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0329 Vitamin Angels

In celebration of National Women’s Month, the Vitamin Angels hosted a live webinar to honor Filipino women and their contributions to health and development, with the aim of promoting a deeper understanding of the importance, gains, and challenges of gender equality and women empowerment.

Assistant Secretary and Executive Director Azucena M. Dayanghirang shared her insights on ensuring gender equality and women empowerment in the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN). She mentioned in her presentation that the NNC, as the country’s highest policy making body on nutrition, will harmonize its Gender and Development (GAD) guidelines with Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG) for the integration of gender and development concerns in nutrition programs and policies within the context of the PPAN, the country’s framework for nutritional improvement.

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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.