC awarded the two LGUs a grant of PHP 1 million each. To qualify, these LGUs had to put in more than six years of great performance.

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SMC FOR NM 2022 2

The National Nutrition Council Technical Committee approved through ad referencum the theme for this year’s Nutrition Month campaign in July which is “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon!”. The theme calls for strengthened nutrition interventions and solidarity towards nutrition improvement as the country shifts towards living with the COVID-19 virus. The theme signifies the key role of nutrition in building resilience from pandemic to endemic paradigm. The term “new normal” was adopted to signify a transition to a better normal while bringing the positive impacts of the pandemic to become more resilient and to prevent future pandemics.

The pandemic has made a huge impact on nutrition such as disruptions in the delivery of nutrition and related services, increased hunger incidence due, and many more. But there are also positive impacts such as innovation in service delivery, home food production, increased awareness of one’s health and consuming healthy diets, and the solidarity amongst the people to help each other.