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THE PHILIPPINE PLAN OF ACTION FOR NUTRITION (PPAN), 2005-2010

 

The Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition, 2005-2010 is the country's blueprint for achieving nutritional adequacy for all Filipinos. The implementation of the PPAN is being coordinated by the NNC in collaboration with the local government units, NGOs, the business sectpr, the international community and the community.

 

Vision

The Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition envisions a Philippines which has achieved NIChood in nutrition sense - a Nutritionally Improved Country whose people are well nourished, healthy, intelligent, and socially and economically productive with high sense of human dignity.

Goal: To improve the quality of life of Filipinos through better nutrition, improved health and increased productivity.

Objectives*

  1. Reduction in the proportion of Filipino households with intake below 100% of the dietary energy requirement from 53.2% to 44.0%
  2. Reduction in:
    1. underweight among
      1. preschool children from 25.3% to 21.2%
      2. school children from 25.5% to 22.6%
      3. stunting among preschool children from 29.0% to 25.4%
    2. chronic energy deficiency among pregnant women from 25.0% to 20.9%
    3. iron deficiency anemia (IDA) among
      1. infants from 59.2% to 41.7%
      2. children 1-5 years old from 25.1% to 15.1%
      3. children 6-12 years old from 34.0% to 25.5%
      4. pregnant women from 43.3% to 42.1%
    4. vitamin A deficiency disorders (VADD) among
      1. children 6 months to 5 years old from 32.9% to 14.9%
      2. pregnant women from 15.6% to 10.9%
      3. lactating women from 18.6% to 14.9%
    5. prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated non-communicable diseases
  3. Reduction in the prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) among lactating women from 22.6% to 20.0%
  4. Elimination of moderate and severe IDD among school-age children and pregnant women
  5. Contribute to reduction of the prevalence of low birthweight

* based on 2005 estimates, which are in turn based on the 2003 National Nutrition Survey, FNRI-DOST

 

Strategies

  1. Food-based interventions for sustained improvements in nutritional status
  2. Life-cycle approach with strategic attention to adolescent females, pregnant/lactating women and children 0-3 years
  3. Effective complementation of nutrition interventions with other services
  4. Geographical focus to needier areas


Impact Programs

Home, School and Community Food Production

  1. Establishment of kitchen gardens in homes, schools and in communities in urban and rural areas to serve as source of additional food for the home.
  2. Establishment of demonstration centers and nurseries.
  3. Distribution of planting materials, small animals, and fingerlings, and provision of technical assistance.

 

Food Fortification

  1. Addition of a nutrient to a food vehicle commonly consumed by the population to prevent or correct micronutrient deficiencies.
  2. Private sector/food industry-led with government providing an enabling policy environment.
  3. Voluntary fortification of processed foods through the Sangkap Pinoy Seal Program.
  4. Mandatory fortification of salt with iodine, rice with iron, flour with iron and vitamin A, and sugar and cooking oil with vitamin A.

 

Micronutrient Supplementation

  1. Distribution of vitamin A and iron supplements to targeted population groups
  2. Focus on infants, pregnant and lactating women for vitamin A and iron, adolescents for iron supplementation

 

Nutrition Information, Communication and Education

  1. Promotion of the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos and other nutrition-related messages through:
    1. interpersonal communication
    2. multimedia campaigns
    3. special events
  2. Training of professionals and frontline workers (e.g. nutritionist-dietitians, teachers, rural health, midwives, barangay nutrition scholars, barangay health workers, etc)
  3. Development of appropriate protocols and guidelines to ensure quality of nutrition educationactivities at all levels
  4. Networking and mobilization of key stakeholders

 

Food Assistance

  1. Center-based complementary feeding for wasted and stunted pregnant women with record of delivering low birthweight infants; young children aged 6-72 months old
  2. School feeding through breakfast and milk feeding for underweight school children grades 1 and 2
  3. Rice distribution through school system
  4. Food discounts through Tindahan Natin Program

 

Livelihood Assistance

  1. Provision of credit and livelihood opportunities to poor households especially those with malnourished children through linkage with lending and financial institutions
  2. Complementation with other interventions such as training on functional literacy, enterprise education and health and nutrition education, including values formation.

 

Nutrition in Essential Maternal and Child Health Services

  1. Delivery of essential maternal and child health and nutrition package of services that will ensure the right of the child to survival, development, protection and participation
  2. Includes newborn screening, promotion of infant and young child nutrition including promotion of breastfeeding through strengthened implementation of the mother and baby-friendly hospitals and stringent implementation of the Milk Code, among others.

 

Facilitating Activities

  1. Human Resource Development focuses on building capabilities of nutrition workers and key players to respond to nutrition needs of Filipinos.
  2. Nutrition Advocacy involves convincing and persuading individuals, groups and sectors to act favorably on specific nutrition concerns.
  3. Policy and Standards Formulation includes the formulation and passage of the nutrition legislative agenda for the 13th Congress and onward.
  4. Research and Development aims to provide the information for food and nutrition policy and program formulation and to identify more effective and permanent solutions to malnutrition.
  5. Resource Generation and Mobilization targets national government agencies, non-government organizations, local governments, private sector, funding institutions, international community to forge partnerships and complement resources for the implementation of various nutrition programs.

           

           

For further information:

Ms. Maria Vicenta C. Magpantay
Officer-In-Charge, Nutrition Policy and Planning Division
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