Commitment

Increase number of local government units (LGUs) implementing dietary supplementation for pregnant women and 6-23 months old children

Government / Philippines

January 2022 — December 2028

Description

1. Pilot implementation of dietary supplementation program in selected priority provinces

2. Advocacy to local government units (LGUs) for adoption of dietary supplementation program as regular LGU program

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Scale Up Implementation of RA 11148

Description

Development and coordination of the implementation of the comprehensive and sustainable strategy on the RA 11148 or “Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Magnanay Act”; provision of technical assistance towards the implementation the dietary supplementation for pregnant women, and 6-23 months old children

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Verification status
Verified
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Community geography
  • Economic status of country
  • Gender identity
  • Socioeconomic status
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)
  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data

Measurement

Key indicator Number of local government units implementing dietary supplementation program for pregnant women and 6-23 months old children
Value Measurement date
Baseline Phase 1A (Pregnant Women) - 151 out of 152 target LGUs started feeding;Phase 1B (Pregnant Women) - All 59 target LGUs started feeding;Phase 2 (6-23-months-old-children) - All 119 LGUs started feeding 2021
Target 90 local government units December 2028

Progress

Status:
Progress not able to be assessed
Why this status?
Despite the commitment maker’s active participation in the process, they were unable to provide the required information about the baseline data or the progress indicator's updated (latest) level or status, or the data provided were not in a format allowing calculation of progress.
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