Decrease percentage (%) of wasting among children at 2 years of age
Description
This commitment will be fulfilled through the following interventions:
• Interoperable information systems for nutrition and primary care.
• Expansion of the PhilHealth Maternity Care Package and Konsulta Package.
• Transition of nutrition commodities procurement to local government units.
• Quality assurance and standardisation of health human resources, services and facilities for delivery of the First 1000 Days (F1KD) Strategy.
• Development of infant and young child feeding implementation plan to strengthen public health activities for maternal and child services with focus on health human resources and community/support groups.
• Strengthening of Executive Order 51 (development of national action plan for the Philippine Milk Code) and activities to address structural barriers to breastfeeding/access to maternity protection of workers in the informal economy.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Strengthening primary care
Description
The government of the Philippines commits to strengthen primary care through the F1KD Strategy by 2025.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Partially verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Undernutrition
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Prevalence of wasting among children at 2 years of age |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 7% | 2019 |
| Target | 3% | December 2025 |
