Communication Strategy for Social and Behavior Change for the Prevention of Malnutrition in Mozambique 2015-2019. Country/Territory Mozambique Document type Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food security Nutrition Right to food Food sovereignty Public health Potable water Poverty Social protection Human rights Access-to-information Geographical area Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries Entry into force notes 2015–2019 Abstract This Strategy aims to provide a common foundation that guides the harmonized implementation of SBCC programmes to prevent malnutrition at the household and community level, based on the most up-to-date nutrition evidence and best SBCC practices. Its Specific Objectives are: 1. Establish recommended evidence-based practices to prevent malnutrition, which should be promoted in a harmonized way; 2. Provide key technical content, in accordance with national and global nutritional guidelines, which will serve as a basis for designing contextualized communication messages for implementing SBCC programmes; 3. Identify the behavioural and communication channels documented in the existing literature, to support the contextualization of communication messages; 4. Establish the SBCC principles that must be met to promote best practices to prevent malnutrition; 5. Provide guidelines for the development of contextualized communication messages following a systematic SBCC process, etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.fantaproject.org