Marantao, Lanao del Sur (16 July) -- Representatives from the various Rural Health Units (RHUs) of this province will undergo a training on nutrition program management (NPM) on July 26-30 this year at Maze Park, Iligan City.
This development was disclosed by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) National Nutrition Council (NNC) coordinator during the nutrition month celebration at Kalaw Elementary School, this town.
Dr. Eloisa Usman, NNC Regional Coordinator, said the training aims to ensure that the implementation of nutrition programs at the provincial and municipal levels will be consistent with the national nutrition policy and program framework.
She further said the NPM is just one of the three trainings slated by the NNC to alleviate malnutrition and hunger in the province.
Statistics revealed that there is a high prevalence of hunger and malnutrition in the ARMM.
Earlier this year, the NNC forged a partnership with the ARMM to institutionalize the fight against hunger and malnutrition in the region.
The MOA provides for the creation of a regional nutrition council that will implement the projects under the Promote Good Nutrition (PGN) component of the Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program (AHMP) in the ARMM provinces which includes Maguindanao, Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and this province.
Among the PGN-related activities mentioned in the MOA includes the training of trainers on nutrition management program; basic course for barangay nutrition scholars; and training on PGN for municipal, city and barangay implementers.
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