The National Nutrition Council (NNC) is intensifying the campaign against malnutrition in the Davao Region by establishing the Davao Region Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement.
The SUN movement aims to spur a whole-of-government and a whole-of-nation approach in addressing the malnutrition concerns that were aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic and other present global challenges.
Assistant Secretary and NNC executive director Azucena M. Dayanghirang told the media on Monday that the movement will be tapping the academe and business sectors in Davao Region. The academe, according to her, will be composed of the deans, assistant deans of colleges and universities of food and nutrition of related courses in the region; and the business network will be composed of all the business establishments in Davao Region.
“The SUN is a movement that engages all sectors in the society, all government agencies, private sector nga naay love, commitment, sa nutrition. All those who would like to help in one way or another how solve the malnutrition in the Davao Region. We will be inviting them. So long as they don’t have a conflict of interest. Meaning their company is not selling breastmilk substitutes like infant formula milk. Second, those who are not connected with tobacco companies,” she said during the Kapehan sa Dabaw on Monday at SM City Davao.
An orientation for SUN establishment in Davao Region will be conducted on Tuesday.
Sixty-five nations, including four Indian states, have joined the SUN Movement, which seeks to eradicate all types of malnutrition by the year 2030. The nation is actively launching the movement across the nation via the Department of Health (DOH) and NNC.
