I. Home.

School, and Community Food Production

Program
Background
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one of the impact programs of Philippine Plan of

Action for Nutrition (PPAN) for 19992004
complements the Agrikulturang MakaMASA, the
countrys Medium-Term Agricultural
Development Plan, the banner programme for
agricultural development.
Specific programs:
one magic square garden (1970s)
o 1 m2 garden planted with green, leafy,
and yellow fruits and vegetables and
legumes was promoted.
o MACK P: Malunggay, Alugbati,
Camote, Kangkong, Petsay
o KPMS: Kadyos, Papaya, Malunggay,
Sigarilyas (NNC)
o Government Lead Agencies: ATI and
BAEx
o Partner: RIC
Gulayan sa Kalusugan or Vegetable Gardens for
Health (DA NFC) (1975)
o by Marcos
o a Government-supervised credit and
financing package shall be made
available under certain conditions to
commercial growers of selected food
crops in coordination with the Green
Revolution and Nutrition campaigns.
Lalakas ang Katawang Sapat sa Sustansya
(LAKAS) (1989)
o includes project related to animal
dispersal projects targeted to families
with malnourished children

Araw ng Sangkap Pinoy (ASAP) or National

Objectives
Micronutrient day (1993 1998)
- to help ensure home food security through home,
o every October 16 to coincide with World
school, and kitchen gardens which would yield
Food Day
food rich in calories, protein, vitamin A, and
o distribution of seeds and seedlings of
vitamin C.
vergetables and fruits rich in vitamin A,
o kitchen garden - garden planted to fruits
vitamin C, and iron
and vegetables
o promotion of specific vegetables each
- to help insure household food security (home and
year
community food production primarily for home
Malunggay 1993 1996
consumption) by improving the availability of
Kangkong at kamote 1994
nutritious food
Saluyot 1995
- to reach about 1.6 million households with
Kamote tops 1997
severely and moderately underweight children
Ampalaya leaves 1998
Strategies
Gulayan at Bulaklakany (Environmental WellBeing with Flowers and Vegetables) (1998)
- Household: encourage family cooperators to
o launched by ex-First Lady Dr. Luisa
practice seed retention to sustain the gardens
Ejercito Estrada
- Schools: food production through the Teachero involves growing vegetables and flowers
Child- Parent (TCP) approach
in small gardens or in pots, cans, or
o Practicum setting up and maintenance
other containers
of school gardens
o initially focused on urban poor families
o Involvement of family setting up of
in Metro Manila, particularly in
kitchen gardens by pupils together with
resettlement areas, and provided
their parents
vegetable seeds and planting materials,
Development
and promotion of strategies and
day-old chicks, tilapia fingerlings, and
food production technologies appropriate to
ornamentals
highly congested urban centers with emphasis on
Food Always in the Home (FAITH) Movement in
food safety
Sta. Cruz, Laguna (1999)
- Promotion of consumption of foods produces
o launched by Ex-President Joseph
from these gardens to increase the quality and
Estrada
quantity of food intake of at-risk individuals
o encourages households to grow fruits
and vegetables, herbal plants, and to
Implementing guidelines
raise small animals, if possible, even
rice and fish in home yard
- kitchen gardens
Family Food Production Project (FFPP)

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School - to be established in 80
percent of public elementary
schools (27,000)
Community - will be encouraged to
be set up in all 42,000 barangays.
Promotion of small animal raising
and aquaculture
Application of bio-intensive
gardening (BIG) technology and
other regenerative agricultural
technologies

more varied diet

no definition of kitchen gardens

no rationale for the difference in approach in
responding to the needs of families with
underweight preschools (mildly underweight
vs. moderately and severely underweight)
most programs and projects have been
limited to a few villages or barangays
bio-intensive gardening as time consuming
and difficult to sustain compared to
conventional methods of gardening
non-availability of seeds after the initial
supply was used up
lack of maintenance of community gardens
in some areas
lack of water during the dry months
not enough iron yield per capita per harvest
higher percentage of yield was sold for cash
(41.9%) than consumed in the households
(34.4%); some are thrown away or fed to
dogs and pigs (17.4%)
home gardens were less common in
households with preschool

II. Healthy Lifestyle Program

steady increase in households with kitchen
gardens from 1999 2000 (58% - 83%)
availability of seeds and seedlings in
community nurseries
vitamin A and C yield exceeded RDA
pre-school children in households with
kitchen gardens vs. without kitchen gardens
o consumed more vegetables and
fruits resulting to higher intake of
vitamin A, vitamin C, and iron
o lower food expenditure

common risk factors for the major NCDs:

smoking, lack of physical activity, obesity,
unhealthy dietary practice

DOH launched the National Healthy Lifestyle

Program in 2003 to encourage the establishment
of healthy lifestyle programs at the provincial and
municipal levels all over the country.

Weaknesses

trained stakeholders (health personal, school

teachers, BHWs, and BNSs) on case
detection, management, and surveillance of
micronutrient deficiency disorders
gather data on the prevalence of
micronutrient deficiencies (VAD, IDD, IDA) in
all areas
intensive multimedia (radio, television, print,
and other collateral media) campaigns on
micronutrient deficiency prevention, control
and elimination

Strengths
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Background

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the

leading causes of death around the world (60%,
or 40 M worldwide)

In the Philippines (2003), 58% of deaths was

caused by NCDs (Diseases of the heart and
vascular system -almost one-third (30.2%) of all
deaths)

Timeline
1987 - Non-Communicable Disease Control Service
(NCDCS)
* tasked to develop programs for the prevention and
control of NCDs including cancer and CVD
* National Smoking Control Plan
1990 - The Philippine Cancer Control Program
1992 - National Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and
Control Program
1995- National Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
(NDPCP)
2000 - WHO Executive Board endorsed the Global
Strategy on NCD Prevention and Control.
* to stimulate regional and intl networking and strengthen
community-based activities for integrated prevention and
control of NCD
2001 - DOH launched the Integrated Community Based
NCD Prevention and Control project
1) local baseline survey

2) development of training modules &

conduct of training

e.g. smoking in public places, selling cigarettes

and alcohols to minors

3) demonstration project in Pateros and

Guimaras

III. Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program

Background
SWS 2003 upward trend in hunger incidence

4) National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign

2003 National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign; Mag-HL
(Healthy Lifestyle) Tayo!

2006- President Arroyo issued a directive to cut hunger

incidence by half within one year

Campaign's key messages focused on:

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anti-smoking campaign,
regular physical activity,
healthy diet and nutrition,
weight control
stress management and
regular health check-up

2013 - Pilipinas Go4Health

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4 parts: "go smoke-free," "go

sustansya," "go sigla" and "go slow
tagay."
prevent NCDs and promote physical
activity

Objectives
1. Prevention and control of major NCDs;
2. Assess individual clients risk for major NCDs;
3. Promote behavior change in the different aspects
of healthy lifestyle using health education and
health promotion strategies;
4. Create supportive environment for healthy
lifestyle through advocacy and policy
5. Work towards sustainability of the healthy
lifestyle program

2007 AHMP was launced and was implemented in 42

priority provinces
Strengths

The integrated approach to NCD prevention was

applied into local government units and other
settings.
Partnerships were formed between
organizations.
Sustainability efforts are done.
More projects, policies and action plans were
formed using the healthy lifestyle program as
basis.

Objectives

Provide social protection

To promote rights
and welfare of the
poor, vulnerable and the disadvantaged
individual, families, and communities

Weaknesses

Training on lifestyle diseases should be

updated, innovative and relevant.
IEC materials should be pre-tested,
culturally sensitive and distributed properly.
Advocacy skills for health workers should
be improved in order to gain support of
different sectors at the local level.
Relevant ordinances/regulations towards
healthy communities should be enacted and
enforced.
Relevant ordinances/regulations towards healthy
communities should be enacted and enforced,

Programs

Goat Production Project; Manukan, Isdaan,

Gulayan Para sa Masa - aims to alleviate

food supply through animal raising and

Failure of some agencies to perform its task
o Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973, as
vegetable gardening
Failed as a social protection mechanism
amended
Tindahan Natin (2005-2010) - Ensures
Inappropriateness of some programs to poor
o Water Code of the Philippines of 1976,
availability of basic commodities to poor
families
as amended
families
Failure to prioritize local produce
o RA 9275 Clean Water Act of 2004
Barangay Food Terminals (2006-present) No intervention to prolong shelf life of produce
o PD 1152 Environment Code
Outlets for nutritious, safe, and affordable
o RA 7160 Local Government Code
food commodities
IV. WASH
o National Policy on Urban Sewerage and
Food-for-School Program (2005-2010) Sanitation of 1994
involves provision of 1 kg of rice daily for
Background
o DENR Revised Effluent Regulations of
120 days to children in grade 3 and conduct
1990
of supplementary feedings
- refers to the provision of safe water for drinking,
o NPCC IRR on Domestic Waste Water
Coconut Intercropping and Salt Fertilization
washing and domestic activities, the safe
Disposal of 1981
Project - aims to improve productivity in
removal of waste (toilets and waste disposal) and
coconut areas
o
AO No. 2007-0012 - Philippine National
health promotion activities to encourage
Pabasa sa Nutrisyon Program (2007Standards for Drinking Water 2007
protective healthy behavioral practices amongst
present) - seeks to empower caregivers so
the affected population
Due to typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
that they can reduce the families'
- formerly called Water and Environmental
vulnerability to malnutriton through the
Sanitation (WES) until the United Nations (2007)
- Philippine Approach to Total Sanitation (PhATS)
adoption of proper nutrition practices and a
has realized the importance of hygiene education
Department of Health Government Lead
healthy lifestyle.
in the sustainability of the program
Agency
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
(2007- Present) - provides money to
UNICEF co-lead
Objective
extremely poor households to allow the
members of the families to meet certain
- to make a significant contribution to reaching the PhATS
human development goals.
MDGSs especially through action to half the
proportion of people without access to safe water Objectives
and sanitation
Strengths
- 2028: universal access (100%) to safe and
adequate sanitary facilities
Some international organizations involved in WASH:
Addressed the underlying and root causes of
2016: 60% of all barangays declared Zero Open
hunger
Defecation (ZOD) Areas; 85% of population will
- United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
Kept children in schools
have sanitary toilets; half of all municipalities
Center
for
Disease
Control
(CDC)
4Ps has expanded rapidly from 2010 up to date
have local sustainable sanitation promotion plans
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Addressed several factors contributing to hunger
- 2015: achievement of MDGs
and nutrition
In the Philippines
Several employment and livelihood generating
Strategy
programs
Strategy
- participatory demand creation for sanitation and
Weaknesses
- Legislations related to WASH
hygiene
o PD No. 856 The Code on Sanitation of
o communities
Problems of poor families from other provinces
the Philippines
o learning institutions
were not addressed.

sustaining demand through supply side

interventions
achieving total sanitation through solid & liquid
Waste Management, Drainage, Safe Water
Supply
knowledge management and accountability
enabling environment: Good Governance,
Resilience, DRR
Communication for Development C4D

high possibility of meeting its target (86.8% of the

population) with regards access to safe water by
2015
2014: 83.8 % of the population has
access to sanitary toilet facility

Based on The 2011 Annual Poverty Indicators

Survey (APIS) conducted by NSO, there is
continuous increase in number of families that
have access to safe drinking water and sanitary
toilets facilities
safe drinking water: from 78.1 % in 1998
to 84.4 % in 2011
sanitary toilets: from 80.4 % in 1998 to
91.6 % in 2011

Implementing Guidelines
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use of phased approach

100% ZOD with shared latrines (1:20)
baseline and planning at Barangay Level
Subsidize materials to be used
minimum health and hygiene promotion focusing
on 3 key messages
participatory planning including DRR focusing on
demand creation
use of DOH Standards for latrines
creation of WASH committee at Barangay level
implementation of reward system

Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) involved in

WASH program

PhATS towards ZOD

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Weaknesses
PhATS towards ZOD
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Philippine Center for Water and Sanitation

(PCWS) (1998)
WASH Coalition Pilipinas (2004)
A Single Drop to Safe Water and Singe Drop
Consultancy Services (ASD) (2006)

Strengths
Achievement of MDG

Small-scale success in remote, rural

communities
Exchange visits to ODF communities

No follow-up after CLTS training

High expectations (ceramic flush toilets which are
expensive and unaffordable)
History of free toilet bowls by LGUs and DOH
has resulted in a reluctance by rural households
to invest in household latrines
Reward system:
o Best Barangay Award does not relate to
ODF
reliant on sanitary inspectors
lack of progress data (documentation)
No ODF verification process

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