Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 11148
AN ACT SCALING UP THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS
THROUGH A STRENGTHENED INTEGRATED STRATEGY FOR MATERNAL, NEONATAL, CHILD
HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN THE FIRST ONE THOUSAND (1,000) DAYS OF LIFE,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as "Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay Act".
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. - The right to health is a fundamental principle guaranteed by the
State. Section 15, Article II of the 1987 Constitution emphasizes that "The State shall protect and
promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them". Moreover,
pursuant to various international human rights instruments and agreements that the State adheres to,
the State guarantees the right to adequate food, care and nutrition to pregnant and lactating mothers,
including adolescent girls, women of reproductive age, and especially children from zero (0) to two (2)
years old.
Furthermore, the State commits to the Philippine Development Plan and the national plans on nutrition
to contribute to the improvement of the quality of human resource in the country, and the reduction of
maternal and child mortality and stunting.
The State declares its determination to eliminate hunger and reduce all forms of malnutrition. The State
further maintains that ensuring healthy lives, promoting well-being, ending hunger and food insecurity,
and achieving good nutrition for all at all ages are essential to the attainment of sustainable
development.
As such, the State prioritizes nutrition for adolescent females, pregnant and lactating women, infants
and young children, to be implemented in an integrated manner by all branches of government, using a
whole-of-government approach in collaboration with civil society organizations and the private sector.
Towards this end, the State scales up nutrition intervention programs in the first one thousand (1,000)
days of a child's life, and allocates resources in a sustainable manner to improve the nutritional status
and to address the malnutrition of infants and young children from zero (0) to two (2) years old,
adolescent females, pregnant and lactating women, as well as to ensure growth and development of
infants and young children.
Section 3. Objectives. - This Act specifically aims to:
(a) Provide comprehensive, sustainable, multisectoral strategies and approaches to
address health and nutrition problems of newborns, infants and young children,