Press Release31 March 2020

Today the laboratory results of the second Patient Under Investigation PUI in Eastern Visayas arrived and tested negative for the 2019 nCoV ARD The PUI is a 30 year old female from Leyte with history of travel to Hongkong and Macau and went back to Leyte on January 21 2020 She has been isolated and admitted for five 5 days in DOH referral hospital before the results came in and now she is for discharged

PALO LEYTE With the main objective of finalizing the local nutrition action plan LNAP 20202022 selected local government units of Northern Samar immersed themselves to the Workshop on Enhancement and Finalization of LNAPs on 68 November 2019 at Ciriaco Hotel Calbayog City Samar The said activity was a follow through of the integrating of nutrition in the development plans exercise conducted last 1720 September 2019 at The Oreintal Hotel Palo Leyte for the Northern Samar Province and its constituents municipalities The enhancementfinalization of LNAPs was sponsored by Plan International to identified Plan areas to cover Catubig Las Navas San Roque

PALO LEYTE PAHIMOSAN Interlocal Health Zone composed of the Municipalities of Paranas Hinabangan Motiong and San Jose de Buan all in Samar Province conducted an orientation on Nutrition Program Management on 1921 November 2019 at Kirigtaan Hall Paranas Samar The 3day orientation was facilitated in by the National Nutrition Council 8 with RNPC Catalino P Dotollo Jr and NOIII Nino Archie Labordo as the resource persons The main aim of the activity was to give the Municipal Nutrition Committee members the knowledge skills and attitude on nutrition program management and to present the enhanced local nutrition action plan

PALO LEYTE A total of about 120 local government units in Eastern Visayas is now equipped with the knowledge and skills on how to effectively integrate nutrition of Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition PPAN programs and projects in the updating of Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan PDPFP Comprehensive Development Plan CDP and the Local Development Investment Program LDIP Fiscal Year 20202022 The planning workshop on integrating nutrition in the PDPFP CDP and LDIPs was conceived primarily to 1 increase the understanding of provincialcitymunicipal teams on the alarming problem of malnutrition in the country and its impact on national