BARANGAY

NUTRITION ACTION
PLAN
2023–2025

GLAN PADIDU,GLAN,
SARANGANI PROVINCE

NUTRITION:

Key to

GOOD Health

and

LONG Life
 ACRONYMS

BNS – Barangay Nutrition Scholar

DILG – Department of the Interior and Local Government
DOH – Department of Health
FHSIS – Field Health Service Information System
FNRI – Food and Nutrition Research Institute
F1K – First 1,000 Days
GIDA – Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas
IFA – Iron Folic Acid
IP – Indigenous People
LGU – Local Government Unit
LNAP – Local Nutrition Action Plan
NDHS – National Demographic and Health Survey
NEDA – National Economic and Development Authority
NGO – Non-government Organizations
NiEm – Nutrition in Emergencies
NAO – Nutrition Action Officer
NNC – National Nutrition Council
NNS – National Nutrition Survey
PDP – Philippine Development Plan
PNC – Provincial Nutrition Committee
PPAN – Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition
RPAN – Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition
 Message from the Barangay Captain
Barangay Nutrition Committee

The Barangay Local Government Unit of GLAN-PADIDU remains persistent in

providing service to our fellow Glanians and nearby barangays. The need for proper healthcare
and nutrition assistance requires appropriate intervention and cooperation from the community.
Several factors such as the health needs of the community and the topography of the barangay
are also being considered in providing appropriate healthcare assistance to our residents that
even the farthest sitio may be able to receive. Thus, we recognize the need to elevate and
refurbish programs and services in order to address the present need of our stakeholders - our
people.

To continue to support the program of our government in addressing malnutrition, we are

presenting the Barangay Nutrition Action Plan (BNAP) of the Barangay Local Government Unit
of Small Glan-Padidu of the Municipality of Glan, Sarangani Province. This will serve as our
guide in addressing malnutrition issues, its causes and proper interventions. This action plan will
direct our barangay in implementing a step-by-step guide on how to reduce malnutrition cases in
our community. Imposing this action plan requires strategic planning to make certain of its
effectiveness upon implementation. The need for this plan was based on the gathered facts and
figures of our local government unit thus leading to the creation of this program. This program
will enable us to identify the reasons for malnutrition in all ages, the possible root causes and the
appropriate interventions we can apply may it be a program or activities that we may adopt in
our community. The development of an area is not just the responsibility of those in position
rather a collective responsibility of the government and the people.

The barangay aims to continue providing quality healthcare services, programs, and
activities that will improve the healthcare status of the barangay. It is our goal that the people
will feel its impact and improvement in our community. Moreover, we sincerely recognize our
stakeholders who are giving their unwavering support to all the programs, projects and activities
made by the barangay. This will not be possible without the brains and hearts that you possess
for the growth and development of our community.

JEAN B. SALAPA
Barangay Captain

INTRODUCTION

1. The 2028 target outcomes of PPAN 2023-2028 cannot be achieved without all
LGUs improving their nutrition program in their provinces, cities and
municipalities. The LGU action is imperative if the nation is to change the
nutrition landscape in the country which the National Nutrition Council (NNC)
calls alarming.

2. Malnutrition is associated with half of child mortality in the Philippines and more
than half of child morbidity.

3. Stunting in particular affects 4.6 million under five-year-old children equivalent to

every one in three Filipino child today. The negative impact of stunting on the
brain development of the child is well established. The brain of stunted children is
40 percent smaller than those of the normal child. And the frontal lobe
 responsible for analysis, communication and memory are severely degraded in
the brains of stunted children. On the other hand, individuals with reduced
functioning of the ventral prefrontal cortex of the brain, especially during
childhood, tend to have severe antisocial behavior and impaired moral judgment.
All told, the children who survived but had stunting when they were 0-24 months
old have finish less schooling years, less income from work and have less
healthier families. The cost of malnutrition in the Philippines is about 4B US
dollars every year roughly about 3 percent of our GDP. The cost is like having a
Yolanda every year devastating the country’s precious assets – our young
people and future citizens.

4. Stunting is not the only form of malnutrition affecting our country. Wasting affects
about 1 million children equivalent to 7.8 percent of children under five. The
Philippines is second to shortest in ASEAN, 9 th in the global burden in stunting
and 10th in wasting. Overweight and obesity is on the rise among children 0-5
and several micronutrient deficiencies are above public health norms of the WHO
including Vitamin A, iron deficiency and iodine.

5. The Municipal Nutrition Action Plan for 2023-2025 is a plan formulated by the
leadership of the Municipal Mayor with the Municipal Committee members and
the constituent elected leadership in the LGUs covered by the municipality.

BARANGAY PROFILE

Glan Padidu is a barangay in the municipality

of Glan, in the province of Sarangani. Its population as
determined by the 2020 Census was 4,674. This
represented 4.27% of the total population of Glan.
Glan Padidu is situated at approximately 5.8414,
125.2190, in the island of Mindanao. Elevation at
these coordinates is estimated at 17.0 meters or 55.8
feet above mean sea level

1. Population Size and Growth Rate

According to the 2015 Census, the age group with the highest population in Glan
Padidu is 10 to 14, with 497 individuals. Conversely, the age group with the lowest
population is 80 and over, with 33 individuals.
1.1. Comparative Household Population by Age Group and Sex: CY 2015,
CY 2015

Age group Population (2015) Age group percentage

Under 1 71 1.52%
1 to 4 432 9.26%
5 to 9 467 10.01%
10 to 14 497 10.66%
 Age group Population (2015) Age group percentage
15 to 19 444 9.52%
20 to 24 396 8.49%
25 to 29 379 8.13%
30 to 34 321 6.88%
35 to 39 333 7.14%
40 to 44 289 6.20%
45 to 49 254 5.45%
50 to 54 223 4.78%
55 to 59 176 3.77%
60 to 64 140 3.00%
65 to 69 106 2.27%
70 to 74 57 1.22%
75 to 79 46 0.99%
80 and over 33 0.71%
Total 4,664 100.00%

Combining age groups together, those aged 14 and below, consisting of

the young dependent population which include infants/babies, children and young
adolescents/teenagers, make up an aggregate of 31.45% (1,467). Those aged 15 up to
64, roughly, the economically active population and actual or potential members of the
work force, constitute a total of 63.36% (2,955). Finally, old dependent population
consisting of the senior citizens, those aged 65 and over, total 5.19% (242) in all.
The computed Age Dependency Ratios mean that among the population of Glan
Padidu, there are 50 youth dependents to every 100 of the working age population;
there are 8 aged/senior citizens to every 100 of the working population; and overall,
there are 58 dependents (young and old-age) to every 100 of the working
population.The median age of 25 indicates that half of the entire population of Glan
Padidu are aged less than 25 and the other half are over the age of 25.

VISION, MISSION, GOALS, OBJECTIVES

VISION

As the premier tourist destination and considered the "Coco Queen of the
South", inspired by dedicated leadership of the local government tailored to
empowering the populace in all sectors of well-being that is hard-wearing and
ecologically balanced society with whole commitment to the development of the
community.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION VISION

Healthy and Empowered Glanian through the application of public health and
nutrition principles and interventions, under a Dynamic Leadership, living in an
ecologically sound environment, with well managed resources, sustained by quality
health care for a productive meaningful life under the guidance of the divine providence.
 MISSION

MISSION
To protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness
among them where:

Healthcare recipients receive ample and reachable health assistance from the
government.
Health workers can be able to give appropriate treatments and aid the patients'
health needs.
Barangay Healthcare Management that provides quality, accessible and reliable
Healthcare system that is free for all.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION MISSION

Providing quality health care services thru participative governance in the
practice of public health and nutrition and cohesive citizenry to improve the
quality of life of all Glanians especially underprivileged.

GOALS

SOCIAL. To sustain the basic needs and well-being of the people through
equitable delivery of quality social services to ensure the welfare and
protection of a God-centered and peace loving community.

ECONOMIC. To ensure sustainable economic growth in attaining a

productive agri-fishery resources, and tourism industry towards inclusive
development.

ENVIRONMENT. To pursue sustainable development through protection,

conservation, restoration and enhancement of natural resources for a safer
adaptive and resilient community for the future generations.

INFRASTRUCTURE. To build adequate and disaster resilient infrastructure

facilities and amenities accessible to the communities geared towards
progress and development.
 INSTITUTIONAL. To promote proactive, transparent, accountable, efficient
and participatory local governance through sound fiscal management and
legislative support.

NUTRITION SITUATION AND CHALLENGES

Barangay Glan-Padidu continues to be challenged by the serious malnutrition

situation prevailing among the population. In particular, the barangay continues to face
persistent problems of malnutrition such as stunting, wasting, underweight,
overweight/obesity and specific micronutrient deficiencies that seriously affect children
and mothers.

The barangay with the municipal government and concerned provincial and
national authorities continue to assess, monitor, and to seek adequate responses to the
alarming situation.

Definitions of Undernutrition, Stunting, Wasting, Overnutrition

Undernutrition is a condition which captures both past and present nutritional status. It
is the result of eating an inadequate quantity of food over an extended period of time.
Undernutrition impairs the physical function of an individual to the point where he or she
can no longer maintain an adequate level of growth. Most vulnerable to undernutrition
are the young children and pregnant mothers.

Stunting/Underheight is a condition in which the child’s height is less than expected

for his/her age (underheight-for-age). It reflects chronic undernutrition or past nutritional
status caused by prolonged inadequate intake, recurrence of illness, or improper
feeding practices.

Wasting/thinness is a condition in which the weight of the child is less than expected
for his/her height (underweight-for-height). Wasting occurs with acute food deprivation
or presence of illness such as infection, or a combination of food lack and illness in the
immediate past nutritional status.

Overnutrition is an imbalanced nutritional status resulting from excessive intake of

nutrients. Generally, overnutrition generates an energy imbalance between food
consumption and energy expenditure leading to disorders such as obesity.

Table 2: Status of Malnutrition, 2023

Form of Prevalence Actual

malnutrition Number
1. Underweight +
severely
underweight
2. Stunted +
Severely Stunted
3.Wasted + Severely
Wasted
4. Overweight +
Obese
5. Low BMI
6.High BMI
 PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRION IN Glan-Padidu

3.50%

3.00%

2.50%

2.00%

1.50%

1.00%

0.50%

0.00%
Underweight Stunted Wasted Overweight

2021 2022 2023

In Barangay there were forms of malnutrition exist namely, Underweight,

Stunting, Wasting, Overweight and Low Birthweight Infants among 0-59 months old
Childen and Low BMI and High BMI among Pregnant Mothers. In the OPT, 2023
results, total 0-59 months and preschoolers weighed is 419 ( 101.5%).

Out of 101.5% of 0-59 months old weighed, Glan-Padidu reported 7 (1.7%) of

Underweight, 6 (1.4%) and no report on wasting and overweight. Stunting, 82 (0.57%)
Wasting and 41 (0.28%) Overweight. For the last 3 years, there has been a significant
decrease in all Malnutrition Status in the municipality of Glan. Among the four (4)
Malnutrition Status, underweight has the highest prevalence rate of 1. 7% followed by
Stunting 1.4. We have 13 Malnourished children.

Majority of the parents of Malnourished Children were Elementary Level, not

employed and their income ranges to 1000-5000 monthly, the families with
malnourished children have more than 4 and above number of children that can be
considered under Large Family Size.

CONSEQUENCES AND CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION

These were factors that were noted that affect the nutritional status of the
children in Glan particularly in Glan-Padidu. Primarily, poverty, most of our
malnourished children has parents with unstable source of income. Also, parents have
poor health seeking behaviors. Some were also uncooperative whenever there are
programs given by government. Furthermore, most families have poor sanitary and
hygiene conditions. Finally, parents have little to no knowledge about proper nutrition.
 Although there are many factors affect malnutrition in the in the community and
the entire municipality. The BLGU together with RHU Glan work hand-in-hand to
address these problems. LGU initiated a budget allocation to purchase dietary
supplements for the children. Interagency Coordination was also done. For instance,
RHU coordinated with MSWDO to prioritize parents with malnourished child to enroll
them in the Cash for Work Program. In addition, we also coordinated with OMAG for
seedlings to be given to the families for them to have a vegetable garden at their
backyard. Finally, Information Education Campaigns were also done for the families to
be educated with proper nutrition. By and large, the LGU Glan and RHU Glan are doing
their best to eradicate or minimize malnutrition in the Municipality.

Food security will largely be affected, especially if timely, effective and efficient
intervention are not put in place. Insufficient food supply, poverty levels, and possibly
heightened social unrest and conflict in certain areas in the locality and even among the
indigenous tribes.

Proactive planning in sustainable agriculture programs, projects and activities will

help in attaining poverty eradication, sufficient nutrition and secure livelihood goals.

The agriculture sector has already identified priority program in rural areas,
including the impacts of climate change (natural disaster) such as flood, landslide and
storm surge. All programs related to Agri-aqua farming & fishing are implemented to
ensure food security and neglected food security. Moreover, the locality is formulated an
ordinance to encourage all household to establish backyard gardening with
corresponding incentive as yearly activities in the celebration of nutrition month.

The BLGU of Glan-Padidu recognize the multi-dimensional and multi-sectoral

nature of their malnutrition problem. This situation analysis considers two frameworks –
UNICEF framework for maternal and child undernutrition and the ASEAN conceptual
framework of malnutrition. The same frameworks were used in the Philippine Plan of
Action for Nutrition 2017-2022. Both frameworks note that undernutrition is caused by
the immediate factors of inadequate dietary intake and disease, and by the underlying
causes of food insecurity, poor caring and feeding practices, unhealthy household
environment and poor health services. These immediate and underlying causes are, in
turn, linked to basic causes that relate to the distribution of resources, and sociocultural,
economic, and political factors, among others.

PREVALENCE OF UNDERWEIGHT
AND STUNTING

Inadequate Food Intake Poor Health Status/Presence of Illness

IMMEDIATE CAUSES

Poor Health Status/Presence of Illness

Sickness and disease can easily lead to malnutrition as the body loses appetite
for food, or is unable to properly absorb food, and rapidly depletes its nutritional stores.
Malnutrition can be a consequence of health issues such as gastroenteritis or chronic
illness like tuberculosis. Diarrhea and other infections, such as acute respiratory
infections and parasite infections, can cause malnutrition through decreased nutrient
absorption, decreased intake of food, increased metabolic requirements, and direct
nutrient loss. Disease and malnutrition often constitute a vicious cycle, as
undernourished children are more vulnerable to almost all infectious diseases.

Table 3. Ten (10) Leading Causes of Morbidity, 2023

Morbidity Number
 Source: Vital Statistics CY 2023

Table 3 shows the data on Ten Leading causes of Morbidity of Barangay Glan-
Padidu. In 2023, Glan-Padidu reported 145 cases of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)
consistently top as the leading cause of morbidity for the past three years (2020-2023.
Meanwhile, hypertension as the top 3 leading cause of morbidity and is the second
leading cause of mortality for 2021 at a 69 cases per 100,000 population. Lifestyle
diseases are the most protruding cause of mortality in 2023 for the community. This is
seen as a national trend due to the increasing lifestyle related and degenerative
diseases. However, these diseases are in fact, can be prevented.

Inadequate Food intake

Inadequate calorie and nutrient intake are primarily caused by the low purchasing power
of families as well as not having the appropriate correct knowledge and practice on
optimal infant and young child feeding.

UNDERLYING CAUSES

Food Insecurity

Food insecurity refers to a lack of access to enough good, healthy, and culturally
appropriate food. In the 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report,
the Philippines recorded the greatest number of food insecure people in Southeast Asia
in 2017 to 2019, with 59 million Filipinos suffering from moderate to severe lack of
consistent access to food. The Social Weather Stations has reported that over a tenth of
all Filipinos, or about 2.5 million families, had suffered from involuntary hunger during
the last quarter of 2021.

Inadequate care for mothers and children

The National Policies on Infant & Young Child Feeding provide the guidelines for
improving the survival of infants and young children by improving their nutritional status,
growth and development through optimal feeding anchored on exclusive breastfeeding
from 0-6 months, early initiation within one hour after birth, provision of timely, adequate
and safe complementary foods at six months while continuing breastfeeding up to two
years old and beyond. The First One Thousand Days enhances these interventions
further.

The First 1,000 Days

Malnutrition and its causes in the community may be best understood by first
looking at the first one thousand (1000) days or the period of pregnancy to the first two
years of life of the child. Studies point out that proper care and services such as ante-
natal care, birthing, postnatal care, breastfeeding, and the adequate feeding and care
for 6-23 months-old children are critical to the prevention and reduction of stunting and
other forms of malnutrition.

The various forms of malnutrition in Glan-Padidu persist as serious public health

issues, despite efforts to improve the nutrition status of the population. The province
and the municipality have undertaken to implement key interventions, foremost among
which is the national government’s First One Thousand Days Program. Table 2
presents selected indicators of care and services considered vital for proper health and
nutrition of pregnant/lactating mothers and their newborns/ infants during this most
critical period from gestation to first twenty-four months of life. The table further shows
the gaps in coverage of services and care for mothers and infants relative to the
standards of the First One Thousand Days Program (F1K) of the Department of Health
(FHSIS and NDHS data).

Table 4. First 1,000 Days Indicators of Compliance and Results of Interventions

Source of
Selected Indicators of Services and Care during the FIK LGU
Data
Proportion of pregnant women with four or more prenatal FHSIS
visits (percent) 2022
Proportion of pregnant women given complete iron with folic FHSIS
acid supplements 2022
Percentage of women receiving two or more tetanus toxoid FHSIS
injections during last pregnancy 2022
Percentage of births delivered in a health facility FHSIS2022
Percent of livebirths with birthweight <2,500 grams (i.e. low FHSIS
birth weight) 2022
Percent of infants 0-5 months old who are exclusively FHSIS
breastfed 2022
Percentage Distribution of Infants Seen and Exclusively FHSIS
Breastfed until 6 months 2022
 Percentage Distribution of Infants 6-11 months old given Iron NO FHSI 2022
DATA
Percentage Distribution of children Aged 12-59 months given NO FHSIS
iron DATA 2022
Percentage Distribution of Infants Aged 6-11 mos. given FHSIS
Vitamin A 2022
Percentage of children aged 12-59 mos given Vitamin A FHSIS
2022
Percentage of Infants 6-11 months old who received FHSIS
micronutrient 2022
hpowder (MNP)
Percentage of Children 12-23 months old who received FHSIS
micronutrient powder (MNP) 2022
Mean duration of exclusive breastfeeding NO NNS 2015
DATA
Mean duration of breastfeeding NO NNS 2015
DATA
Breastfeeding with complementary Feeding of 6-11 months FHSIS
2022
Breastfeeding with complementary Feeding of 12-23 months NO NNS 2015
DATA
Percentage of children 6-23 months meeting Minimum NO NNS 2015
Dietary Diversity (MDD) DATA
Percentage of children 6-23 months meeting the Minimum NO NNS 2015
Meal Frequency (MMF) DATA
Percentage of children 6-23 months meeting the Minimum NO NNS, 2015
Acceptable Diet (MAD) DATA

Insufficient Health services

The natural and physical condition of the community hindered the delivery of
health services to the population in need and the least fortunate constituents of the
locality. The workforce of the Barangay Health Station is less effective due the terrain,
and the inadequate transport facilities and utilities of the Local Government Unit.
Another factor is cultural indifferences and religious convictions of the populace with
respect to health needs and services.

The present number of health personnel employed in the barangay is insufficient

to serve the entire population in the community, especially those in the hinterland sitios.
The community needs more health staff – especially nurses, midwives, and sanitary
inspectors, Barangay health workers - to meet the existing and future demands of the
population.
 The barangay reports a shortage of adequate Barangay Nutrition Centers and
poor implementation of nutrition and supplemental feeding programs. There is a need to
conduct massive nutrition education campaigns among young mothers.

Unhealthy household environment – access to water and sanitation

Environmental sanitation plays an important role in the prevention of infectious

diseases, and consequently in the reduction of malnutrition. Most of these diseases are
acute respiratory infections, micronutrient deficiencies and diarrhea. Diarrhea is mostly
an outcome of the use of unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and hygiene.

Table 5. Percentage of Households with Access to Improved or Safe Water

Supply, 2022

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Total # of Source:
No. of
HH No. of HH % % No. of HH %
HH

Environmental Sanitation Report

ROOT CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION

Malnutrition in Barangay Glan-Padidu is a critical problem intertwined with the

development of the municipality and province. Improving programs around the first 1000
days seems most logical and intelligent use of additional resources given already
existing programs to work from; adjustments in the preschool and school nutrition
program is also feasible as they require relatively incremental local investments. While a
recent study, “Assessment of the Nutrition Governance for Maternal and Young Child
Nutrition Security” observed that many of the Local Nutrition Action Plans are not
integrated in the Annual Investment Plan of the LGUs, the strengthening of the enabling
environment will require closer support and resources from the provincial government
and the Municipal Nutrition committee especially in local government mobilization. The
introduction of nutrition sensitive programs in existing economic and livelihood as well
as infrastructure projects to short-cut the trickle-down approach is a must be given the
poverty linked to malnutrition.
 The short term and medium-term landscape of all forms of malnutrition in the
community can be addressed by nutrition specific programs, majority of which are
related to the health and nutrition supportive programs. The long-term prospect of
transforming the municipality’s poor performance in nutrition can be achieved by
addressing both the (1) enabling factors that play a huge role in the planning, resourcing
and management of nutrition programs and (2) basic causes of malnutrition.

The Barangay Nutrition Action Plan (BNAP) 2023-2025 of barangay Glan-Padidu

was formulated in full recognition of these nutritional problems and their dimensions.
The BNAP defines targeted outcomes and sub-outcomes in terms of key nutrition
indicators. It identifies programs and projects that will be pursued to achieve these
targets.

The Barangay Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023-2025 of Brgy. Glan-Padidu is

aligned with the over-all vision of the municipality of Glan. The Barangay Plan also
supports the goals of the Municipal, Provincial and Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition
for Region XII and the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023-2028 to improve the
nutrition situation of the country as a contribution to: (1) the achievement of
Ambisyon Natin 2040, (2) reducing inequality in human development outcomes, and (3)
reducing child and maternal mortality.

Table 6. 2025 Outcome Targets

2025 Outcome
Indicator
Targets
Outcome targets
Prevalence of stunted children under five years old

Prevalence of wasted children under five years old

Prevalence of wasted among elementary and high school

children.

Prevalence of overweight children under five years old

Prevalence of overweight among elementary and high

.
school children

Sub-outcome targets

Prevalence of nutritionally-at-risk pregnant women (low &

high BMI)

Prevalence of low birthweight

Percentage of infants 5 months old who are exclusively

breastfed

Key Strategies to Achieve BNAP 2025 Targets

To achieve the 2025 outcome targets, the following key strategies will be implemented:
1. Focus on the first 1000 days of life. The first 1000 days of life refer to the
period of pregnancy up to the first two years of the child. The LNAP will ensure
that key health, nutrition, early education and related services are delivered to
ensure the child’s optimum physical and mental development during this period.
2. Complementation of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs.
The local planners ensured that there is a good mix of nutrition-specific and
nutrition-sensitive interventions in the BNAP. Nutrition-specific interventions
“address the immediate determinants of fetal and child nutrition and
development”. Nutrition-sensitive interventions, on the other hand, were identified
in order to address the underlying determinants of malnutrition (inadequate
 access to food, inadequate care for women and children, and insufficient health
services and unhealthy environment).
3. Intensified mobilization of local government units. Mobilization of BLGU will
aim to transform low-intensity nutrition programs to those that will deliver targeted
nutritional outcomes.
4. Reaching geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) and
communities of indigenous peoples. Efforts to ensure that BNAP programs
are designed and implemented to reach out to GIDAs and communities of
indigenous peoples will be pursued.
5. Complementation of actions of national, sub-national and local
governments. As LGUs are charged with the delivery of services, including
those related to nutrition, the national and sub-national government creates the
enabling environment through appropriate policies and continuous capacity
building of various stakeholders. This twinning of various reinforcing projects in
the LNAP will provide a cushion for securing outcomes in case of a shortfall/gaps
in implementing one of the programs.

BNAP 2023-2025 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MATRIX

The BNAP of Barangay consists of (no) projects which follow the major programs of the
Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023-2025. The BNAP provides the necessary
focus on the First 1000 Days given its huge potential in addressing the major nutritional
issues in the municipality and in the country.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR ORGANIZATION AND COORDINATION

The Implementation Plan of Barangay Nutrition Action Plan defines the individual
institutional accountability for each of the projects and common accountabilities with
respect to outcome targets. The BNAP then consists of individual and shared
accountabilities to deliver outputs and outcomes. The delivery of outcomes and outputs
which entail institutional resources and are ultimately the responsibility of the
accountable agencies.

Institutional accountabilities also include accountability for coordination of the

BNAP. The Municipal Nutrition Committee, as the counterpart body of the Regional
Nutrition Committee of Region XII as well as the NNC Governing Board, shall primarily
serve as the mechanism to oversee the progressive implementation of the BNAP. This
function covers integrating and harmonizing actions for nutrition improvement at the
provincial level. It will be composed of the same agencies as the NNC Governing Board
and the Regional Nutrition Committee with additional member agencies as may be
needed and appropriate for the province/city/municipality. The MNC will continue to
coordinate nutrition actions at the provincial, city, and municipal levels.

The functions of the Local Nutrition Committee are: to formulate, coordinate,

monitor, and evaluate the municipal nutrition action plan. It also extends technical
assistance to lower-level local nutrition committees along with nutrition program
management. The membership of the MNC may be expanded to include
stakeholders/partners deemed to contribute to the effective implementation of the BNAP
and achievement of set nutrition outcomes supported by an enabling policy issuance. It
may create technical working groups and other similar inter-agency groups to address
issues and strengthen interagency coordination.

In the discharge of each local coordination function including of the BNAP,

processes have been instituted in the past and will continue to be harnessed for the
delivery of the BNAP. The MNC shall facilitate the following: 1) formulation of the
Annual Municipal Operational or Work and Financial Plan to support the implementation
of MNAP; 2) convening of the MNC quarterly meetings; and 3) annual program
implementation review of the MNAP.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION SCHEME

The overall implementation plan is the reference document for designing the
monitoring system including annual program implementation reviews, mid-term reviews
and the end-of-plan evaluation.

As a management tool, the management meetings and quarterly reporting of the

Municipal Nutrition Committee will be used as a platform for LGU monitoring of the
MNAP. While the report is important, it is the discussion at the MNC that is more vital in
terms of ensuring that corrections/revisions/improvements/enhancements are
undertaken by individual agencies and the MNC in response to the emerging issues and
problems in implementation. The management decision in the quarterly meetings will
guide the Regional Nutrition Committee and the NNC Regional office in following up on
MNAP implementation.

At the end of each year, the MNC will convene an annual Program
Implementation Review (PIR) which is conducted every quarter of the year. This will
allow MNC member agencies and local government units to integrate revisions to the
program/s for the coming budget year. The PIR, benefiting from initial annual progress
reports from the agencies, undertakes a rigorous and reflective analysis of the
experience in the implementation for the year to design improvements in the Plan for
the following year. During the implementation year, the Municipal Nutrition Office will
collect important nuggets of lessons that can guide the planning for the coming year in
addition to what will be brought by the agencies in the PIR.

Directory of Members of the Local Nutrition Committee

Barangay Captain Roldan R. Daquigan-09774562306

Kagawad on Health Arthuro A. Amparo-09994215587

School Nurse Jerlyn Joy Q. Daquigan-09195846739

School Principal Corinna J. Falgui-09215043293

Day Care Worker Melissa D. Daquigan-09518264917

Maryjane P. Balandan09367037395
Day Care Worker Yunicel Z. Orcullo-09979662038

DOH Nurse Mint L G Ani Lei V. Alicer, RN-09264694632

Barangay Nutrition Schoolar Shirly A. Mahilum-09094128295

Francisca D. Duenas- 09535974399

Barangay Health Worker Jelyn C. Tolentino-09677300823

Manilyn Amoguis-09355683649

Jean Asilo- 09368151947