DOH, NNC confer CROWN Award to Zamboanga City

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=948086
• Wednesday, December 14, 2016

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Nutrition Council (NNC) on Tuesday conferred the city government the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) Award for its exemplary performance in the implementation of nutrition programs.

Dr. Rodelin Agbulos, city health officer, said the CROWN Award is conferred to a city after winning consecutively the outstanding city in the region for three years.

Zamboanga City was able to get the CROWN Award in 2006, 2012 and now for 2015.

Agbulos said the CROWN Award is based on the recommendations by the inter-agency Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team approved by the Regional Nutrition Committee and favorably endorsed to the NNC-Manila.

He said there is a bench mark at least a city has to reach a score of 90 percent in its accomplishments as against targets set in its action plan.

City Hall Information Officer Belen Sheila Covarrubias said over the phone from Manila that the city government, as a CROWN Awardee, received PhP500,000 cash prize and a plaque from DOH and the NNC.

Covarrubias said the city government will use the PhP 500,000 cash prize to implement nutrition programs in this city.

Covarrubias said the award was received by Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, Agbulos and other city government officials during the awarding ceremonies held Tuesday afternoon at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila.