PILI, CamSur: Two governors of Bicol expressed contradicting
reactions after the National Nutrition Council (NCC) released this month
results of the 2011 Operation Timbang.
The NCC-Operation Timbang showed that CamNorte has the least
number of malnourished children surveyed with 12.97% while CamSur has the most
number of malnourished children with 19%.
Catanduanes has the second most number of malnourished with
18.3%; Masbate, 16.39%; Albay, 14.91%; and Sorsogon, 13%.
Embracing the nutrition survey results, CamNorte Gov Edgar
Tallado was happy over the performance of barangay health workers in the
province for delivering results of the province’s nutrition program.
Tallado said the efforts of the provincial government and
barangay health workers had paid off with the serious campaign to improve the
nutritional situation of children through feeding and awareness-raising
initiatives like popularizing simple and cheap food for them.
He said the results of the nutrition survey further
encouraged him to invest more for the health and nutrition of mothers and
children of the 12-town province.
Casting doubt on the accuracy of the latest nutrition
survey, CamSur Gov Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr said it covered only 55% out of
80 provinces in the Philippines.
Villafuerte said the number of provinces that did not submit
for the survey comprised more than 30% which include Samar.
He said the towns that did not submit report on nutrition
affected the overall results and standing of the province with regard to the
number of malnourished children.
Villafuerte said the overall rating of the province is
pulled down by the non-submission of the nutrition report by several towns in
CamSur.
“But assuming the report (on nutrition) is accurate, this is
a wake-up call for town and barangay officials,” he stressed.
Villafuerte has taken to task town and city mayors to
alleviate the malnutrition incidence in the province.
“The law says that it is the municipalities and barangays
that are responsible for checking the incidence of malnutrition among
children.”
He claimed that the CamSur provincial government has been
implementing a comprehensive nutrition program since 2004. – Bicol Mail
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