Mission said that the dietary supplementation program for pregnant women and children 6-23 months affected by COVID-19 and those residing in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) will benefit both the mothers and children. Parolita Mission, is pleased with the pronouncement of the senator on his call for increased support for nutrition and health interventions for women and children. National Nutrition Council-7 regional nutrition program coordinator, Dr.

Go also urged concerned agencies, particularly the Department of Health, to utilize its allocated funds for the implementation of a complementary feeding program. Go expressed deep concern that the pandemic has exacerbated food insecurity and malnutrition among struggling families, and urged both public and private sectors to work together and improve access to nutrition, particularly for those in disadvantaged areas and communities and geographically isolated locations. Meanwhile, Senator Bong Go, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, has called on the government to boost the response against COVID-19 by strengthening the nutrition and other health interventions directed toward low-income Filipinos, especially pregnant and lactating women and children below five years of age. SFP is the provision of food to children in addition to their regular meals as part of the DSWD’s contribution to the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) program of the government.

The children-beneficiaries will be weighed after the 60-day feeding to determine the improvement and sustenance of their nutritional status.ĭSWD-7 has been implementing the SFP now on its cycle 10 to help improve and sustain the nutritional status of children, especially in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The feeding program which started on Novemis managed by the parents based on a prepared meal cycle using the delivered food supplies. Quintana said the feeding is expected to end on January 13, 2021.

It has an allocation of P206.1 million at P15 every child per meal.ĭSWD-7 will prioritize undernourished children based on the latest Operation Timbang (OPT) results of the barangay.ĭSWD-7 information officer Leah Quintana in an interview said that the food supplementation is to be served twice a day at snacks or meals, seven days a week for 60 days. CEBU, Philippines - The Department of Social Welfare and Development 7 has continued its supplementary feeding program (SFP) targeting 114,505 children aged two to five years as beneficiaries.

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