Standard Project Report 2016
• Activities: Stunting prevention programme( in Maguindanao, Lanao Del Norte and Lanao Del Sur)
The number of municipalities where stunting prevention programme is being implemented increased from two( in 2015) to 17( 2016), having the initial two municipalities as pilot areas. Increase in the areas of implementation was carried out with consideration to resources constraints that led to reaching only 26 percent of beneficiaries and 15 percent of commodities distributed compared to the project plan.
The 17 municipalities now have a cumulative programme coverage of 90 percent children( 13,901 out of 15,441) aged 6-23 months, which is above the 70 percent WFP corporate target. The 17 areas are composed of 10 municipalities in Maguindanao and five( 5) municipalities in Lanao del Sur( in the ARMM) plus two( 2) municipalities in Lanao del Norte( Region 10). The number of enroled children was computed using the actual unique beneficiaries that were reached during the period in the health facilities, while the target number of children’ s population was computed using the Philippine Statistics Authority( PSA) data.
Further, only 66 percent( 11,828 out of the 17,922 target) of the pregnant and lactating women( PLWs) was covered this year for the 17 municipalities, in contrast to the 77 percent( 2,765 out of 3827) in 2015 from the 2 municipalities. Mass movement has also increased the coverage of PLWs last year. The Department of Health( DOH) standard formula for computing PLWs is 4.7 percent of the population. Just the same, actual number of PLWs covered are unique and the target number uses PSA data.
Two challenges faced in computing population data are the bloated figures declared by some municipalities especially in the ARMM and the differences in the formula for projecting population. This is being reviewed by the DoH for coherence and consistency.
Due to limited funding, the CO was not able to conduct a cross-sectional survey to determine the proportion of 6-23 months children who participated in the stunting prevention programme as recommended.
Being enroled in the programme entitles a participant to a monthly nutritional assessment, health care services such as prenatal and postnatal, management of childhood diseases, vitamin supplementation, nutrition education and counselling, and provision of specialized nutritious food all provided by the trained health personnel. The personnel were trained on Infant and Young Child Feeding( IYCF) counselling, nutritional assessment and provided with anthropometric equipment and other materials while programme managers were provided with technical assistance in planning and implementation.
The 2016 result on the proportion of children consuming the minimum acceptable diet( MAD) showed a decline of 22 percent from the previous year. Nonetheless, the current decline as observed in the year-end monitoring still exhibits a significant improvement in the context of an undermining situation back in mid-2015 when the nutritional status of the target population started to deteriorate with the set of El Niño. An analysis of the MAD during the EFSA in March 2016 reported that only 8.7 percent of children 6-23 months were eating well or 9 out of 10 children aged 6-23 months did not meet the minimum acceptable diet. In other words, the intervention period following the EFSA-generated result( 57.38) which is significantly higher than the 2015 baseline EFSA( 47 percent) and the 2016 EFSA( 8 percent, during the height of El Niño) in the programme areas.
Aside from the nutrition support received by the household, some beneficiaries also received entitlements under the FFA programme. As farming is the main livelihood of the majority of households, the drought severely affected their income which eventually impaired the diet of the children.
• Strategic Objective: Reduce risk and enable people, communities and countries to meet their own food and nutrition needs( SO3)
• Outcome: Risk reduction capacity of countries, communities and institutions strengthened
• Activities: Capacity development
WFP, through its disaster preparedness and response programme, supported the national and local government units, the academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, and communities to increase their capacities in preparedness and response and reduce their vulnerabilities to risks and hazards. This capacity development was done by facilitating training sessions, providing emergency response equipment, and supporting mitigation activities.
Some of the training provided to the national and local authorities ranged from risk communication and search and rescue, establishment of early warning systems, incident command systems, development of a local climate change action plan, and community evacuation plans. Outputs of the trainings included development of a business continuity plan, creation of a rapid damage assessment and needs analysis team.
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