CHAPTER 3 Flashcards by Charlene Malabanan

essential element of public health nutrition to control, facilitate, and/or carry
out activities which promote health and nutrition

Legislation

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“the exercise of the power and function of making rules which have the force
of authority by virtue of their promulgation by an official organ of a state or other
organization”

Legislation

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“a rule of conduct or action prescribed
or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority”.

law

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can be a Republic
Act (R.A.), Executive Order (E.O.), Presidential Decree (P.D.), Administrative Order (A.O.),
resolution, ordinance, or policy statement.

laws

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International Laws and Legislations

Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition (GSF)
Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable
Diseases
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)
World Declaration on Nutrition (during the International Conference
of Nutrition, 1992)
United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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International Laws and Legislations:
aims to improve coordination and guide synchronized action by a
wide range of stakeholders in support of global, regional, country-led
action to prevent future food crises, eliminate hunger, and ensure
food security and nutrition for all human beings

Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition (GSF)

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International Laws and Legislations: aims to reduce the burden of preventable morbidity and
disability and avoidable mortality due to non-communicable diseases;
it has six interconnected and mutually reinforcing objectives and
proposes multi-level actions for member states, international partners,
and the Secretariat: i) strengthen international cooperation and
advocacy to raise the priority accorded to prevention and control of
non-communicable diseases in the development agenda and in
internationally-agreed development goals, ii) strengthen national
capacity, leadership, governance, multi-sectoral action and
partnerships to accelerate country response for prevention and control
of non-communicable diseases, iii) reduce exposure to modifiable risk
factors for non-communicable diseases through creation of health
promoting environments, iv) strengthen and re-orient health systems to
address prevention and control of non-communicable diseases through
people-centered primary care and universal health coverage, v)
promote and support national capacity for quality research and
development for prevention and control of non-communicable
diseases, and vi) monitor trends and determinants of noncommunicable diseases and evaluate progress in their prevention and
control

Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable
Diseases

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International Laws and Legislations: aims to
revitalize efforts to promote, protect, and support appropriate IYCF. It
builds upon past initiatives, in particular the Innocenti Declaration and
the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative and addresses the needs of all
children including those living in difficult circumstances, such as
infants of mothers living with HIV, low birth weight infants, and
infants in emergency situations (WHO, 2014).

Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)

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International Laws and Legislations: recognizes that hunger and malnutrition are
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unacceptable in a world that has both knowledge and resources to end
this human catastrophe; it is recognized that globally there is enough
food for all and that inequitable access id the main problem

World Declaration on Nutrition (during the International Conference
of Nutrition, 1992)

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International Laws and Legislations serves as
basis of nutrition targets specifically to contribute to the achievement
of four MDGs, namely: i) eradicate extreme hunger and poverty, ii)
achieve universal primary education, iii) reduce child mortality, and
iv) improve maternal health. The other four MDGs are building
blocks to the achievement of the nutrition targets (UNDP, 2000)

United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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International Laws and Legislations recognizes the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for
him/herself and his/her family, including adequate food, clothing and
housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions as
well as recognizing the fundamental right of everyone to be free
from hunger. The full realization of the rights include a provision for
the reduction of stillbirth rate and infant mortality, and for the
healthy development of the child; improvement of all aspects of
environmental and industrial hygiene; prevention, treatment, and
control of epidemic, endemic, occupational, and other diseases; and
creation of conditions which would assure everyone of access to
medical attention in the event of sickness

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

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International Laws and Legislations:
promotes the right to a
standard of living adequate for health and well-being of individual
and families, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care;
necessary social services; and the right to security in the event of
unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or a lack of
livelihood. It also provides laws for social protection of mother and
children.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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National Laws and Legislations

a. Maternal and Child
b. Health
c. Organizational
d. Food and Related Laws

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a. Maternal and Child:
mandated all health and non-health facilities, establishments, or
institutions to establish lactation stations with the necessary
adequate equipment such as lavatory for hand washing,
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refrigeration, or appropriate cooling facilities for storing breast
milk, electrical outlets for breast pumps, small table, comfortable
seats, and other items in accordance with standards defined by the
DOH; as well as authorized “lactation periods”. Nursing
employees are granted break intervals in addition to the regular
time-off for meals to “express milk” or the act of extracting human
milk from the breast by hand or by pump.

R.A. 10028, Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act (2009)

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a. Maternal and Child: provided
incentives to all government and private health institutions with
rooming-in, breastfeeding practices, and for other purposes. It was
designated to promote breastfeeding by requiring hospitals to
provide rooming-in facilities.

R.A. 7600, Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act (1992))

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a. Maternal and Child: regulated the
marketing of breast milk substitutes; promoted the training of
health and nutrition workers on infant nutrition; promoted,
protected, and supported breastfeeding; and ensured that
government facilities for health-care system are not used for
promoting infant formula.

E.O. 51, Milk Code of the Philippines (1988)

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a. Maternal and Child: declared
that, “The state shall defend … The right of the children to
assistance, including proper care and nutrition…”

The Philippine Constitution (Article XV, Sec. 3, 1987)

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b. Health: laid down the key principles, policy directions,
and general guidelines on implementing the micronutrient
supplementation program; supported the achievement of the 2015
MDG targets to decrease under-five and maternal deaths; and
addressed micronutrient needs of other population groups.

A.O. 2010-0010, Revised Policy and Guide on Micronutrient
Supplementation

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b. Health: reorganized the local health bureaucracy to
mainstream MNCHN activities, provided adequate facilities for
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MNCHN, financed the MNCHN service delivery, and supervised
as well as monitored the MNCHN program implementation.

A.O. 2008-0029 or the Implementing Health Reforms for the
Rapid Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Adopt and
implement the Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Nutrition
(MNCHN) Strategy

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b. Health: intended to guide health workers and other
concerned parties in ensuring the protection, promotion, and
support of exclusive breastfeeding; and adequate and appropriate
complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding.

A.O. 2005-0014, National Policy on Infant and Young Child
Feeding (IYCF)

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b. Health: an act to protect and
promote the right to health of the people, including the rights of
children to survival and full and healthy development as normal
individuals; institutionalized a national newborn screening system
that is comprehensive, integrative, and sustainable, and will
facilitate collaboration among government and non-government
agencies at the national and local levels, private sector, families
and communities, professional health organizations, academic
institutions, and non-governmental organizations. The National
Newborn Screening System shall ensure that every baby born in
the Philippines is offered the opportunity to undergo newborn
screening and thus, be spared from heritable conditions that can
lead to mental retardation and death if undetected and untreated.

R.A. 9288, Newborn Screening Act (2004)

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b. Health: appropriated funds
to support advocacy, nutrition education activities, capacity
development, and actual provision of logistical support for
micronutrient supplementation. A nutrition committee was also
coordinated and mobilized for generating resource, implementing
the program, and submitting monitoring reports.

A.O. 2003-119, Updated Guidelines on Micronutrient
Supplementation (Vitamin A, Iron, and Iodine)

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b. Health: is an act providing for
a comprehensive air pollution control policy and for other
purposes.

R.A. 8749, Philippine Clean Air Act (1999)

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b. Health: an act requiring the
mandatory compliance by motorists of private and public vehicles
to use seat belt devices, and requiring vehicle manufacturers to
install seat belt devices in all their manufactured vehicles

R.A. 8750, Seat Belts Use Act (1999)

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to accelerate the development of traditional and alternative health care in the Philippines, providing for a traditional and alternative health care development fund, and for other purposes.

b. health: R.A. 8423, Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (1997), created the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC)

b. health: promoted voluntary blood donation; provided for an adequate supply of safe blood; regulated blood banks; and provided penalties for violation thereof

R.A. 7719, National Blood Service Act (1994)

b. health: designated to protect the interest of the consumers, promote general welfare, and establish standards of conduct for business and industry

R.A. 7394, Consumer Act of the Philippines (1992)

b. health: an act providing for stronger deterrence and special protection against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination, and for other purposes

R.A. 7610, Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act (1992)

b. health: prescribed the guidelines on the use of food additives in all foodstuffs sold in the Philippines whether manufactured or imported.

A.O. 88-A, Regulatory Guidelines Concerning Food Additives (1984)

b. health: prescribed the rules and regulations governing the labelling of pre-packaged food products distributed in the Philippines.

A.O. 88-B (1984)

b. health: declared a continuing policy to: (a) create, develop, maintain and improve conditions under which man and nature can thrive in productive and enjoyable harmony with each other, (b) fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Filipinos, and (c) insure the attainment of an environmental quality that is conducive to a life of dignity and well-being.

P.D. 1151, Philippine Environmental Policy (1979)

b. Health: required basic immunization services, namely: (i) Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) Vaccination against tuberculosis; (ii) inoculation against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis; (iii) oral poliomyelitis immunization; (iv) protection against measles; (v) immunization against rubella; and (vi) such other basic immunization services for infants and children below eight years of age.

P.D. 996, Providing for Compulsory Basic Immunization for Infants and Children Below Eight Years of Age (1976)

b. health: provided penalty for improper disposal of garbage and other forms of uncleanliness.

P.D. 825 (1975)

b. health: established the Code on Sanitation in the Philippines.

P.D. 856 (1975)

b. health: also known as the Dangerous Drug Act of 1972.

R.A. 6425

b. health: established the Philippine Medicare Plan; and created the Philippine Medical Care Commission, prescribed its duties, powers, and functions, and appropriated funds therefor.

R.A. 6111, Philippine Medicare Act (1969)

b. health: ensured the safety and purity of foods, drugs, and cosmetics being made available to the public by creating the Food and Drug Administration which shall administer and enforce the laws pertaining thereto

R.A. 3720, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1963)

b. health: is an act strengthening health and dental services in the rural areas.

R.A. 1082 (1954)

Organizational: transferred the NNC from the DA to the DOH. The Secretary of the DOH became the ex-officio Chairperson of the Governing Board of the NNC, with the secretaries of DA and DILG as ex-officio vice-chairpersons.

E.O. 472 (2005)

Organizational: integrated nutrition objectives and components in the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program and other anti-poverty programs of the government toward achieving the MDGs by 2015.

NEDA Social Development Committee Resolution No.1, S 2004

Organizational: defined the rules of engagement, procedures, coordination, and sharing of resources and responsibilities, to include the varying levels of state of preparedness and desired response to emergencies and disasters in the health sector.

A.O. 168 (2004), National Policy on Emergencies and Disasters

Organizational: shifted DOLE’s focus from promoting family planning to providing family welfare services to workers. The 10 dimensions of the program that will serve as guide to both labor and management in the implementation of programs and projects consist of: (a) reproductive health and responsible parenthood; (b) education/gender equality; (c) spirituality or value formation; (d) income generation/livelihood/cooperative; (e) medical health care; (f) nutrition; (g) environmental protection, hygiene, and sanitation; (h) sports and leisure; (i) housing; and (j) transportation

DOLE Department Order No. 56-03 S 2003, Rationalizing the Implementation of Family Welfare Program in DOLE,

Organizational: provision of basic ECCD services including nutrition services, funding, and just compensation for service providers under their supervision; capacity development services for service providers; and support for organization/mobilization of the ECCD Coordinating Committees. The Nutrition Action Office, as member of the City/Municipal ECCD Coordinating Committee, shall support and complement the resources available to barangays in the expansion and improvement of ECCD programs; coordinate and monitor the delivery of services at the barangay level; ensure accurate reporting and documentation of service delivery; as well as mobilize and encourage private sector initiatives for the establishment of ECCD program implementers in the city/municipality that conforms to National ECCD System Standards

R.A. 8980, An Act Promulgating a Comprehensive Policy and National System for Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) (2000)

Organizational: designated statistical activities that will generate critical data for decision-making of the government and private sector; and to include FNRI’s national nutrition surveys and provincial updating of the nutritional status of Filipino children

E.O. 352 (1996)

Organizational: created the National Commission on Diabetes Education tasked to develop a national program for the primary prevention of diabetes. The commission drafted “The National Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, 1999–2010” which aims “to take advantage of, and create opportunities to establish diabetes awareness, information, education, and medical and allied services within the reach of every Filipino family”

R.A. 8191, National Diabetes Act (1996)

Organizational: instituted a national health insurance program for all Filipino and established the Philippine Insurance Corporation.

R.A. 7875, the National Health Insurance Act (1995)

Organizational: was designated to provide allowances and incentives to BHWs

R.A. 7883, Barangay Health Workers’ (BHW) Benefits and Incentives (1995)

Organizational: instilled health consciousness among the people to effectively carry out the health programs and projects of the government essential for the growth and health of the nation; this act aims to: (a) promote and improve the social and economic well-being of the health workers, their living and working conditions and terms of employment; (b) develop their skills and capabilities in order that they will be more responsive and better equipped to deliver health projects and programs; and (c) encourage those with proper qualifications and excellent abilities to join and remain in government service.

R.A. 7305, Magna Carta of Public Health Workers (1992)

Organizational: outlined the powers and functions of the provincial, city, municipal, and barangay officials, as well as the officials and offices or agencies of the national government. It further guarantees and promotes the autonomy of local government units (LGUs) and ensures their fullest development as self-reliant communities and makes them even more effective partners in the pursuit of national development and social progress.

R.A. 7160, Local Government Code (1991)

Organizational: created the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and mandated that FNRI should periodically define the nutritional status of the Filipinos

E.O. 128 (1987),

Organizational: reaffirmed the need for an intersectoral national policy making and coordinating body on nutrition. It expanded the membership of the NNC to include the DBM, DOLE, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and NEDA. The DSWD was named chair of the NNC Governing Board

E.O. 234, Reorganization Act of NNC (1987)

Organizational: strengthened the BNS program by providing that every barangay shall have a BNS responsible for delivering nutrition services and related activities.

P.D. 1569, Barangay Nutrition Program (1978)

Organizational: an act regulating the practice of nutrition and dietetics in the Philippines; required licensure for nutritionist-dietitians (NDs) in public health programs in addition to defining the requirements for licensure of NDs and requiring hospitals to hire licensed or registered NDs.

P.D. 1286, Nutrition and Dietetics Decree (1977)

Organizational: instructed the Department of Local Government and Community Development, now DILG, to establish functional nutrition committees in every region, province, city, municipality, and barangay.

Letter of Instruction (LOI) 441 (1976

Organizational: created the National Nutrition Council; declared nutrition as a priority of the government; and designated July as the Nutrition Month to create awareness on the importance of nutrition.

P.D. 491, Nutrition Act of the Philippines (1974

Organizational: enacted in 1960 but was superseded in 1977 by P.D. 1286. It professionalized and regulated the practice of dietetics.

R.A. 2674, Dietetics Law

Organizational: created the Institute of Nutrition with a mandate to be the clearinghouse of data and information concerning nutrition.

E.O. 94 (1947)

Food and Related Laws

Food and Related Laws: prescribed that LGUs should designate one official (any one of the following: Health Officer, Agricultural Officer, NDs or sanitary inspectors) to assist in monitoring foods mandated to be fortified and labelled in public markets, retail stores, and food service establishments, then submit reports to the Bureau of Food and Drugs

R.A. 8976, An Act Establishing the Philippine Food Fortification Program (2000)

Food and Related Laws: prescribed urgent related measures to modernize the agriculture and fisheries sectors of the country in order to enhance their profitability, and prepare said sectors for the challenges of globalization through an adequate, focused, and rational delivery of necessary support services

R.A. 8435, Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (1997)

Food and Related Laws: popularly known as ASIN, was designated to prevent/control iodine deficiency disorders; it mandates that all salt for human and animal consumption should be iodized.

R.A. 8172, Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (1995)

Food and Related Laws: regulated rice milling consistent with the government’s nutrition programs. For example, rice mill ownersoperators must mill a minimum of 10% of all palay milled into brown rice.

P.D. 1211 (1977),

Food and Related Laws: prescribed rules and regulations governing meat inspection in the Philippines.

National Meat Inspection Commission A.O. 6 (1975)

Food and Related Laws: provided that all milled rice must be enriched with Premix Rice. Although the law has never been repealed, it is no longer being enforced.

R.A. 832, Rice Enrichment Law (1952)

“planned actions intended to positively change a nutrition-related behavior, environmental condition, or aspect of health status for an individual (and his/her family or caregivers), target group, or the community at large” (A.N.D., 2013).

Nutrition intervention

address the immediate determinants of fetal and child nutrition and development which includes adequate food and nutrient intake, feeding, caregiving and parenting practices, and low burden of infectious diseases

Nutrition-Specific Interventions

address the underlying determinants of fetal and child nutrition and development - food security; adequate caregiving resources at the maternal, household and community levels; and access to health services and a safe and hygienic environment - and incorporate specific nutrition goals and actions.

Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions and Programs

designed to promote general welfare and safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's population by raising the levels of nutrition among low-income households and vulnerable groups.

Food assistance programs

provide nutritious food in addition to the general ration. They aim to rehabilitate malnourished persons or prevent a deterioration of nutritional status of those most at-risk by meeting their additional needs, focusing particularly on young children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. SFPs are short-term measures and should not be seen as a means of compensating for an inadequate general food ration (UNHCR and WFP, 1999).

Supplementary Feeding Programs (SFPs)

Targeted SFPs

the main aim of a targeted SFP is to prevent the moderately malnourished becoming severely malnourished and rehabilitate them. These types of programs usually provide a food supplement to the general ration for mild and moderately malnourished individuals and for selected pregnant and nursing mothers and other nutritionally individuals at-risk

Blanket SFPs

- the main aim of a blanket SFP is to prevent widespread malnutrition and reduce excess mortality among those at-risk by providing a food/micronutrient supplement for all members of the group (e.g., children under five or under three, pregnant women, and nursing mothers).

the daily distribution of cooked food/meals at feeding centers. The number of meals provided can vary in specific situations, but a minimum of two or three meals should be provided per day.

On-site feeding or wet ration

the regular (weekly or biweekly) distribution of food in dry form to be prepared at home. It may be necessary to increase the amount of food to compensate for intra-household sharing.

Take-home or dry ration

another type of feeding program, is used to recuperate severely malnourished children. Frequently, these children are interned in the center and receive total, rather than supplementary feeding.

Nutrition rehabilitation,

intervention where the government controls and/or reduces the price of staple food to make these foods available and accessible to the target groups of nutrition programs (Gordoncillo and Barba, 1991)

Food or consumer subsidy

self-help feeding endeavour of FNRIDOST sustained by funds generated by the school canteens, food production, and parents’ contributio

Applied Nutrition Program

aims to address the short-term hunger of school children by serving hot, instant fortified noodles, or one serving of indigenous nutritious food cooked with iron-fortified rice daily for 120 feeding days between 7 am and 8 am inside the classroom; it is implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd)

Breakfast Feeding Program

program of the National Dairy Authority (NDA), DA, and DSWD wherein children are given cow’s milk, bread made from coconut flour, and traditional hot meals such as porridge to help them meet one third of the dietary requirements

Dunong ng Bata, Yaman ng Bansa

provides school children with one kilo of iron fortified rice per class day for 120 days in a school year; this program is led by WHO and DepEd

Food for School Program

provides school children with milk supplied by dairy farmers with the aim of raising the nutritional level of malnourished children and creating additional income opportunities for dairy farmers

National Milk Feeding Program of the NDA, DA, and FNRI-DOST

school- or community-based bakery mandated to provide bread or biscuits fortified with iron and Vitamin A to school children at an affordable price; the NCP is the lead agency of this program

Nutripan sa Eskwelahan

poverty reduction strategy of DSWD that provides grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education, particularly for children aged 0-14 years

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

provides NFA rice to family beneficiaries for 90 days

Rice Subsidy Project as part of Lingap sa Mahihirap Program

involves the deployment of 1,000 units of rolling stores to intensify the visibility of quality rice and to ensure its accessibility and availability at affordable prices

Targeted Rice Distribution Project

focuses on giving the Filipino family affordable food such as cheaper rice, noodles, and other products

Tindahan Natin

positions rolling stores in different parts of the country to give the poor the opportunity to buy food and medicines at much lower prices

Tindahan ni Gloria Program

is the addition of micronutrients, deficient in the diet or to food, to maintain or improve the micro

Food fortification or enrichment

Types of food fortification: used to describe the addition of one or more micronutrients to foods commonly consumed by the general public, such as cereals, salt, and sugar. It is usually instigated, mandated, and regulated by the government sector

Mass/mandatory fortification

Types of food fortification: foods aimed at specific subgroups of the population are fortified, thereby increasing the intake of that particular group rather than that of the population as a whole. Examples include complementary foods for infants and young children.

Targeted fortification

Types of food fortification: applied to situations whereby a food manufacturer takes a business-oriented initiative to add specific amounts of one or more micronutrients to processed foods. Although voluntary, this type of food fortification usually takes place within government-set regulatory limits.

Market-driven/voluntary fortification

includes household and community fortification which aims to develop and test practical ways of adding micronutrients to foods at the household level, in particular, to complementary foods for young children; and biofortification of staple foods, i.e., the breeding and genetic modification of plants so as to improve their nutrient content and/or absorption

Other types of food fortification

identifying the type and extent of nutritional deficiencies affecting different groups through assessment methods, e.g., biochemical, clinical, anthropometric, and dietary, with three special considerations in identifying the need: regional differences, seasonality, and nutritional interrelationships

Nutrient needs

calculated as the deficit between Recommended Energy and Nutrient Intakes (RENI) and the actual intake

Fortificant quantity

usage and acceptability, commodity system structures, and technological constraint

Carrier selection factor

mass doses of micronutrients (either injected or administered orally), family gardens, nutrition education, and plant breeding

Alternatives to fortification

program launched in 1993 which aims to virtually eliminate IDD by 2000 through salt iodization, social marketing, and advocac

Fortification for Iron Deficiency Elimination (FIDEL)

Fortification of rice (iron), cooking oil (Vitamin A), sugar (Vitamin A) and flour (Vitamin A and iron)

mandated by the R.A. 8976 and salt (iodine) by virtue of R.A. 8172

joint program between National Food Authority (NFA) and DOH in accordance with R.A. 8976, which requires implementing mandatory food fortification for rice with iron, including those milled and distributed by NFA

I-Rice Program or Rice Fortification Program

aims to improve micronutrient status and reduce anemia among children 6-23 months of age through home fortification of complementary foods using micronutrient powder. MNP distribution is done at health facilities during growth monitoring and promotion activities or Expanded Garantisadong Pambata services or during home visits.

Micronutrient Powder Supplementation

quarterly monitoring and promotion of the use of iodized salt, targeting the markets, salt warehouses, schools, and households

Patak sa Asin

is a strategy to encourage food manufactures to fortify their food/food products with vitamin A, iron and iodine; the Seal of Acceptance is given to food companies that completed the requirements and achieved DOH-set standards

Sangkap Pinoy Seal Program

an iodine fortified water developed by the FNRI

Tubig Talino

one of the specific projects under the School Nutrition Program of the DepEd in public elementary schools that intends to promote food production and livelihood projects; and emphasize the development of desirable work habits and values by involving school children in crop and animal production, and nutrition education

Alay Tanim at Pangkabuhayan

is a home and school gardening program that the Nutrition Center of the Philippines (NCP) advocates; it focuses on home security making food always available, accessible, and affordable for the family; training is provided to scientifically learn how to plant fruits and vegetables without using pesticides and with limited space

Food Always in the Home (FAITH)

program under the DA which envisions a modernized and productive agriculture and fishery sector, and being able to provide food at prices affordable to all, especially to the marginalized sectors

Ginintuang Masaganang Ani

component of the government’s Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program (AHMP) that envisions the schools as food basket to ensure continuous supply of vegetables for the school feeding program

Gulayan sa Paaralan Project

a project implemented by the Hellen Keller International (HKI) which helps communities establish technically improved local food production systems by creating gardens with micronutrient-rich fruits and vegetables year-round, as well as small farms for poultry and livestock

Homestead Food Production

provides consumers with a continuous supply of three sets of vegetables (pinakbet, chopsuey, sinigang) at affordable prices

May Gulay Project

is a barangay-based food depot and food distribution program that aims to establish outlets of safe, nutritious, and affordable food commodities, like sakto packs, in barangays; it also targets to enhance the efficiency of logistics and food delivery for a better supply management in the LGU

Nutrition in Barangay Food Terminal

aims to provide families with additional source of income which could result to increased food purchase and consumption. It offers employment opportunities and generates income for the economically disadvantaged.

Livelihood assistance

strategy implemented by the NNC to alleviate poverty and malnutrition in the most depressed areas of the country through livelihood assistance and feeding programs

Aksiyon Para sa Nutrisyon/Lalakas ang Katawang Sapat sa Sustansiya (APN/LAKASS)

a two-year DSWD collaborative project. It seeks to target organizing families into 15 SEA-K associations with 25 members per group to support the supplementary feeding of the moderately and severely underweight preschoolers. Each target barangay with a feasible nutri-cum livelihood project is prioritized for capital assistance.

Socio-Economic Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K)

congress gives those registered at the DZMM public service center free seminars on safe motherhood and maternal care, and allows to participate in raffle draws and other activities

Buntis

involves a full range of health, nutrition, early education, and social services programs that provide the basic holistic needs of young children from birth to age six

Early Childhood Care and Development program

DOH-led program, delivers a comprehensive and integrated package of services and communication on health, nutrition, and environment for children available everyday at various settings such as home, school, health facilities, and communities by government and non-government organizations, private sectors, and civic groups

Expanded Garantisadong Pambata (GP)

one of the DOH programs which aims to reduce infant mortality and morbidity by decreasing the prevalence of six immunizable diseases (tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio and measles)

Expanded Program on Immunization

spearheaded by DOH is an integrated approach to child health that focuses on the well-being of the whole child; it aims to reduce death, illness and disability; and to promote improved growth and development among children five years of age

Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses

maternal health program of NCP designed to improve the delivery of much-needed iron supplements to pregnant women through increased prenatal visits

Kalusugan para Umunlad si Mare (Kumare)

s the annual weighing of all preschoolers 0-71 months old or below six years old in a community to identify and locate the malnourished children; data generated through OPT Plus are used for local nutrition action planning, particularly in quantifying the number of malnourished and identifying who will be given priority interventions in the community; results of OPT Plus provide information on the nutritional status of the preschoolers and the community in general, thus, providing information on the effectiveness of the local nutrition program

Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus

is a strategic effort for improving the role of maternity services to enable mothers to breastfeed babies for the best start in life; it aims at improving the care of pregnant women, mothers, and newborns in health facilities that provide maternity services for protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding

Mother and Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative of the DOH

an initiative of the DOH and designed to reach millions of children and pregnant women two days a year for micronutrient supplementation

Araw ng Sangkap Pinoy or National Micronutrient Day

the provision of iron for pregnant and lactating mothers for universal and routine supplementation; and during emergencies, disasters, and calamities

Iron supplementation

global initiative to help prevent blindness by providing Vitamin A supplementation to children between the ages of six months and five years

Seeing Is Believing

given twice a year to children 12 to 59 months old during April and October as part of the Preschoolers Health Week or GP and also routinely to high-risk groups in all health centres and barangay health stations nationwide. Vitamin A is also given postpartum and to pregnant women

Vitamin A Supplementation

process of acquiring knowledge and developing desirable attitudes and practices to ensure nutritional well-being. It is directed at motivating people to make food choices resulting to optimal nutritional well-being.

Nutrition Education

parenting and nutrition advocacy show that educates people about food, nutrition, hunger, and poverty; it is a program jointly implemented by NNC and ABS-CBN

Busog Lusog: Ang Gabay sa Wastong Nutrisyon

program jointly endorsed by WHO and UNICEF that emphasizes the impact of feeding practices on nutritional status, growth and development, health, and mostly on the survival of an infant and young child; it provides guidance to protect, promote, and support exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued breastfeeding for two years or beyond, along with the appropriate, adequate, and indigenous complementary feeding starting six months of age

Infant and Young Child Feeding

30-minute radio program aired over DZRH produced by the NNC that tackles nutrition and health related topics

Katumbas ay Biyaya

nutrition education program of NFP that aims to provide children (specifically 4-6 years old) with the knowledge on food and nutrition; volunteer teachers known as mother coordinators or nutrition youth coordinators provide this knowledge

Nutrition and Health Kiddie Class

envisions to integrate, rationalize, and harmonize all efforts of information dissemination, communication, and education for nutrition by key national government agencies (NGAs), NGOs, LGUs, and business corporations

National Nutrition Education Program

radio program of the NNC aired over 15 Nutriskwela community radio stations in the country

One Nutrition, One Nation

program developed by NCP, is an information-sharing activity with 10-12 participating mothers in a circular seating arrangement; mothers are also provided with nutrition information in the process

Pabasa sa Nutrisyon

a block-time nutrition segment on radio aired over RMN Manila DZXL which aims to educate the general public on nutrition and the coping strategies to address poverty and hunger among poor households, specifically on reducing rice plate waste, increasing consumption of affordable alternative sources of nutrients, practicing exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding for infants and young children, and establishing and maintaining home yard vegetable gardens as poverty-reduction and hunger-mitigation efforts; it also aims to inform the listening public about government efforts in addressing hunger and malnutrition, as well as other nutrition and related issues

Radyo mo sa Nutrisyon

organized relay system that delivers nutrition messages from the school to the home; the child receives messages from teachers and carries them to their parents through home activities and assignments

Teacher-Child-Parent Approach

edu-infotainment program that encourages positive eating behaviors for better nutrition. The nutrition show also encourages children, and even adults, to eat a variety of foods every day, particularly the consumption of vegetables. Each episode tackles the nutritional benefits of a specific food commodity and other information such as planting, selecting, preparing, and cooking. Aired over ABS-CBN Channel 2 from 2011 to 2013, the nutrition program was produced by NNC in partnership with the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc.

Why Not?

an all-out drive to cut hunger incidence by half within one year under the Arroyo administration. The NNC was given oversight function to ensure the implementation of programs and projects within the AHMP framework. Hunger must be addressed in a holistic manner. On the supply side, measures are along producing more food and efficient delivery of food to whom and where it is needed are done through programs of the DA and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), among others. On the demand side, measures are along putting more money in poor peoples’ pockets, promoting good nutrition and managing population levels. AHMP is in turn, a component of the pumppriming strategy of government which seeks to generate investments, create jobs, and provide basic services to poor families

Accelerated Hunger-Mitigation Program

a strategy for providing each barangay with a trained community worker to deliver basic nutrition and related health services

Barangay Nutrition Scholar Program

responsible for setting standards and formulating programs related to the working conditions and welfare of women and young workers as well as monitoring and evaluating these standards’ enforcement

Bureau of Women and Young Workers of DOLE

an organized way of collecting information at the local level for LGUs, national government agencies, NGOs and civil society; the information can be used for program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluating

Community-Based Management Information System

sets standards to protect the welfare of working women and minors, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, secure opportunities for their profitable employment, and find ways for their economic, social and cultural advancement

Family Welfare Program by DOLE

aims to provide a general set of guidelines to establish an integrated information system of food insecurity and vulnerability at the national level

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information Management System

designed to implement critical health interventions supported by effective management infrastructure and financing arrangements

Formula One for Health

is an operational strategy under the Aquino Health Agenda which aims to achieve universal health care for all Filipinos. It seeks to ensure equitable access to quality health care by all Filipinos beginning with those in the lowest income quintiles. The implementation of KP shall be directed towards the achievement of the health system goals of financial risk protection, better health outcomes, and responsive health system.

Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP) or Universal Health Care

Comprehensive Delivery of Integrated Social Services is undertaken by raising the poor’s share in the country’s resources and their access to public services

Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan

program to deliver medical assistance, livelihood, socialized housing, potable water supply, food subsidy, and protective programs or services to the 100 poorest families in every city and province nationwide

Lingap sa Mahihirap

government program to improve the lifestyle of Filipinos

Mag-Healthy Lifestyle Tayo

ategy to reorganize local health bureaucracy and mainstream MNCHN activities; provide adequate facilities, finance service delivery, and supervise and monitor the program’s implementation

Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Nutrition

program under DOH promoting natural family planning methods in health centers and orienting parents on the ideal family size

Responsible Parenthood Program

recognizes and certifies government health facilities that meet national quality standards of quality health service

Sentrong Sigla

committed to provide effective health and nutrition services and to utilize these services as fertile avenues for the inculcation of positive health values and behavior; it is pursued with the spirit of dedication, a high sense of mission, and excellence toward developing a healthier and more productive school populace in a clean, healthy, and drug-free school and community environment

School Health and Nutrition Center

aims to improve family health in ARMM communities by creating communities that are empowered, mobilized, and organized to adopt and sustain optimal health behaviors

Sustainable Health Improvement through Empowerment and Local Development

Technology Transfer and Commercialization of FNRI Food Technologies

developing safe, nutritious, and affordable food products; and transferring these innovations to entrepreneurs for commercial distribution and production

country’s blueprint for nutrition improvement.

Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN)