Commitment

To strengthen and mainstream the nutrition surveillance system in both development and humanitarian settings

Government / Bangladesh

Description

National Plan for Disaster Management (2021-2025), NPAN2

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Strengthen nutrition surveillance system

Description

Strengthen and mainstream the multi-sectoral nutrition surveillance system:

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW ) in collaboration with Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) under the Ministry of Planning (MoP), Ministry of Food (MOFood) in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWCA), Ministry of Social Welfare (MOSW), Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MODMR), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MOLGRD&C), Bangladesh National Nutrition Council (BNNC) commits to strengthen and mainstream the current nutrition surveillance system to monitor and measure nutrition outcomes encompassing both development and humanitarian programs (nutrition specific and sensitive) across urban and rural areas by 2025 to complement the existing monitoring systems. To implement strengthened the nutrition surveillance system about BDT 85 crore is committed by GOB and partners. Financial commitment will be tracked through the multi-sectoral budget tracking system for nutrition.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Unverified
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SMARTness index
Upper moderate
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Details

Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Research, monitoring and data
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Data

Measurement

Key indicator Number of ministries/sectors involved in multi-sectoral nutrition surveillance system
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0 ministries or sectors 2021
Target 1 ministries or sectors

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