The “1st 1000 Days National Summit” was officially launched at the Manila Hotel where various government agencies, NGOs and the general public threw their overwhelming support to resolve the children’s malnutrition woes in the country. ManilaBulletin
Several resource persons gave their inputs on pressing issues particularly the roots behind the problem and remedial measures that can be enforced to address the problem of malnutrition among the children specifically in their formative five years old and under age bracket.
It added that one third of the Filipino children are stunted or short in height for their ages, citing that stunting by age two can be permanent, irreversible or can be fatal. “The persistence of very high levels of childhood undernutrition, despite decades of economic growth and poverty reduction, could lead to a staggering loss of the country’s human and economic potential, and that the Philippines Human Capital Index of 0.52 indicates that the future productivity of a child born today will half of what could have been achieved with complete education and full health,’’ Fock explained.
As such, Abalos stated that the DILG will issue a memorandum enjoining all the local government units , from the provinces, cities, municipalities down to the grassroots of the barangays “to welcome the members of this coalition and related groups for a joint and collaborative efforts to plan and implement any local intervention program,’’ a move that earned praises from Lina.
Abalos insisted that “these should be reviewed, saying “eto ba ay napupunta sa pagkain, eto ba ay napupunta sa tama ?’’of the country’s malnutrition woes, with some describing the Philippines being in the ‘deep hole’ and some ‘having thrown up their hands describing malnutrition as a curse, a problem beyond solution.’
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