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2019 National Outstanding Provincial Nutrition Action Officer
Marichu G. Tijing
Misamis Occidental

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The province of Misamis Occidental located in Northern Mindanao is surrounded by vast bodies of water. Its natural resources along the coastal areas and rice lands producing rice, corn, abaca, and cacao provide livelihood to its people. The provincial government aims to create better opportunities for agri-fishery industry, tourism, and other sustainable development initiatives, envisioning economically sustainable communities. This can be achieved by ensuring its people a healthy quality of life through the Provincial Nutrition Office.

Emerging from the health profession as Physical Therapist, Ms. Marichu G. Tijing became a public health nutrition worker and served as Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO) of Misamis Occidental for about 8 years now.  She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration but wanted to acquire knowledge and competence related to her position. Thus, she’s currently in her second year for her master’s degree in Public Health. Knowing that addressing nutritional problems will be realized through multisectoral, intersectoral actions, she was determined to influence agency partners at the provincial, city and municipal levels to invest in nutrition programs. As fruits of her persistence, the provincial subsidy for the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) honoraria was increased from 300 pesos to 500 pesos per month, benefitting a total of 536 BNSs from 14 municipalities and 3 component cities in the province.

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Nutrition Honor Award
Tagum City
TAGUMpay sa Nutrisyon at Kalusugan, TAGUMpay ng Kinabukasan

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Tagum City as the seat of Davao del Norte’s provincial government. Since the 1980s, the city has gained traction in urbanization and industrialization whilst continually nurturing its agricultural sector – as an inland city with a coastal area. Tagumeños were able to ride the waves of modernization; but despite this economic development, the city government acknowledges that its human resource is the most important sector to be developed. Tagum has proven that being the most populous component city in Mindanao is not a hurdle even if it holds an equally heavy responsibility in taking care of huge number of residents. Rather, it has become the city’s course of action to provide more opportunities and accessible services for its people to thrive.

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0412 LGA and NNC

With the goal of promoting the national nutrition agenda by strengthening capacity development for the local government sector, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) and the Local Government Academy (LGA) signed a three-year agreement on 11 April 2022 and established an institutional partnership that aims to align and harmonize all capacity development initiatives at the national and local levels, towards a unified direction of strengthening local governance. Both the LGA and NNC are committed to the goal of eliminating all forms of malnutrition, which is in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Goals and Ambisyon Natin 2040.

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0411 Kwentuhang Bulilit

On 8 April 2022, Assistant Secretary and Executive Director Azucena M. Dayanghirang talked about Supporting Early Childhood Nutrition with the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council’s Kwentuhang Bulilit Episode. Parents, teachers, and caregivers learned why nutrition is so important in early childhood development and how it can help children reach their full potential.

Asec. Dayanghirang mentioned the significant role of nutrition in every stage of life, but most importantly during the early years of a child. She also discussed nutrition-specific programs, which aim to target direct factors of malnutrition, such as Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Program, Dietary Supplementation Feeding Program, Tutok Kainan, and Micronutrient Supplementation Program. While nutrition-sensitive programs, or those interventions that address the underlying causes, such as food security, access to services, and the environment, includes Idol Ko si Nanay and Idol Ko si Tatay learning sessions for the First 1000 days of life, WASH in Schools (WinS) Program, Food production in schools or Gulayan sa Paaralan, and supervised neighborhood play.