Balamban Municipal Nutrition Committee

13/01/2026

Let's Go!!!!OPT PLUS Season na!!!

𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝙾𝙿𝚃 𝙿𝚕𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚣𝚗!✨

From January to March, communities across the Philippines participate in Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus, the annual, nationwide program for children aged 0–59 months. Led by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) with Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) at the forefront together with other local nutrition and health workers, the OPT Plus involves weighing and measuring children to assess their nutritional status.

The program identifies children who are underweight, stunted, wasted, or overweight/obese, providing reliable data for evidence-based planning and guiding local nutrition and health interventions. Beyond data, OPT Plus strengthens community awareness and participation, ensuring every child has the chance to grow healthy and strong.

Let’s support OPT Plus and work together for a well-nourished, healthier future for our children!💚

13/01/2026

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Magkaisa tayo para sa malinis na kapaligiran at tamang sanitasyon! Sama-sama nating gawin ang W.O.R.M.S. para sa mas malusog na komunidad!

👏 W - Wash Hands / Maghugas ng kamay nang maigi gamit ang sabon at tubig.

🚽 O - Observe proper use of toilet / Gumamit ng palikuran nang maayos at laging panatilihing malinis.

🍲 R - Reduce exposure to unwashed, uncooked, and undercooked food / Iwasan ang hilaw, hindi nahuhugasan o kulang sa luto na pagkain.

✅ M - Mass Deworming / Magpapurga

👟 S - Sapatos o tsinelas ay suotin

👨‍⚕️ Kung nakakaramdam ng sintomas ng sakit tulad ng Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis (STH), magtungo agad sa pinakamalapit na health center para magpakonsulta.

13/01/2026

January is Deworming Month!!

January is National Deworming Month!
Ating pangalagaan ang kalusugan ng bawat isa.

🌟 Siguraduhing makilahok sa deworming program upang maprotektahan ang mga bata laban sa mga impeksyong dulot ng bulate.. 👶💪

🤝 Sama-sama tayo para sa malinis na kapaligiran at tamang sanitasyon, kaya naman let’s do the W.O.R.M.S.

Protektahan ang ating pamilya laban sa impeksyon sa pamamagitan ng edukasyon 📚, deworming 💊, at wastong kalinisan 🧼.

03/09/2025

𝗕𝗲 𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼, 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀!🩸

Join us this September 4, 2025, for our Blood Donation Activity and become someone’s lifeline. Every drop of blood you give can bring hope and a second chance to those in need.

📍 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗳𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗸
🕘 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝟴:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠 – 𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠

Bring a friend, a family member, or a colleague—together, let’s spread the gift of life. ❤️

27/08/2025

⭐️Sa Wastong Pagpapasuso, Kalusugan ni Baby ay Sigurado!

Alam mo ba kung ano ang unang hakab o Kangaroo Mother Care?
Ito ang unang yakap ni baby—nakahubad (maliban sa lampin at sumbrero) at nakadikit ang balat sa dibdib ni mommy. Ang init, haplos, amoy, boses, at gatas ni nanay ay nakatutulong para mapakalma si baby at mapabuti ang kanyang paghinga at tibok ng puso.

Bakit mahalaga ang unang hakab?
👶 Tumutulong sa tamang paghinga, tibok ng puso, at init ng katawan ni baby
🛡️ Pinalalakas ang resistensya laban sa impeksyon
💧 Pinapabilis ang daloy ng gatas ni nanay
🤱 Simula agad ang breastfeeding sa unang oras
⚠️ Iwas hypoglycemia o mababang blood sugar
😴 Mas mahimbing ang tulog at mas kalmado si baby

⭐️Sa Wastong Pagpapasuso, Kalusugan ni Baby ay Sigurado!

Alam mo ba kung ano ang unang hakab o Kangaroo Mother Care?
Ito ang unang yakap ni baby—nakahubad (maliban sa lampin at sumbrero) at nakadikit ang balat sa dibdib ni mommy. Ang init, haplos, amoy, boses, at gatas ni nanay ay nakatutulong para mapakalma si baby at mapabuti ang kanyang paghinga at tibok ng puso.

Bakit mahalaga ang unang hakab?
👶 Tumutulong sa tamang paghinga, tibok ng puso, at init ng katawan ni baby
🛡️ Pinalalakas ang resistensya laban sa impeksyon
💧 Pinapabilis ang daloy ng gatas ni nanay
🤱 Simula agad ang breastfeeding sa unang oras
⚠️ Iwas hypoglycemia o mababang blood sugar
😴 Mas mahimbing ang tulog at mas kalmado si baby

25/08/2025

Mommy, gaano nga ba kadalas dapat magpasuso? Simple lang ang sagot: sa tuwing gusto ni baby, at hangga’t gusto niya!

Narito ang ilang paalala:
⏰ Breastfeed on demand — pasusuhin si baby anumang oras niya gustuhin
👶 Karaniwang tumatagal ang pagpapasuso ng 20 minuto
📉 Habang lumalaki si baby, bumababa ang dalas at haba ng pagpapasuso

Tandaan: Ang madalas at tuloy-tuloy na pagpapasuso ay nakatutulong sa masaganang milk supply ng nanay.

Mommy, gaano nga ba kadalas dapat magpasuso? Simple lang ang sagot: sa tuwing gusto ni baby, at hangga’t gusto niya!

Narito ang ilang paalala:
⏰ Breastfeed on demand — pasusuhin si baby anumang oras niya gustuhin
👶 Karaniwang tumatagal ang pagpapasuso ng 20 minuto
📉 Habang lumalaki si baby, bumababa ang dalas at haba ng pagpapasuso

Tandaan: Ang madalas at tuloy-tuloy na pagpapasuso ay nakatutulong sa masaganang milk supply ng nanay.

24/08/2025

Advantages of exclusive for the mother? Read more: http://bit.ly/1kFXPPH

a. Physiological benefits

• Breastfeeding promotes uterine involution, decreases risk of postpartum hemorrhage and increases period of postpartum anovulation (having periods without ovulating).
Mothers can also practice natural child spacing since breastfeeding delays ovulation. This is called Lactation Amenorrhea Method (LAM). A lactating woman has at least 98% protection from pregnancy for six (6) months when she remains without her period (ammenorrheic) and fully or nearly fully breastfeeds.
• Breastfeeding also decreases the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and hip and bone fractures.
• Breastfeeding also makes it easier for night feeds.

b. Psychological Benefit

• Breastfeeding promotes attachment between the mother and child, increases self-esteem to mothers and allows daily rests for mothers. It is important for the optimal health and development of the baby. Breastmilk provides every single essential nutrient in the development of the baby, and the bonding element (mother’s thoughts, emotions and vibrations) that helps mother and baby to bond for life.

c. Financial Benefits

• Breastfeeding can save as much as P2000 a month when compared to using other milks.
• Reduces time lost from work. Mothers do not have to absent themselves from work because breastfed babies are less likely to get sick.
• Reduces cost for medicines for sick baby because breastfed infants do not get sick easily.

24/08/2025

Advantages of exclusive for the baby? Read more: http://bit.ly/1kFXPPH

What are the advantages of exclusive breastfeeding for the baby?

The human milk is naturally designed for human consumption.
It is nutritionally superior to any alternatives, bacteriologically safe and always fresh. Breastfeeding promotes proper jaw, teeth, and speech development. Suckling at the breast is comforting to fussy, overtired, ill, or hurt baby. It also promotes bonding.

• PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST INFECTION.
Breastmilk reduces the risk of acute infections such as diarrhea, pneumonia, ear infection, influenza, meningitis and urinary tract infections.

• PROTECTS AGAINST ILLNESSES.
It protects against chronic disease in children such as allergies, diabetes, ulcerative colitis and Chron’s disease. Breastfeeding promotes child development and is associated with lower risk factors for cardiovascular diseases including high blood pressure and obesity in later life.

• PROTECTS FROM ALLERGIES
Breastfed babies are exposed to fewer allergens in the first hour of life and the first feedings of colostrum literally ‘seal the gut’ (the porous lining of the intestine), providing a barrier to the absorption of allergy- producing agents. Both colostrum and mother’s mature milk are rich in antibodies, providing the baby the benefit of being immune for about 6 months of age.

• ENHANCES INTELLIGENCE
Human breast milk enhances brain development and improves cognitive development. According to the study by the American Academy of Pediatricians among the extremely low birth weight infants that a 10/ml per day increase in breast milk intake of infants increased the mental developmental index by 0.59 points, the psychomotor developmental index by 0.56 pts and total behavior percentile score by 0.99 points using the Bayley Mental Developmental Score. The risk of rehospitalization of babies from discharge to 30 months decreased by 5%. World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) says that the average I.Q. of 7 and 8 year old children who were breastfed as infants was 10 points higher than their bottle-fed counterparts.

24/08/2025

❗Suportado ng DOH at Municipality of Balamban ang Breastfeeding bilang bahagi ng mahalagang First 1000 Days ng mga sanggol ❗

Bakit mahalaga ang exclusive breastfeeding?
✔️ Kumpleto sa nutrisyon
✔️ May panlaban sa sakit
✔️ Libre, laging handa, at mas ligtas para kay baby

✅ Simulan ang eksklusibong pagpapasuso sa unang 6 na buwan
✅ Ipagpatuloy ang pagpapasuso at magsimula ng masustansyang pagkain sa mga bata mula 6 na buwan pataas
✅ Tiyaking nakakakain si Nanay ng masustansyang pagkain, may sapat na pahinga, at nasusuportahan sa kaniyang emotional needs

❗Suportado ng DOH ang Breastfeeding bilang bahagi ng mahalagang First 1000 Days ng mga sanggol ❗

Bakit mahalaga ang exclusive breastfeeding?
✔️ Kumpleto sa nutrisyon
✔️ May panlaban sa sakit
✔️ Libre, laging handa, at mas ligtas para kay baby

✅ Simulan ang eksklusibong pagpapasuso sa unang 6 na buwan
✅ Ipagpatuloy ang pagpapasuso at magsimula ng masustansyang pagkain sa mga bata mula 6 na buwan pataas
✅ Tiyaking nakakakain si Nanay ng masustansyang pagkain, may sapat na pahinga, at nasusuportahan sa kaniyang emotional needs

23/08/2025

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month

Isulong at suportahan natin ang pagsasagawa ng eksklusibong pagpapasuso ng mga babies mula sa kapanganakan hanggang 6 na buwan, at ipagpatuloy ang pagpapasuso na may komplementaryong pagpapakain lampas sa 2 taong gulang.

Sama-samang itaguyod tamang kaalaman at kalinga sa pagpapasuso!
Para sa isang Healthy Pilipinas!

23/08/2025

Our hardworking Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) and Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) are actively conducting monthly routine Operation Timbang and supplemental feeding activities for malnourished children in the barangay.

These initiatives are part of our commitment to promote better child health by regularly monitoring the weight and nutritional status of children and providing them with healthy, nutritious meals. Their dedication ensures that no child is left behind in our fight against malnutrition.

Together, we are building a healthier and stronger Barangay!

15/08/2025

Protektahan ang sarili at ang komunidad. Gawin ang 7 Healthy Habits na nasa larawan!

🏥 Kumonsulta sa health centers para sa mga serbisyong pangkalusugan.

Isang paalala ngayong Linggo ng Kabataan.