CEBU CITY—The Central Visayas Regional Nutrition Cluster (CVRNC) has called on the local government units (LGUs) to activate their local nutrition clusters to prepare for possible acute food and
“We don’t want to make the vulnerable groups even more vulnerable by adding in the factor of malnutrition,” said Dr. Parolita A. Mission, regional nutrition program coordinator for Central Visayas, in a news release posted on the National Nutrition Council Facebook page.
Noting that the resources on healthy food have run low and less accessible than usual, the CVRNC issued Regional Nutrition Cluster Advisory 1 and 2 on the local nutrition activation so these could provide nutrition in emergency service packages and prioritize susceptible populations. • Be vigilant in monitoring and implementing EO 51 or the milk code which does not allow the donation of breast milk substitute of any kind.
• Coordination with the agriculture sector to not only provide healthy food to the community but give farmers and fisherfolks with income during the quarantine period.
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