Nutrition action officers in Palawan undergo consultative meeting, workshop

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=7&rid=868088
• Friday, March 18, 2016

(PNA), LAP/CARF/PJN

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, March 18 (PNA) -- Municipal Nutrition Action Officers (MNAOs) in Palawan concluded Thursday their two-day meeting and consultative workshop that discussed nutrition programs being implemented by the provincial government.

Palawan Provincial Nutrition Action Officer Rachel Paladan said the two-day meeting and consultative workshop also included nutrition aides and members of the Provincial Technical Working Group (PTWG) of the Provincial Nutrition Council (ONC).

Convened by the Provincial Nutrition Office (PNO), Paladan said the event was done for MNAOs and other participants to discuss the nutrition programs of 23 municipalities in Palawan last year and the challenges that they are continuously facing to provide them solutions.

It was also an opportunity to present and discuss their 2016 nutrition plans and programs, according to her.

Meanwhile, in her speech, Dr. Mary Ann Navarro, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), lauded the MNAOs because of the decline in the malnutrition prevalence rate (MPR) of the province.

She said that although the indicated percentage of decline was still small, what is important is that the number of malnourished children is continuously decreasing.

Navarro added that the roles of the MNAOs are very important in ensuring that nutrition programs are enforced in each community in Palawan.

Provincial Interior and Local Government Director Mario Daquer, on the other hand, said the decrease in the MPR only proves that the MNAOs are now more inspired to continue with their nutrition programs, since they are getting much needed support from the provincial government.

The two-day activity also discussed with the participants other programs of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) like Saktong Iodine sa Asin Seal, Operation Timbang Plus, Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) 2015 Updating of the Nutritional Status of Filipino Children and other Population Group.