Nutrition Programs Report.pdf

NUTRITION
PROGRAMS IN THE
PHILIPPINES DOH
Akia Lykah A. Buñag
Jessa Jane J. Caballero
OBJECTIVES
1. Reduce Malnutrition Rates
2. Prevent and Control Micronutrient
Deficiencies
3. Promote exclusive breastfeeding
and Optimal Infant Feeding
4. Promote Healthy Diets and
Lifestyles
5. Enhance Nutrition Education and
Awareness
6. Promote Public and Private Sector
Engagement in Nutrition
NUTRITION PROGRAM
According to the Department of Health
(DOH) in the Philippines, a Nutrition
Program refers to a set of coordinated
interventions designed to improve the
nutritional status and well-being of
individuals. particularly vulnerable groups
like infants, children, pregnant women, and
lactating mothers.
NUTRITION PROGRAMS OF
THE DOH
1. Micronutrient Supplementation Program
2. Infant and Young Child Feeding Programs
3. National Safe Motherhood Program
4. Dental Health Program
5. Lifestyle-Related Diseases
6. Integrated Helmnith Control Program
7. National Health Workforce Support System
8. Philippine Acceleration Action Plan for
Tuberculosis
MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
This program aims to provide supplementation and

nutrition programs for pregnant mothers, infants, and
children to reduce micronutrient deficiencies below
public health significance
VISION
Empowered Healthy and Well-nourished Filipino Families
MISSION
DOH and partners to align their strategic actions and
exert collective and unified efforts to create a supportive
environment for a sustainable and improved nutrition
development.
OBJECTIVES
To reduce prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies
(Vitamin A, Iron and Iodine) below public health
significance
TYPES OF SERVICES
PhilHealth Benefit Package
Maternity Care Benefit Package (MCP)

Primary Care Benefit Package
Trainings
Orientation on the Updated MOP on Micronutrient

Supplementation
Implementation Support Materials
Job Aids for Health Workers on Micronutrient

Supplementation
POLICIES AND LAWS
Administrative Order no. 2010-0010 (Revised

Policy on Micronutrient Supplementation to
Support Achievement of 2015 MDG Targets to
Reduce Under-Five and Maternal Deaths and
Address Micronutrient Needs of Other
Population Groups)
Department Memorandum No. 2020-0237
Republic Act No. 11148
Republic Act No. 11037

PARTNERS ORGANIZATION
List of Local Advocacy Partners National/Government
Philippine Information Agency

Presidential Communications Operations Office
Local/Youth/CSOs, NGOs
PHILCAN
Scaling UP Nutrition Movement
International Partners
WHO
UNICEF
KOICA
Vitamin Angels
Nutrition International
INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING PROGRAM
This program aims to provide Infant and Young Child

Feeding (IYCF) skills and training to be taught to
mothers especially in the critical years of their infant
and young children.
VISION
Well-fed, nurtured children and health mothers;
breastfeeding as a social norm; competent and dignified
health workers; enabling health systems; communities;
and workplaces; and whole of society working together,
accountable to make this vision happen.
MISSION
Focusing on the First 1,000 days, stakeholders of the
Philippine IYCF Program shall set out to
1. nurture and nourish the mother and child

2. reduce stunting and all other forms of malnutrition
3. create an enabling environment for optimal infant
and young child feeding
OBJECTIVES
Reduction of child mortality and morbidity through
optimal feeding of infants and young children
IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT MATERIALS

Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2017 to 2022
National/Government
Department of Trade and Industry

Department of Social Welfare and Development
Department of Justice
National Nutrition Council
Philippine Information Agency
Department of Labor and Employment
Local/Youth/CSOs, NGOs
PHILCAN
Kalusugan ng Mag-ina Foundation Inc.
Adarna Foundation Inc.
Breastfeeding Pinays
Modern Nanays of Mindanao
Arugaan
International Partners
UNICEF
World Vision Development Foundation
Save the Children
Nutrition International
Alive & Thrive
TYPES OF SERVICES
Newborn Care Package
Harmonized Maternal, Newborn, Infant, and Young

Child Health and Nutrition (MNIYCHN)Training Package
Essential Maternal and Newborn Care, Lactation
Management Training (EMNC-LMT) for Health Facilities
Mother and Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (MBFHI)
Assessors’ Training
PH Milk Code Monitoring and Reporting Training
Training on Breastfeeding and Lactation in the
Workplace
NATIONAL SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROGRAM
For Filipino Women to have full access to health

services towards making their pregnancy and
delivery safer.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Local Delivery of the Maternal-Newborn Service
Package
National Capacity to Sustain Maternal-Newborn
Services
PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
Local Government Units

Development Partners
STATISTICS
DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
Empowered and responsible Filipino citizens taking

care of their own personal oral health for an
enhanced quality of life.
Prevalence of the Two Most Common Oral Diseases by Year, Philippines
Dental caries Experience (Mean DMFT/dmft), per age groups, Philippines
Types of Services
Types of Services
LIFESTYLE-RELATED DISEASE
These diseases are considered as lifestyle related and is

mostly the result of unhealthy habits. Behavioral and
modifiable risk factors like smoking, alcohol abuse,
consuming too much fat, salt and sugar and physical
inactivity have sparked an epidemic of these NCDs which
pose a public threat and economic burden.
VISION
A Philippines free from the avoidable burden of NCDs
MISSION
Ensure sustainable health promoting environments and
accessible, cost-effective, comprehensive, equitable and
quality health care services for the prevention and control of
NCDs, and guided by the principle of “Health in All, Health by
All, Health for All” whereas Health in All refers to Health in All
Policies, Health by All involves the whole-of-government and
the whole-of-society and the Health for All captures the KP
(Kalusugan Pangkalahatan) or the Universal Health Care
(UHC).
OBJECTIVES
To reduce modifiable risk factors for non-communicable
diseases and underlying social determinants through
creation of health-promoting environments
POLICIES AND LAWS
-AO No. 2011-0003 or The National policy on Strengthening the Prevention
and Control of Chronic Lifestyle Related Non-Communicable Diseases
-AO No. 2012-0029 or The Implementing Guidelines on the Institutionalization
of Philippine Package of Essential NCD Interventions (PhilPEN) on the
Integrated Management of Hypertension and Diabetes for Primary Health
Care Facilities
-AO No. 2013 – 0005 or The National Policy on the Unified Registry Systems of
the Department of Health (Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, Injury
Related Cases, Persons with Disabilities, and Violence Against Women and
Children Registry Systems)
-AO 2015-0052: “National Policy on Palliative & Hospice Care in the
Philippines
-AO 2016-0001: “Revised Policy on Cancer Prevention and Control Program
-AO 2016 – 0014 – Implementing Guidelines on the Organization of Health
Clubs for Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes in Health Facilities
INTEGRATED HELMINTHS CONTROL PROGRAM
Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis (STH), caused by common

roundworms, whipworms, and hookworms, remains a
public health concern in the Philippines. Considered
among the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) or
infectious diseases of poverty, STH are related to poor
physical health, nutritional status, and school
performance in children.
VISION
STH-Free Philippines
MISSION
Synchronized and harmonized public-private stakeholders’

effort in the control of Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) in
the Philippines.
OBJECTIVES
Provision of safe drinking water, basic sanitation and

hygiene (WASH) in schools and community.
POLICIES AND LAWS
-Administrative Order No. 30-F s.1999
(Implementation of STH Control Program)
-Administrative Order No. 2006-0028 (IHCP
Operational and Strategic Framework)
-Department Memorandum No. 2020-0260
Interim Guidelines on Integrated Helminth
Control Program and Schistosomiasis Control
and Elimination Program During the COVID-19
Pandemic
-Department Circular No. 2020-0302 Delivery of
Routine Deworming Services under the
Integrated Helminth Control Program (HCP)
during the COVID-19 Pandemic
NATIONAL HEALTH WORKFORCE SUPPORT
SYSTEM
NATIONAL HEALTH WORKFORCE SUPPORT
SYSTEM
-Pre-service scholarship Program

-doctors to the barrios program
-nurse deployment Project
-human resource for health Program
-post-residency deployment program
PHILIPPINES ACCELERATION ACTION PLAN FOR
TUBERCULOSIS
The Philippine Acceleration Action Plan for Tuberculosis

(PAAP-TB) 2023-2035 aims to achieve TB elimination in
the Philippines by integrating TB elimination
commitments into the mandates, policies, and work
programs of government agencies represented in the TB
National Coordinating Committee (NCC).
THANK YOU!

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NUTRITION

This program aims to provide supplementation and

PhilHealth Benefit Package

Maternity Care Benefit Package (MCP)

Orientation on the Updated MOP on Micronutrient

Implementation Support Materials

Job Aids for Health Workers on Micronutrient

Administrative Order no. 2010-0010 (Revised

Department Memorandum No. 2020-0237

Republic Act No. 11148

Republic Act No. 11037

Philippine Information Agency

This program aims to provide Infant and Young Child

1. nurture and nourish the mother and child

IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT MATERIALS

Department of Trade and Industry

Newborn Care Package

PhilHealth Benefit Package

Harmonized Maternal, Newborn, Infant, and Young

For Filipino Women to have full access to health

Local Government Units

Empowered and responsible Filipino citizens taking

These diseases are considered as lifestyle related and is

Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis (STH), caused by common

Synchronized and harmonized public-private stakeholders’

Provision of safe drinking water, basic sanitation and

-Pre-service scholarship Program

The Philippine Acceleration Action Plan for Tuberculosis

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