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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International Food Policy Research Institute
2011
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| author | Mwadime, Robert |
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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 | CGSpace1544482025-11-06T04:34:57Z Accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition Mwadime, Robert policies 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 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 2011 2024-10-01T14:01:35Z 2024-10-01T14:01:35Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154448 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mwadime, Robert. 2011. Accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition. 2020 Conference Brief 12. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154448 |
| spellingShingle | policies nutrition Mwadime, Robert Accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition |
| title | Accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition |
| title_full | Accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition |
| title_fullStr | Accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition |
| title_short | Accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition |
| title_sort | accelerating national policymaking across sectors to enhance nutrition |
| topic | policies nutrition |
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