Table 1.

Weight for Age

Figure shows the magnitude of 0-59-month-old children malnutrition prevalence rate for the past five
(5) years considering weight for age. In the span of five years, the malnutrition prevalence rate of the
municipality has decrease from a reported 6.1% - Underweight and 1.3% Severely Underweight in 2014 to
only 2.3% and 0.4% respectively in 2018. In the year 2016, it has a rapid decrease in prevalence rate reported
both underweight and severely underweight. This was the year when NGO – PhilDHRAA Mindanao through
FRESH project implemented their program in the municipality directed to identified families with underweight
and severely underweight children. There had been immense capacity development of Barangay Nutrition
Committees, increasing food sources to the families, feeding program and behavior change. Moreover, the
prevalence rate of 3.0% underweight in 2016 to 2017 and 0.4% severely underweight in 2017 to 2018 is the
same.

Table 2. Length/Height for Age

Figure shows the magnitude of 0-59-month-old children malnutrition prevalence rate for the past five
(5) years considering length/height for age. In the span of five years, the malnutrition prevalence rate of the
municipality has decrease from a reported 16.6% - Stunted and 6.8% Severely Stunted in 2014 to only 6.9%
and 2.3% respectively in 2018. However, between the year 2016 to 2017 there has a slight increase of 0.4%
Stunted cases. This result is the effect that other barangays appointed new Barangay Nutrition Scholars that
were trained and being supplied with new assessment tools in determining nutritional status of the child.

Table 3. Weight for Length/Height

Figure shows the magnitude of 0-59-month-old children malnutrition prevalence rate for the past five
(5) years considering weight for length/height. In the span of five years, the malnutrition prevalence rate of
the municipality has a fluctuating trend. The highest peak recorded was in the year 2017 for wasted and 2015
for severely wasted. Nevertheless, in five years span, the prevalence rate decreased form reported 3.7%
wasted and 1.3 severely wasted in 2014 to 2.6% wasted and 1.0% severely wasted in 2018. The result
reported that this was associated with an acute shortage of food or food utilization due to natural calamity
like flood that frequently occurs in the municipality that last for 3 months before it subsides. Same with the
reason on the slight increase of prevalence rate as to length/height for age is that other barangays with
appointed new Barangay Nutrition Scholars were already trained and being provided with new assessment
tools in determining nutritional status of the child.
ISSUES AND CONCERN WITH INTERVENTION:
Issues and Concern
- Lack of budget for nutrition
program
- Lack of supplies and
materials, equipment and
commodities for nutrition
program
- Newly hired BNS
- Low Honorarium rate
- Old and defective
assessment tools
- Limited knowledge on Basic
Nutrition Reporting,
monitoring and evaluation
and basic computer literacy
- Presence of Malnourished
children
Intervention
- Lobby for additional funds for nutrition program
- Increase budget for materials and supplies, equipment
and commodities for nutrition program
- Capacity Development for newly hired BNS
- Purchase of BNS Kit to old and new BNS
- Increase budget for BNS Honorarium
- Procurement of new assessment tools for all BNS
- Continuous Capacity Development of BNS
- Training on Basic Computer Literacy
- Regular Monitoring
- Provision of Multivitamins for supplementation
- Provision of supplies/commodities for 120 days
supplemental feeding.
- Establishment of food garden (FAITH or ICFP) in all
barangay.
- Increase advocacy/massive campaign of Infant and
young child feeding program and other nutrition
programs.
- Provide and prioritize families with malnourished
children with sustainable livelihood projects.
- Increase awareness of Environmental Health and
Sanitation.

Recommendation:
Nutrition Policies is not enough to decrease the prevalence rate of undernutrition. It must be
significantly associated with the reduction of undernutrition in the municipality or operationalized by
streamlining with development agenda and having a concrete nutrition action plan with corresponding funds
that is enough to sustain the program involving other sectors. Therefore, increasing investment in the capacity
development in nutrition program management from the barangay level up to the municipality is essential to
have a better and brighter future for nutrition program.
TRAINING, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, COMMODITIES NEEDED:

Trainings:
- Computer Literacy to Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Barangay Health Workers

Supplies and Materials

Type of supplies and materials Quantity Amount
Bag (BNS Kit) – ball pen, pencil, ruler, clip 19 15,200.00
board, log book
Umbrella 19 2,850.00
Rain Coat 19 5,700.00
Rubber Boots 19 7,600.00
Cap 19 2,850.00

Equipment:
Type of equipment Quantity Amount
Hanging type weighing scale 19 123,500.00
Light weighted length/height board 19 142,500.00
Beam type weighing scale 16 320,000.00
Photo Copier machine 1 60,000.00

Commodities:
Type of commodity Quantity Amount
Supplementary Food Pack for Pregnant
Mother
RUTF for SAM
Iron Fortified Rice
Rice Mongo
Micronutrient powders
Multivitamins with Iron