Accelerating National Policymaking across Sectors to Enhance Nutrition
National development plans in Africa are increasingly recognizing nutrition as both essential for development and a social right. So far, however, this has not resulted in the large-scale provision of nutrition services necessary to reduce the high levels of malnutrition on the continent. Nutrition...
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| description | National development plans in Africa are increasingly recognizing nutrition as both essential for development and a social right. So far, however, this has not resulted in the large-scale provision of nutrition services necessary to reduce the high levels of malnutrition on the continent. Nutrition now has to feature more prominently in policymaking processes, and the resultant policies have to be translated into effective programs to achieve a significant reduction in the burden that malnutrition imposes on so many African households, communities, and nations. The experience of East Africa has relevance for policy and program design in other regions affected by malnutrition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1539902025-11-06T04:15:24Z Accelerating National Policymaking across Sectors to Enhance Nutrition Mwadime, Robert K. N. food supply nutrition policies agriculture public health nutrition health National development plans in Africa are increasingly recognizing nutrition as both essential for development and a social right. So far, however, this has not resulted in the large-scale provision of nutrition services necessary to reduce the high levels of malnutrition on the continent. Nutrition now has to feature more prominently in policymaking processes, and the resultant policies have to be translated into effective programs to achieve a significant reduction in the burden that malnutrition imposes on so many African households, communities, and nations. The experience of East Africa has relevance for policy and program design in other regions affected by malnutrition. 2012 2024-10-01T13:58:49Z 2024-10-01T13:58:49Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153990 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296732 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mwadime, Robert K. N. 2012. Accelerating National Policymaking across Sectors to Enhance Nutrition. In Reshaping agriculture for nutrition and health. Ed. Shenggen Fan and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. Chapter 18. Pp. 153-162. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153990 |
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| title | Accelerating National Policymaking across Sectors to Enhance Nutrition |
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| title_short | Accelerating National Policymaking across Sectors to Enhance Nutrition |
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