MANILA, March 22 -- Civil Service Commission chairperson Karlo Nograles thanked the country's nutrition workers and urged them to continue their noble tasks of providing nutrition services to the Filipino people as the country strives to build back better after the pandemic.

In a press statement on Wednesday, Nograles said the country's nutrition action officers, nutrition program coordinators, barangay nutrition scholars, nutrition workers and volunteers remain as first line of defense against diseases and infections and are the vital link between communities to health providers and facilities, and ultimately the government.

"Thank you for the continued conduct of healthcare and nutrition services through day-to-day household visits, t...