Commitment

Increase prevalence (%) of nutritionally-at-risk mothers who are chronically energy deficient (CED) provided with dietary and micronutrient supplements

Government / Philippines

December 2021 — December 2025

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.

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Verification status
Verified
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Gender identity
Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Policy > Nutrition care services
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Percentage of chronically energy-deficient women who are provided dietary and micronutrient supplementation
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 16.7% 2019
Target 5.3% December 2025

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