Figure A- 3 Malnutrition Rate, 2006-2009
Source: Department of Health IV-B
Malnutrition in the region showed a decline from 14.42% in 2006 to 13.98% in 2009. Among the five provinces, Oriental Mindoro posted the lowest malnutrition rate at 12.64% in 2009, 1.96 percentage points down from the 14.6% posted in 2006. The rest of the provinces posted a decline in malnutrition rate of not more than one percentage point. Between the two cities, Puerto Princesa City showed a lower malnutrition rate at 11.63% in 2009 which is 2.76 percentage points lower than the 14.39% posted in 2006. The percentage of children aged 6-11 months old given Vitamin A showed an erratic trend. From 84.5% in 2006, the coverage rate went up to 87.5% in 2007 and dipped again to 86% in 2008. Puerto Princesa City and Palawan had the highest coverage rates while Marinduque and Calapan City had the least coverage rates in 2008. Similarly, the percentage of children aged 12-71 months given Vitamin A had an erratic trend. It recorded 85.5% coverage in 2006, 90.5% in 2007 and 83% in 2008. Occidental Mindoro (92.5%) and Palawan (90.0%) had the highest coverage rates, while Marinduque (68.5%) and Puerto Princesa City (77.5%) recorded the lowest in 2008.
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Water and Sanitation
The total number of households with access to safe water in the region increased from 391,225 households in 2008 to 412,981 households in 2009. The 2009 figure represents 83% of the total number of households in the region with access to safe water. The MDG target is to provide access to safe water to 94% of the total households by 2015. Oriental Mindoro showed the highest increase of more than 50,000 households from 79,568 households in 2008 to 129,742 households in 2009. This was followed by Marinduque with 44,309 in 2008 and 45,553 households in 2009. Both Calapan City and Puerto Princesa City showed an increase in the number of households with access to safe water during the two-year period.
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Technical Notes on Development Challenges