Goal

Establish a nutrition information system in health bodies.

FROM Commitment: Implement Nutrition Action Plan

Government / Honduras

Food Security and Nutritional Unit UTSAN/SCGG

Partner organisations:
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: FAO, PMA, OPS, UNICEF, Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá
Country government at any administrative level: Secretaría de Salud
Academic or non-academic research institution: Escuela Agrí-cola Panamericana El Zamorano
Date made: 29 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
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NAF SMARTness index Low Find out more
Targeted location National - This objective is national in scope, although it naturally requires implementation at a local level, establishing a target of at least 170 municipalities of the 182 that are prioritized by PyENSAN, based on their level of vulnerability to Food and …
Targeted population Specific population group(s)
Targeted population age Specific age group(s)
Targeted population specific age children from zero to five years old and women of childbearing age from 15 to 49 years old
Targeted population sex All
Primary indicator Establishment of a nutritional surveillance system with an early warning approach in 170 municipalities.
Primary indicator baseline 0%
Primary indicator target 170
Duration March, 2022 - December, 2030

Goal action plan

The Integrated Health Information System (SIIS) will use methodology that includes instruments and tools to facilitate the metrics used to measure and assess the first 1000 days of the project, with a network system used to gather the consolidated treatment data on a daily basis from health facilities (using electronic medical records). The benefit of an enhanced SIIS as part of the Health Department is that coverage data will be obtained at local level within health facilities, along with summary data at municipality level. This will provide information on the level of malnutrition across the whole municipality.

The first one will be made up of a selection of the first 170 municipalities to initiate SIIS, prioritizing its network of health facilities and a network of volunteers. Municipal teams will receive full training, as will the network of community workers. This is expected to be achieved within the first two years. The second phase will consist of putting the nutritional surveillance systems into operation. This will require a mechanism for the approval and feedback of lessons learned in order to refine the methodology. This is expected to be completed by the fourth year (2025).

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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