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National Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plan (NMNAP) 2016 - 2021.

Country/Territory
Tanzania, Un. Rep. of
Document type
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Cultivated plants, Water
Keyword
Agricultural commodities Agricultural development Aquaculture Irrigation Public private partnership (PPP) Cooperative/producer organization Processing/handling Climate change Rainwater Artisanal fishing Food security Nutrition Public health Monitoring Breastfeeding/infant food Governance Hygiene/sanitary procedures Education School feeding Food quality control/food safety Meat Animal production Planting material/seeds Plant production
Geographical area
Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries
Entry into force notes
2016 - 2021.
Abstract

This National Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plan (NMNAP) is a 5-year document implementing the 2016 National Food and Nutrition Policy (FNP) in addition to being its 10-year Implementation Strategy, up to 2025/26. It broadly aims to accelerate scaling up of high impact multi-sectoral nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions and creating an enabling environment for improved nutrition, so that children, adolescents, women and men in Tanzania are better nourished leading to healthier and more productive lives that contribute to economic growth and sustainable development. The NMNAP is evidence-informed, results-oriented, and consistent with the theory of change and based on the three ONES principle at all levels: one plan, one coordinating mechanism, and one monitoring and evaluation framework. To achieve that goal, has identified the following seven key results areas (i) scaling-up maternal, infant, young child and adolescent nutrition; (ii) scaling up prevention and control of micro-nutrient deficiencies; (iii) scaling up integrated management of acute malnutrition; (iv) scaling up prevention and management of diet related non-communicable diseases; (v) integration of multi-sectoral nutrition sensitive interventions; (vi) improving nutrition governance; and (vii) establishing a multi-sectoral nutrition information system. It is important to specify that the term malnutrition is used to refer to both under-nutrition and over-nutrition (mainly overweight and obesity, which lead to the development of diet related non-communicable diseases), and the NMNAP is a so-called “double duty action” plan that integrates actions to combat simultaneously the two issues into one plan.

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