The Philippines Multisectoral Nutrition Project

The development objective of Multisectoral Nutrition Project for Philippines is to increase the utilization of a package of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions and improve key behaviors and practices known to reduce stunting in targeted local government units. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Strengthened Delivery of Nutrition and Primary Health Services, has the following sub-components: (i) Primary Health Care Support; (ii) Health and Nutrition Service Systems Strengthening; and (iii) Technical Assistance to Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). 2) The second component, Community-Based Nutrition Service Delivery and Multisectoral Nutrition Convergence, aims to focus on multisectoral interventions that aim to prevent childhood undernutrition, and especially stunting, at the community and household levels. 3) The third component, Institutional Strengthening, Monitoring and Evaluation and Communication, will include two subcomponents, one under Department of Health (DOH), and the other under Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).