Goal

Advocacy for the creation of a professional body of nutritionists in the public service

FROM Commitment: Enabling environment for nutrition

Government (non-donor capacity) / Cameroon

Comité Interministériel de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CILM), Cameroon

Partner organisations:
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UNICEF, WHO,WFP,FAO
Academic or non-academic research institution: Ministries of Higher Education and Research an Innovation, UNIVERSITIES, Cameroonian Nutrional Sciences Society
Country government at any administrative level: All relevant ministries of the nutrition sectors (specific ans sensitive)
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): Helen Keller International, ACF, COSADER, J&A OBEN FOUNDATION
Date made: 07 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Verification status Find out more
NAF SMARTness index Low Find out more
Progress status No response See progress details
Targeted location National - Cameroon is full implementation of decentralization and this commitment will allow the availability of nutritionists in quantity and quality in the different levels of administration and the health pyramid
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Duration January, 2022 - December, 2030

Goal action plan

Finalize the content of nutrition training modules in the BMD system,

define the profile of the nutritionist in Cameroon,

Capacity building of health workers in nutrition through certification at different levels following a modular system (Certificate, Dilploma, Bachelor,etc)

Progress

Indicator

Primary indicator Availability Of The Modules Required For The Lmd System (Direct Training), The Modular Online And Face-To-Face System, The Number Of People Trained (Certificates, Diplomas And Bachelor, Etc.)
Indicator monitor Verification of the existence of ongoing training, number of people enrolled in the different programs and at different levels of capacity building, Annual evaluation

Reports

Stage Measurement Date Value Status
Baseline 2021 Nothing
Progress report No response
Target December, 2030 Acceptable level in quantity and quality of nutrition actors (health personnel and others)

Nutrition Action Classification

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

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