PBBM, NNC recognize 23 LGUs, 5 focal points for contribution to improving nutrition in communities

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00:00President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. commended local government units or LGUs and nutrition

00:05focal points for their efforts in implementing the country's nutrition programs during a 2024

00:10National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony. 23 LGUs and five local nutrition focal points were identified

00:17and recognized with outstanding nutrition program management practices. PTV's Bernard Ferrer tells us more.

00:23Led by the National Nutrition Council, 23 local government units and five local nutrition focal

00:30points were recognized for their outstanding contributions to improving nutrition and their

00:35respective areas. The impact of malnutrition and the future of children and the country's economy

00:40should not be ignored. Malnutrition exists at alarming levels across different stages of life

00:46throughout our country and this has multifarious effects. It has brought deleterious effects on the

00:53cognitive development and the future of our children. It has contributed to our children

00:59falling behind in their education. In response, the government has launched various programs to

01:04combat hunger and malnutrition including the food stamp program under Walang Gutom 2027 which

01:10provides three thousand pesos of monthly food credits to families in need. The expanded Pantawid

01:16Pamilyang Pilipino program or 4Ps granting a 350 peso month allowance to pregnant women

01:22and children age zero to two enrolled in the program. Enhanced school feeding programs in

01:27partnership with the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of

01:31Social Welfare and Development. These efforts align with the goals of the Philippine Development Plan

01:37which aims to achieve zero hunger by 2028 as part of sustainable and inclusive growth. At the local

01:43level, the president urged the local chief executives to allocate sufficient funds for health

01:48and nutrition programs in their annual investment plans. I have directed the DILG to ensure that

01:54health care and nutrition are included as a priority indicator in our seal of good local

02:01governance. We're looking again at the criteria that is being examined when being when granting

02:07the seal of local government and I insisted that health care be part of that. The health care in

02:13terms of nutrition, health care in terms of vaccination, in terms of access to access to

02:20health services. These are the things that are very very important. President Marcus Jr. also

02:26emphasized that public health is not only dependent on proper nutrition but also on a

02:31clean environment, well-organized communities, and a disciplined way of life. From People's

02:36Television Network, Bernard Pereira, Balitang Pambansa.

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