𝘿𝙧. 𝘼𝙯𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖- 𝘿𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜, Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) delivered the Philippine Statement on Key Agenda Item No. 24.2 : 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 during the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva.

The statement highlighted that the Philippines supports the extension of the implementation of the global strategies or action plans for nursing and midwifery, digital health, and maternal, infant, and young child nutrition. These are critical in guiding and framing collective actions to maximize impact and accelerate actions towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. The extension of the comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition aligns with the country’s renewed commitment to end all forms of malnutrition. The government aims to scale up national and local health nutrition programs through a strengthened integrated strategy for maternal, neonatal, child health and nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life.

The statement ended with encouraging stronger collaboration among Member States, sharing expertise and solutions to ensure that strategies and action plans are provided with appropriate support through global cooperation, sustained investment, and policy alignment toward Universal Health Coverage and health security.