Nutrition Month Theme 2014

"KALAMIDAD PAGHANDAAH: Gutom at Malnutrisyon Agapan"

                     The 2014  Nutrition Month Theme aims to promote and uphold interventions to address the nutritional needs in emergencies and disasters including preparedness, responses and recovery. It also aims to trigger appropriate, coherent and timely responses. Moreover, it stresses a public responsibility to develop an attitude of "I am ready", especially among the most nutritionally vulnerable population and hazard-prone areas in the country. This years' nutrition month theme also aims to mobilize responses particularly the local nutrition clusters and stakeholders to address gaps in nutrition in emergencies response from national to barangay levels and to increase awareness among families and individuals on coping and resiliency strategies to prevent malnutrition and worsening of nutritional status in times of emergencies and disasters. This years' Nutrition Month Celebration shall focus in "Nutrition in emergencies".