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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