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, on the Issue of improving the nutritional status of the women, our mothers, and ourchildren. InmymeetingwithSenator Shahani yesterday, she was so much interestedin the girl-child, the adolescent, and the elderly; who have peculiar or special nutritionalneeds. Youmight want to consider this in your conference. May this meeting usher in the beginning of a fruitful and meaningful collaboration that will bring about the gains ofPhilippines2000. Yesterdayagain, when they were using the term Philippines 2000, people were whispering to each other, "Do you understand what A Report on Food Fortification 3 Philippines 2000 is all about?". It is about NIC or a Newly Industrialized Country; about sustainable development, about people empowerment. But how can we 'talk about' all this when we are not nutritionally healthy, we don't have the IQ points, we don't have bright'eyes; we don't have the mental alertness and the physical vigor to perform our jobs and be productive. ' I'm sure you realize we can contribute much to the realization of-the goal of Philippines 2000. Finally, I welcome you on behalf of the Secretary ofHealth and thank you for joining us. , I wish you luck.
4 Let me provide some information about the background of this meeting. In November 1990, 71 world leaders and over 120government representatives met iTI. New York to discuss the broad social agenda for children with a set of goals .to be achieved by year 2000. The Philippines was represented in the meeting, the first meeting that ever took place in New York with such a number of leaders. One of the main points of the discussion was this whole .issue of micronutrient malnutrition in the world, a problem that has been there for a very long rune, whichcauses mentalretardation and poor health, low productivity, a low educational capacity of students, blindness, prenatal death, and a whole lot of problems. On the basis of this World Summit for Children,each countrywhichattended the occasion developed its own plan of action for children. The Philippines, developed its own Philippines Plan of A Report on Food Fortification OPENING MESSAGE Mr. KESHAB B. MATHEMA Representative, UNICEF Action for Children (PPAC), which was launched by then President Aquino, and later endorsed by President 'Fidel V. Ramos, with a timetable to achieve all those social goals, about 27 of them, by 2000. Then, the government of the Philippines decided thatsomeof the goals perhaps could be advanced and met by the end of 1995. Among those goals are: Universal lodization of Salt, Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Vitamin A .and iron deficiencies. -The economy cost of the deficiencies is enormous, and the social cost is even greater. We have here among us very well-known experts in the subject, so I will notdeal on the subject here. Professor Glen Maberly who comes from Emory University in Atlanta, heads the Program Against Micronutrient Malnutrition, and we have of course Dr. Florentino Solon, Mrs. Ramos from the Department ot' Health, andmanyotherswhocan provide you with the needed information. We are very pleased indeed to forge this new alliance with our new partners,
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