Key Info: The visual shows utilizing feeding programs for malnourished students in Davao City to ensure the well-being of the children's health. Because of the limited support and insufficient programs from the government in Maguindanao, malnourished students miss out on such essential feeding programs. As a result, their health and overall well-being, aren't enough to be taken care of. Such programs in Davao City should also be benchmarked and implemented by the government in highly affected areas such as Maguindanao.

Date Published: June 8, 2021
Key Information: The research found that while there was a decrease of malnutrition incidence from 2013 onwards, starting 2017 and 2018 it started to increase among children aged 0 – 59 months old in Lantawan, Basilan and the identified causes were poverty, teenage  marriage, and  lack of knowledge on proper  food  handling. These identified factors can be aspects the government or local LGUs should focus, instilling relevant programs that could ultimately help alleviate the issue on malnutrition within the area.

Author: Save the Children Philippines
Date Published: June 11, 2021
Key Info: This promotional video from Save the Children Philippines invites everybody to pledge and donate to their organization to address the lingering issue on malnutrition in the country. All proceeds would be used to fund their programs and initiatives for malnutrition from health services and basic education. With the Philippines being ranked as the 9th country most affected by this issue, it is imperative that we support such causes especially since this initiative would definitely include helping out the malnourished children in Mindanao as Mindanao is the most affected place in the country.

Author: UNICEF Philippines
Date Published: February 21, 2018
Key Info: Facing the consequences of the Armed Conflict in Marawi City, Mustafa's son, like many other children, was diagnosed with severe malnourishment. With UNICEF's efforts, they were able to provide Mustafa's son with therapeutic food to provide him with proper nourishment and become healthier than he was before. Today, many people in Mindanao still suffer the consequences from the Marawi Siege especially in terms of malnourishment and it is important that the government reached out to them through programs and initiatives like the one featured in the vlog.

Title: RNC urged LGUs, policy-makers to address malnutrition and food insecurity in the region

Author: Bangsamoro Youth Commission (PR Unit/AAA)

Date Published: July 31, 2023

Key info: This short-form media content shows us that the Regional Nutrition Council acknowledges the urgent need for the government to work creating plans to address the issue of malnutrition and food insecurity and further calls on these policy-makers and LGUs to do something about it.

Title: Maguindanao split to improve access to basic services, says provincial gov’t

Author: Dwight De Leon

Date Published: September 14, 2022

Key info: Cyrus Torreña, Maguindanao’s Provincial Administrator explains that the reason why the province struggles to gain access to government services such as basic health service is because of its geography wherein municipalities are far from each other. The lack of basic access to healthcare has a correlation as to why many of their children are malnourished as they don’t receive the proper nutritional services that would aid these children to have improved nutrition.

Title: Typhoon-hit areas in Philippines see rising child hunger - U.N.

Author: Thin Lei Win

Date Published: February 14, 2013

Key info: The article talks about the after-effects left by the Typhoon Bopha that struck Mindanao during December 2, 2012. It stated that children in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental have increased cases of severe acute malnutrition, while cases of moderate acute malnutrition increased from less than 40 to over 450 within the same time period. This only increases the urgency to foster government programs that would nourish these children and create plans that would make Mindanao disaster-prepared for the future so such growth in cases of malnutrition won’t happen again.

Title: One Mindanao: Kaso sa Malnutrition

Author: One Mindanao

Date Published: February 20, 2023

Key info: The news segment talks about the concerning number of cases of Malnutrition especially in the Municipalities that compromise Sarangani, Mindanao. Although it said to be in a decreasing curve compared to the previous data, the amount of children affected by this is still concerning therefore, much assistance from the government and its agencies are required to solve this problem.