Tacloban City February 2 2018 The National Nutrition Survey NNS is a comprehensive survey conducted every five years by the Department of Science and Technology DOSTFood and Nutrition Research Institute FNRI since 1978 and the latest was year 2013 Inbetween the fiveyear period the updating survey of Nutritional Status of Children and other Population Groups is conducted every 2 to 3 years to rapidly assess the nutrition situation of Filipinos

DepEd Regional Office No 8 in partnership with the Department of Health Regional Office 8 launched the Weekly Iron Folic Acid WIFA Supplementation last January 29 2018 held at Sta Mesa National High School Dagami Leyte This program aims to increase public awareness and appreciate the importance of iron supplementation especially on adolescent girls who are particularly prone to iron deficiency anemia because of the increase demand of iron by the body

Dr Catalino P Dotollo Jr Regional Director of NIDA8 convened its 3rd Dialogue Meeting at DOH RO8 last January 16 2018 This time regarding NutritionistDietician deployment program under DOH HRH Program for PPAN focused areas with the very supportive DOH RO8 Regional Director Minerva P Molon together with focal person and Dr Dotollos former EPI partner Ms Ddaisy Gorgonia

The Regional Health Research and Development Consortium RHRDCs is the structure through which the DOST Philippine Council for Health Research and Development PCHRD Institution Development Programs are implemented and became the mechanism that encourage and promote health research activities in the regions Like any other RHRDCs the Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium EVHRDC is the implementing arm of PCHRD in the realization of health related activities in Eastern Visayas

The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium awards a financial assistance of Php 25000000 from DOSTPCHRD as partial release to the University of Eastern Philippines UEP for the project ClinicoDemographic Profile of Reported Child Injury Cases in Selected Rural Municipalities in Northern Samar with Ms Susan A Chan of UEPCN as Project Leader last December 5 2017 at University of Eastern Philippines UEP Catarman Northern Samar