Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space

In the past 15 years, Tanzania has made considerable progress in the fight against child undernutrition. This paper analyses in what respects an enabling environment for nutrition action in Tanzania has emerged. It critically investigates the nature of government political commitment and assesses th...

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Autores principales: te Lintelo, Dolf J.H., Page, Pippa, Kaganda, Joyceline, Esau, Deborah
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171285
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description In the past 15 years, Tanzania has made considerable progress in the fight against child undernutrition. This paper analyses in what respects an enabling environment for nutrition action in Tanzania has emerged. It critically investigates the nature of government political commitment and assesses the breadth and depth of a range of public policies, initiatives and actions within and across nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive sectors, and at the national, sub-national and community levels. It finds that Tanzania has undertaken substantial policy innovation and institutional development, carrying significant promise to accelerate nutrition improvements, provided they are accompanied by stronger domestic investments, and greater political space enabling communities to hold the government to account for its performance combating malnutrition.
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spelling CGSpace1712852025-02-19T14:31:23Z Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space te Lintelo, Dolf J.H. Page, Pippa Kaganda, Joyceline Esau, Deborah nutrition malnutrition politics policies environment child nutrition health human immunodeficiency virus governance maternal and child health incentives health care innovation In the past 15 years, Tanzania has made considerable progress in the fight against child undernutrition. This paper analyses in what respects an enabling environment for nutrition action in Tanzania has emerged. It critically investigates the nature of government political commitment and assesses the breadth and depth of a range of public policies, initiatives and actions within and across nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive sectors, and at the national, sub-national and community levels. It finds that Tanzania has undertaken substantial policy innovation and institutional development, carrying significant promise to accelerate nutrition improvements, provided they are accompanied by stronger domestic investments, and greater political space enabling communities to hold the government to account for its performance combating malnutrition. 2020-03 2025-01-29T12:57:57Z 2025-01-29T12:57:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171285 en Open Access Elsevier te Lintelo, Dolf J.H.; Page, Pippa; Kaganda, Joyceline; and Esau, Deborah. 2020. Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space. Global Food Security 24(March 2020): 100350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100350
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malnutrition
politics
policies
environment
child nutrition
health
human immunodeficiency virus
governance
maternal and child health
incentives
health care
innovation
te Lintelo, Dolf J.H.
Page, Pippa
Kaganda, Joyceline
Esau, Deborah
Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space
title Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space
title_full Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space
title_fullStr Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space
title_full_unstemmed Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space
title_short Tanzania's story of change in nutrition: Political commitment, innovation and shrinking political space
title_sort tanzania s story of change in nutrition political commitment innovation and shrinking political space
topic nutrition
malnutrition
politics
policies
environment
child nutrition
health
human immunodeficiency virus
governance
maternal and child health
incentives
health care
innovation
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