National Nutrition Council Caraga Region 3.96

Second Floor DOH-Caraga Warehouse Buidling, Doongan, Butuan City
Butuan City, 8600
Philippines

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National Nutrition Council Caraga Region National Nutrition Council Caraga Region is one of the popular place listed under Government Organization in Butuan City ,

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History of Composition and Legal Bases

1947
Creation of the Philippine Institute of Nutrition (PIN) as a first attempt to institutionalize a national nutrition program

1958
Reorganization of the PIN into the Food and Nutrition Research Center (FNRC) under the National Science and Development Board

1960
Organization of the National Coordinating Council on Food and Nutrition (NCCFN), a loose organization of government and non-government agencies and organizations involved in nutrition and related projects.

1971
Promulgation of Executive Order No. 285, mandating the National Food and Agriculture Council (NFAC) to coordinate nutrition programs in addition to coordinating national food programs, thus, superseding the NCCFN.

1974
Promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 491 (Nutrition Act of the Philippines, 25 June 1974), which created the National Nutrition Council (NNC) as the highest policy-making and coordinating body on nutrition.

1987
Promulgation of Executive Order No. 234 (Reorganization Act of NNC, 22 July 1987) reaffirming the need for an intersectoral national policy-making and coordinating body on nutrition. It expanded the membership of the NNC to include the Departments of Budget and Management (DBM), Labor and Employment (DOLE), Trade and Industry (DTI), and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). The Department of Social Welfare and Development was named chair of the NNC Governing Board.

1988
Administrative Order No. 88 named the Department of Agriculture as the NNC Chair of the NNC Governing Board.

2005
Executive Order No. 472 named the Department of Health (DOH) as the chair of the NNC, with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Interior of Local Government (DILG) as vice-chairs. In addition to its policy and coordinating functions, NNC was also tasked to focus on hunger-mitigation and authorized to generate and mobilize resources for nutrition and hunger-mitigation programs.

2007
Executive Order No. 616 designated the NNC as oversight of the Accelerated Hunger-Mitigation Program to ensure that hunger-mitigation measures are in place, and are reported to the President.

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