DOH grants P560 million to 235 LGUs to fight malnutrition

(This is a press release from the Department of Health.)

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) granted a total of P560 million to 235 Local Government Units (LGUs) across the country under the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP) to fund critical nutrition efforts, particularly the First 1,000 Days nutrition interventions, to address malnutrition.

The Performance-Based Grants (PBG) were awarded to LGUs for achieving 100 percent of their PBG Tranche 1 nutrition targets under the project.