Commitment

Decrease percentage (%) of stunting among children at 2 years of age

Government / Philippines

Description

Interoperable Information Systems for Nutrition and Primary Care, Expansion of PhilHealth MCP and Konsulta Package, Transition of Nutrition Commodities for LGU Procurement, Quality Assurance and Standardization of Health Human Resources, Services, and Facilities for, Delivery of the F1KD Strategy, Development of IYCF implementation plan to strengthening plublic health activities for maternal and child services with focus on HHR and community/support groups, strengthen of EO 51 (development of national action plan for PH 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

Strengtening Primary Care

Description

The government of Philippines commits that by 2025, the Primary Care will be strengthened through First 1000 Days Strategy.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index
Lower moderate
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Details

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)
Impact > Undernutrition
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Prevalence of stunting among children at 2 years of age
Value Measurement date
Baseline 21.9% 2019
Target 15%

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