What does it take to scale up nutrition action?
Overview
The Global nutrition policy review is based on a questionnaire
survey conducted during 2009–2010, in which 119 WHO Member States and 4
territories participated. The Review analysed the information on
whether the countries have nutrition policies and programmes and if so,
what topics the policies cover, how they are being implemented, what the
implementation coverage is, who the stakeholders are, what
coordination mechanism exists, and how the monitoring and evaluation are
being implemented. The results are presented in this report according
to the regions of the World Health Organization (WHO). The analyses
presented in this report are also complemented by the results of the
in-depth country assessments conducted as part of the project on
Landscape Analysis on Countries’ Readiness to Accelerate Action in
Nutrition which was initiated by WHO in 2008 in close collaboration with
partner agencies. Selected case studies illustrate the reasons for
successes and the gaps in the implementation of policies and programmes
in some countries.
Much progress has been made since the 1992 International
Conference on Nutrition in the design and implementation of national
nutrition policies and plans of action. Most countries that responded to
the Review had policies and programmes that are addressing key
nutrition issues, such as undernutrition, infant and young child
feeding, vitamin and mineral malnutrition, and obesity and diet-related
NCDs. The Review nevertheless identified a number of gaps in the
design, content and implementation of these policies and programmes.
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