Enhanced capacity of members of Nutrition and Food Security Steering Committee and Nutrition Technical Committee for improved nutrition governance and delivery of quality services.
National Planning Commission , Government of Nepal
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | Lower moderate Find out more |
| Targeted location | National - Federal and provincial Governments, and 753 municipalities |
| Targeted population | Overall population (all ages, both sexes) |
| Population coverage | 29,000,000.0 |
| Primary indicator | These are two indicators: 1. Number of Nutrition and Food Security Steering Committee capacitated 2. Number of Nutrition Technical Committee Capacitated |
| Primary indicator baseline | 1. 451 2. 0 |
| Primary indicator target | 1. 761 ( 753 steering committee at 753 local level; 7 steering committee at 7 provinces; 1 steering committee at federal level) 2. 1 Nutritional Technical Committee at Federal Level at Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population. |
| Duration | January, 2022 - December, 2030 |
Goal action plan
Strengthen capacity of Nutrition and Food Security Steering Committees, Nutrition Technical Committee and networks
Strengthen the system competency for scaling up and implementation of integrated nutrition interventions focusing on a life-course (children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women, adults, and elderly people)
Review the existing human resources for nutrition interventions and designate additional human resources as per the requirement
Ensure regular and adequate supply of commodities/equipment
Align, harmonize and link actions across sectors and stakeholders
Strengthen integration of nutrition in universal health coverage
Establish nutrition friendly institutions with adequate infrastructure, trained human resources on nutrition, equipment and information to deliver quality services
Support the establishment of nutrition-sensitive fair price shop
Strengthen the mechanism to improve the food quality including safety of foods across the food value chain, testing of food quality and reduce food wastage
Design and implement an innovative nutrition and food security programs that focus on marginalized, vulnerable groups, gender equality and social inclusion
Run nutrition interventions/programs by adopting an integrated one door government led implementation approach
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
