Monitoring Cordillera nutrition status
>> Saturday, June 15, 2019
BONTOC, Mountain Province --The National Nutrition Council
(NNC) and the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) in the region are
conducting nutrition monitoring and evaluation using new evaluation
tool dubbed “monitoring and evaluation of local level plan implementation protocol
(MELLPI-Pro).
Nutrition Officer III
Bella Basalong of NNC led the 5-member team here for the third leg of the activity.
The previous years, Mt. Province was not evaluated due
to absence of nutrition action plan, but
with the MELLPI evaluation may proceed
with or without a NAP, Basalong said.
MELLPI Pro, Balisong said,
is a protocol that includes procedures and tools; promotive since it promotes
awareness and observance to existing laws, rules and guidelines; progressive as
scoring is based on desired progress of local government units in terms
of nutrition program implementation and Professional because it promotes
professional and objective review of evidences.
First part of the
evaluation is a desk review of accomplishment reports, nutrition action plans,
and other pertinent documents.
The group then presents
to members of the nutrition committee their findings and recommendations.
Part of the new tool is
an overall visual presentation of the results of evaluation through a spider
web diagram wherein it automatically provides the result of the evaluation, she
added. In every corner of the web are five dimensions namely vision and
mission, nutrition laws and policies, governance and organizational structure,
local nutrition committee management functions and nutrition
interventions/services.
These are the aspects
the evaluators are looking at.
Initial result of evaluation showed that in terms of
implementation of nutrition programs, Mountain Province did good as shown in
the web diagram.
For the things to
improve, the province needs to develop a nutrition in emergencies plan which
will be integrated to the local nutrition action plan, and local disaster risk reduction
management plan.
The RNET recommended for
the committee to come up with a 3-year plan for nutrition and to be updated
annually.
The RNET cited full
support of nutrition committee members headed by Provincial Administrator
Amador Batay-an for their active involvement and notable nutrition program
implementation.
The group also visited
the Nutriskwela Community Radyo Kataguan in Bauko.
The Nutriskwela
Community Radyo is an NNC project which involves setting up non-profit,
non-partisan community radio stations and training of broadcast personnel in
areas with high malnutrition prevalence and which do not have easy access to
broadcast media.
An M& E activity was
conducted in Apayao last May 7 and Kalinga in May 23.
For June, the team will
proceed to Abra and Benguet. The City of Baguio was already evaluated by the
National Evaluation Team.
In conjunction with the
MELLPI, the RNET also evaluates the performance of the barangay nutrition scholars.
-- JDP/MAWC - PIA CAR
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