“With the onset of full devolution, pursuant to EO 138 and the Mandanas-Garcia ruling of the Supreme Court, LGUs can go beyond service delivery and assume the great responsibility of securing the nutrition of the people,” Año said.
During the webinar panel discussion, selected governors and mayors belonging to the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines shared with each other their best practices in nutrition. Año hoped that the LCEs and local functionaries were able to increase their awareness of the current state of malnutrition and learned how it could be addressed in their areas of responsibility through the sharing of the best practices of local chief executives from Quirino, Tagaytay City, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Limasawa.Meanwhile, NNC Executive Director Azucena Dayanghirang stressed that the cost of malnutrition was very high.
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