pregnant and lactating women and adolescent females, as well as multi-factorial issues
that negatively affect the development of newborns, infants and young children,
integrating the short, medium and long-term plans of the government to end hunger,
improve health and nutrition, and reduce malnutrition;
(b) Provide a policy environment conducive to nutrition improvement;
(c) Provide evidence-based nutrition interventions and actions which integrate
responsive caregiving and early stimulation in a safe and protective environment over
the first one thousand (1,000) days as recommended by the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as nutrition-specific
and nutrition-sensitive mechanisms, strategies, programs and approaches in
implementing programs and projects to improve nutritional status, and to eradicate
malnutrition and hunger;
(d) Strengthen and define the roles of the Department of Health (DOH), the National
Nutrition Council (NNC), and other government agencies tasked to implement nutrition
programs in the first one thousand (1,000) days;
(e) Institutionalize and scale up nutrition in the first one thousand (1,000) days in the
national plan on nutrition, the early childhood care and development intervention
packages developed by the NNC, the Philippine Development Plan, the National Plan
of Action for Children, the regional development plans, and local government units'
(LGUS) investment plans for health and nutrition;
(f) Ensure the meaningful, active and sustained participation, partnership and
cooperation of NNC-member agencies, other National Government Agencies (NGAs),
LGUs, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the private sector, in an integrated and
holistic manner, for the promotion of the health and nutritional well-being of the
population, prioritizing interventions in areas with high incidence and magnitude of
poverty, Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA), and in hazard and
conflict zones;
(g) Strengthen enforcement of Executive Order No. 51, otherwise known as the
"National Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, Breastmilk Supplements and
Other Related Products" or the "Milk Code", and Republic Act No. 10028, otherwise
known as the "Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009", to protect, promote,
and support optimal infant and young child feeding and maternity protection, and in
consultation with the stakeholders in the public and private sectors, consider the new
recommendations from the World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 69.9 to end the
inappropriate promotion of food for infants and young children;
(h) Strengthen the implementation of other nutrition related laws, programs, policies and
guidelines including multisectoral integration, gender equality and promotion of the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC); and
(i) Strengthen the family community support systems with the active engagement of
parents and caregivers, with support from LGUs, the NGAs, CSOs, and other
stakeholders.
Section 4. Scaling Up Health and Nutrition for the First One Thousand (1,000) Days of Life. - The
DOH, the NNC, the Department of Agriculture (DA), in coordination with other NGAs, the LGUs, the