Nutrition team sets evaluation in NorMin

• Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2611456012495/nutrition-team-sets-evaluation-in-normin
• Monday, February 22, 2016

By Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat (JMOR/PIA10)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, February 22 (PIA) – The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) of region 10 set its schedule for Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) and Search for the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar (ROBNS) in the region during its first quarter meeting on 11 February 2016.

Department of Health (DOH) Regional Director Dr. Nimfa Torrizo in her presence during the meeting said that these efforts are part of the nutrition millennium development goals of the government in its anti-hunger and anti-poverty alleviation.

She said that the DOH is in full support to the National Nutrition Council (NNC). She stressed that NNC together with the Technical Working Group from the different national government agencies must work together in a holistic and team approach to attain its goal of better health outcome.

Shiella Rose D. Cuñada, nutrition officer II of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) region 10 explained the processes and tools to be used by the team in Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) and Search for the Regional Outstanding Nutrition Scholar (ROBNS) set this year.

One of the guidelines or score sheets for evaluation of provincial/city nutrition programs is program efficiency where the team will rate a province, municipality or barangay based on nutrition program efficiency. This includes planning and implementation such as involvement of agencies, local departments, organizations in the formulation of Nutrition Action Plan as well as provincial, city ordinances, resolutions supportive to the Nutrition Action Program passed.

Evaluators will review and analyse pertinent nutrition documents; validate sites where there are nutrition projects and/or interview of family beneficiaries; validate weighing of children; interview nutrition committee members or BNS; and oral feedback of the initial results of the evaluation to the nutrition committee.

Cuñada said that this validation visit also aims to advocate for the continued support of the local government units to the nutrition program such as the use of iodized salt or food with sangkap pinoy seal, among others.

In terms of selection of sample areas to be evaluated, the team considered prevalence of under nutrition in identified municipalities.

During the meeting, the team elected Eva Pacturan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) region 10 as chairperson and Sheryl N. Ave of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) region 10 as vice-chairperson.

RNET members are composed of Genemar Salvo of the National Commission of Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Glenford Labial of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Jorie Valcorza of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Blanche Villamor of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Telesfora G. Madelo of the Department of Health (DOH), Engr. Junelyn Ruiz of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and Nila Cajarte of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).