Commitment
Recruitment District Nutrition Officers
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
| Targeted location (aggregate) |
National - National |
|---|---|
| Verification status | Find out more |
Commitment description
Recruitment of 64 District Nutrition Officers:
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), in collaboration with the Ministries of Finance (MoF) and Public Administration, and the Cabinet Division commit to the recruitment of 64 District Nutrition Officers (DNOs) by 2025 through the implementation of the Health Population and Nutrition Sector Programme (HPNSP), and led by the Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN). The estimated total cost of recruiting and employing 64 District Nutrition Officers is BDT 16 crore which includes required resources and training. The recruitment and employment of DNOs will be coordinated and monitored by IPHN, with support of the DGHS.
Nutrition Action Classification across all goals
Enabling
- Financial
- Operational
- Leadership and governance
- Research monitoring and data
Policy
- Food environment
- Food supply chain
- Consumer knowledge
- Nutrition care services
Impact
- Undernutrition
- Diet
- Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Food and nutrition security
N4G themes covered by goals
- Food
- Health
- Resilience
- Data
- Financing
Total funding and costs across all goals
| Funders | TBD |
|---|---|
| Funding mechanism | Revenue budget |
| Cost secured | 100% of total costs have been secured |
| Total costs estimated | Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed |
| Currency | (BDT) - Bangladeshi taka |
| Cost amount | 160,000,000.0 |
| $USD equivalent | 1,880,582.981 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021) |
