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==So Cotabato sustains nutrition award with multi-sectoral participation== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=62799 | |||
*Monday, November 07, 2011 | |||
:by Dani Doguiles | |||
KORONADAL CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) -- Active participation of non-government and civic organizations, local government officials, communities, and other stakeholders haS helped South Cotabato in its fight against malnutrition, an official of the provincial government said. | |||
Provincial Nutrition Officer Ma. Anna Uy said, South Cotabato recently received the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) First Year Maintenance Award for sustaining a downward trend in prevalence of underweight children in the province. | |||
Dr. Ervin Luntao, chairman of the committee on health of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, in behalf of Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. and the province of South Cotabato received the award on October 25 from Health Secretary Enrique Ona, chairman of the governing board of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) in a ceremony at the Philippine International Convention Center. | |||
Uy announced prevalence rate among children below 6 years old in South Cotabato this year has gone down to 8.16 percent as compared to 9.66 percent in 2010 when it got its CROWN award. | |||
But Uy pointed out, the province’s supplemental feeding program could not have achieved such success without the help of partners in the private sector. | |||
“Among the most active of these private partners are Dole Philippines, Mahintana Foundation, Rotary Clubs of Polomolok and Koronadal, cooperatives under the umbrella of Dolefil, the Philippine Association of Technologist and many other civic organizations,” she said. | |||
With these private organizations, the provincial government is able to showcase supplemental feeding program such as the Kapitbisig Para sa Kabataan, which they implemented in cooperation with the Mahintana Foundation, for the local government units to replicate, she explained. | |||
“Much help also came from the municipal and city government as well as the communities, because if they have not joined in the implementation of this concerted effort, we could have sustained our accomplishments,” she said. | |||
She cioted that almost all barangays in the province have already allocated funds for their own nutrition programs. | |||
CROWN Award is given by the NNC to local government units who have good performance in managing nutrition plans for three consecutive years. | |||
An LGU like South Cotabato should receive three consecutive CROWN maintenance awards – proof that it has shown exemplary performance in managing its nutrition plans -- before it can be accorded the Nutrition Honor Award, the highest nutrition award in the country. | |||
The NNC, in its programme for this year’s awarding ceremonies, cited South Cotabato for its partnership with many sectors in its fight for malnutrition. | |||
“Each sector can help solve the problem of malnutrition. The key is to be able to weave each sector’s contribution into a cohesive whole through shared decisions on priorities and targets,” Pingoy said | |||
Uy said, “With the support of Gov. Pingoy’s administration and with the active participation of the other stakeholders, we can achieve the highest honor.” | |||
Data from the Regional Nutrition Council showed that South Cotabato has exhibited a downtrend in the prevalence of underweight children 0 to 71 months old (below 6 years), the measure being used as basis of malnutrition rate. | |||
In 2004 South Cotabato had a prevalence rate of 18.04 percent which gradually decreased over the past five years. | |||
This year, only 7,882 (8.16%) of the 81,591 children below 6 years old are malnourished. These consist of 6,466 underweight children and 1,416 severely underweight children. | |||
The 6,466 underweight children are now being assisted by the provincial government’s supplemental feeding program in cooperation with its private sector partners. | |||
As per directive of the governor, Uy and her team are preparing a supplemental feeding program to specifically address the nutritional needs of the 1,416 severely underweight children includi their families. The provincial government fully funds this program for the “poorest of the poor.” | |||
Food packs containing rice, mungo, sugar, iodized salt, high-calcium whole milk, iron supplement for mothers, and multivitamins for the children, will be distributed to the beneficiary families each week. Mothers are also required to undergo nutrition education through the “Pabasa sa Nutrisyon” of the Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) program. (PIA 12) | |||
==So Cotabato to give supplemental feeding to 1,416 poor households== | ==So Cotabato to give supplemental feeding to 1,416 poor households== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=62673 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=62673 | ||
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"Each pack also contains iron supplementation for mothers and multi-vitamins for the children," she added. | "Each pack also contains iron supplementation for mothers and multi-vitamins for the children," she added. | ||
To assure sustainability of this supplementation program, mothers of these households will be educated in nutrition through the Pabasa sa Nutrisyon under the Infant Youth Child Feeding (IYCF) program, which is also being intensified by the provincial government. (PIA 12) | To assure sustainability of this supplementation program, mothers of these households will be educated in nutrition through the Pabasa sa Nutrisyon under the Infant Youth Child Feeding (IYCF) program, which is also being intensified by the provincial government. (PIA 12) | ||
==DOLE releases P243,000 for water hyacinth handicraft production== | ==DOLE releases P243,000 for water hyacinth handicraft production== | ||