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Re: Invitation to comment on the revised draft of the political outcome document of the ICN2

Hi,

  1. The political document does not explicitly support what has been discussed in the Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition.  It has very little discussion on breastfeeding, and most especially complementary feeding and concerns related to the first 1000 days of life. Thus, effort to address malnutrition during these life stages is limited in this document.   This should be strengthened in the document.
  2. There is also a need to integrate related concerns from the post-2015 development agenda and the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. 
  3. The targets set forth in this document must also be in line with the global targets committed for 2025 which states the following:

    ~ 40% reduction in the number of children under-five who are stunted

    ~ 50% reduction of anemia in women of reproductive age

    ~ 30% reduction in low birth weight infants

    ~ Nno increase in childhood overweight

    ~ increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months up to at least 50%

    ~ reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5%
  4. We also suggest for the FAO and WHO to develop a mechanism for alert notifications to member countries who joined the ICN2 forum last November 2013 in Rome for recent updates that may be available in the website.  We very much welcome the idea of subscription to the ICN2 forum to keep track of the discussion and the latest documents being released.
 

Please see the attached document for the [specific, Ed.]comments of the National Nutrition Council - Philippines.

Thank you.

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