Goal

Increase percentage (%) of infants, 0-5.9 months of age, in project areas who are exclusively breastfed as an age-appropriate diet

FROM Commitment: Ensuring Nutrition Adequacy

Government / Philippines

Department of Health

Partner organisations:
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Country government at any administrative level: Office of the Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI)
Date made: 30 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Verification status Partially Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index Lower moderate Find out more
Targeted location National - 235 municipalities: Stunting rate >17.5%, Poverty incidence >21%, Kalahi-CIDSS participant, and an HDPRC/PPAN area.
Targeted population Specific population group(s)
Targeted population age Specific age group(s)
Targeted population specific age Children aged 0 to 5.9 months
Targeted population sex All
Primary indicator Percentage of 0-5.9 months old children exclusively breastfeeding
Primary indicator baseline 57%
Primary indicator target 75%
Duration January, 2022 - December, 2025

Goal action plan

Implementation of Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP)

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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