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Read more: Prevent teenage pregnancy to end cycle of malnutrition
Adolescents who become pregnant are commonly driven by poverty and lack of education. Often, they are undernourished and have higher risks of developing pregnancy and childbirth complications. Babies born to adolescent mothers are more at risk of stillbirth, preterm delivery, and severe infections. Malnutrition from pregnancy until the child’s first two years of life has irreversible effects and life-long consequences. If pregnancies among adolescents are prevented, the number of malnourished babies born will decrease, and more children will grow healthily.
Physically, the reproductive system of females aged 10-19 years old is not yet fully developed to facilitate pregnancy and childbirth. Getting pregnant during this age faces higher risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension, childbirth injuries and uterine infections which are the leading causes of maternal deaths among this age group. Unintended pregnancy also exposes these girls from sexually transmitted infections (STI) which can harm them and their babies.
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Within one hour after giving birth, mothers should start breastfeeding their babies to achieve the optimum growth, development, and protection. However, not all mothers have breastmilk coming in hours and days after giving birth. There are also mothers who have difficulty keeping up their breastmilk supply with the recommended breastfeeding duration which is two (2) years of age and beyond. Low breastmilk supply can be prevented through healthy diet and lifestyle, proper breastfeeding management, maintaining a good physical and emotional state, and living in a supportive environment.
During the early days after giving birth, mothers may feel that they are not producing enough milk. Mothers need to understand that their bodies produce milk according to what their babies need. Almost all mothers can produce enough milk as long as they feed the baby as often as needed. To know whether your baby is getting enough milk, observe signs of dehydration, weight loss and if your baby is producing less than six (6) to eight (8) wet/dirty diapers or if the poop does not change from black to greenish-yellow color. But then, what could be the possible reasons for the decrease in the milk supply? It could be due to late onset of lactation, improper and poor latching, childbirth complications and medications, smoking and drinking of alcohol, and mixed feeding with formula milk.
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Mr. Fidel Baltazar P. Dela Cruz, Malabon City - As part of the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Government of Malabon continues to provide relief goods, vitamins, and non-food items to all Malabonians through the Kalingang Malabonian Project. Launched in 2019, the Kalingang Malabonian aims to facilitate the delivery of public service to its residents. For this year, the city again served free porridge or “lugaw” to the community through the city’s mobile kitchen.
Dubbed as the Kalingang Malabonian “Lugaw is Essential” Project, the mobile kitchen goes around the 21 barangays in the city in rotation to provide a simple and healthy meal to supplement the caloric needs of the residents.
Read more: Kalingang Malabonian “Lugaw is Essential Project”: Providing hot meals to the community
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The National Nutrition Council – NCR conducted the Regional Nutrition Month Awarding Ceremony last August 6, 2021, to cap off this year’s Nutrition Month Celebration with the theme, “Malnutrisyon patuloy na labanan, First 1000 Days tutukan!” via a digital platform.
This year is the second time that the Regional Nutrition Month Awarding Ceremony was conducted virtually via the NNC-NCR Facebook Page in view of the restrictions concerning social gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Metro Manila is under the general community quarantine ‘with some restrictions’ last July, the regional office maximized available digital platforms to celebrate Nutrition Month including the Awarding Ceremony.
Read more: NNC-NCR caps off 2021 Nutrition Month Celebration with a virtual Awarding Ceremony
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In preparation for the implementation of the Supreme Court (SC) Ruling on the Mandanas-Garcia petitions, the National Nutrition Council-NCR conducted a virtual orientation on Executive Order 138 s2021 and DBM Local Budget Memo 82 on July 29, 2021. The advocacy activity was attended by 84 participants from the 17 local government units (LGU) in Metro Manila composed of Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs), city/municipal nutrition coordinators, budget officers, planning officers, and other members of the local nutrition committees.
During the orientation, Innovation Solutions and Urban Governance Section Chief Mr. Raymond Gerard E. De Asis of the Department of the Interior and Local Government-NCR (DILG-NCR), presented the salient features of Executive Order No. 138, s2021 “Devolution of Certain Functions of the Executive Branch to Local Governments, Creation of a Committee on Devolution and for Other Purposes”.
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Read more: Boost your child’s immune system against COVID-19
Infants and children are among the most vulnerable to get infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. Thus, it is important to keep them healthy and protected to fight off the virus. The immune system serves as our shield from various infections and may weaken over time. A compromised immune system will make us prone to the foreign substances like virus and bacteria that is waiting to attack our body. Hence, we must boost and strengthen it with good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.
The immune system of infants and children are being developed as they grow, making them susceptible to diseases. And with a more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19, the cases of infected children increased to 29.59% from July 21 to August 3, 2021 as recorded by the Department of Health (DOH). Even pediatricians warned the parents on how deadly the new variant is, especially for the kids.
But how can we strengthen their immune system and keep them protected in this pandemic?
