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A Community-Led Central Kitchen Model For School Feeding Programs In The Philippines: Learnings For Multisectoral Action For Health, Vanessa T. Siy Van, Carmina P. Siguin, Andrew C. Lacsina, Lean Franzl Yao, Zarah G. Sales, Normahitta P. Gordoncillo, Leslie Advincula-Lopez, Joselito T. Sescon, Eden Delight Miro
A Community-Led Central Kitchen Model For School Feeding Programs In The Philippines: Learnings For Multisectoral Action For Health, Vanessa T. Siy Van, Carmina P. Siguin, Andrew C. Lacsina, Lean Franzl Yao, Zarah G. Sales, Normahitta P. Gordoncillo, Leslie Advincula-Lopez, Joselito T. Sescon, Eden Delight Miro
Health Sciences Faculty Publications
In devolved governments like the Philippines, local government units (LGUs) must be engaged to develop and coordinate responses to tackle the multisectoral problem of childhood undernutrition. However, current Philippine nutrition interventions, such as decentralized school feeding programs (SFPs), generally rely on the national government, public school teachers, or the private sector for implementation, with mixed results. The central kitchen model for SFPs was developed by 2 Philippine nongovernmental organizations and facilitated large-scale in-school feeding through community multisectoral action. This case study documented coordination processes in February 2018 for 1 urban city and 1 rural province-the model's earliest large-scale implementation sites-that …
Implementation Of National Action Plans On Noncommunicable Diseases, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand And Viet Nam, Titiporn Tuangratananon, Sangay Wangmo, Nimali Widanapathirana, Suladda Pongutta, Shaheda Viriyathorn, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Kouland Thin, Somil Nagpal, Christian Edward L. Nuevo, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Maria Elizabeth Puyat-Murga, Laksono Trisnantoro, Kinzang Wangmo, Nalida Wellappuli, Phuong Hoang Thi, Tuan Khuong Anh, Thinley Zangmo, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
Implementation Of National Action Plans On Noncommunicable Diseases, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand And Viet Nam, Titiporn Tuangratananon, Sangay Wangmo, Nimali Widanapathirana, Suladda Pongutta, Shaheda Viriyathorn, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Kouland Thin, Somil Nagpal, Christian Edward L. Nuevo, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Maria Elizabeth Puyat-Murga, Laksono Trisnantoro, Kinzang Wangmo, Nalida Wellappuli, Phuong Hoang Thi, Tuan Khuong Anh, Thinley Zangmo, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
Health Sciences Faculty Publications
By 2016, Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) had developed and implemented national action plans on noncommunicable diseases in line with the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (2013–2020). In 2018, we assessed the implementation status of the recommended best-buy noncommunicable diseases interventions in seven Asian countries: Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. We gathered data from a range of published reports and directly from health ministries. We included interventions that addressed the use of tobacco and alcohol, inadequate physical activity and high salt intake, as well as health-systems …