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Malnutrition

A health worker measures the circumference of a child's upper arm using a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) tape to determine the child's nutrition status. The pointer of the tape is in the red figures range, which means that the child is thin for their height.

Addressing stunting and malnutrition should go beyond Nutrition Month celebration

A mother, wearing a hijab, carrying her child

Malnutrition poses health and economic burden in Bangsamoro

1 in 2 children under 5 years old in the region is stunted

Children with different heights but of the same age line up in front of a height measurement line

UNICEF: Many children and adolescents in the Philippines are not growing up healthily

More children and young people are eating unhealthy food

From left to right, Department of Health Undersecretary of Health Dr. Gerardo Bayuga, Senator Risa Hontiveros, UNICEF Philippines Representative Lotta Sylwander, and KOICA Philippines Assistant Country Director Paik Seunghwa

Korean government and UNICEF launch First 1000 Days Program for vulnerable communities

Integrated Nutrition and Health Actions in the First 1,000 Days of Life Program to benefit 40,000 children under-5 and 57,000 pregnant/lactating women in Samar, Northern Samar and Zamboanga del Norte

Cebu Pacific expands ‘Change for Good’ initiative to Clark hub

Cebu Pacific and UNICEF renew Change for Good partnership

UNICEF’s Anne Curtis collects Change for Good aboard Cebu Pacific flight

A baby smiles at the camera

The Ascent of Local Governments in Nutrition

Lessons learned by communities in tackling malnutrition

DOH delivers Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for severely malnourished children to priority provinces

A one-year-old girl's mid-upper arm is being measures by a health worker

Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in the Philippines

From emergency-focused modelling to national policy and government scale-up