SENATORS on Monday unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill that will expand the country’s nutrition and health programs for mothers and children, specifically during the child’s first 1,000 days of life.

Senate Bill 1537 or the “Healthy Nanay and Bulilit Act,” was sponsored by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, and co-sponsored by Sen. Grace Poe.

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