2014: 40th Nutrition Month Celebration Insights

"Kalamidad Paghandaan: Gutom at Malnutrition Agapan"
Get Ready for Calamities!

Many problems emanate from hunger and malnutrition, making it more difficult to cope with calamities. Preparing for food security during emergencies must be given sufficient priority by the government and citizens alike.

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"Prepare for emergencies to prevent hunger and malnutrition!" According to this year's theme it focuses on nutrition in emergencies aims to provide the venue for the general public to realize the importance of preparedness during emergencies, how to respond and what recovery measures can be taken to prevent death and worsening of malnutrition of affected population groups.

We all know that month of July is Nutrition Month Celebration. And as we all know every year there are aims to be done. This is it aims to:

* Promote interventions to address nutritional needs in emergencies and disasters including preparedness, response and recovery;

*Mobilize responders particularly the local nutrition clusters and stakeholders to address gaps in nutrition emergencies response from national to barangay levels; and

*Increase awareness among families and individuals on coping and resiliency strategies to prevent malnutrition and worsening of nutritional status in time of emergencies and disasters.

Leads focusing on the impact of emergencies and disasters, natural and human-induced on the nutritional status of affected population groups. Nutrition Emergencies refer to situations in which food security is often severely threatened causing increased risk to malnutrition, illness and death. Nutrition in emergencies, on the other hand, refers to key malnutrition services that are components of emergency preparedness, response and recovery phases aimed at preventing death and worsening of malnutrition in the affected population, particularly in the most nutritionally - vulnerable mothers and other older persons.

Sama-sama nating isulong ang pagkain ng mga masusustansyang pagkain at laging paghandaan ang anumang kalamidad na dadaan upang tayo'y makaiwas sa kapahamakan.