USAID IGAD WHO LAUNCH EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ON NUTRITION
- Nov 23, 2022
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23rd November 2022
Clive Ayuko
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD in collaboration with the UNICEF- Eastern and Southern Regional Office (UNICEF – ESARO), the World Health Organization and various other partners through the support of the United States Agency on Developments USAID today afternoon at a Nairobi hotel launched the LEARNING NETWORK ON NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE. This is a portal that will aid in the timely collection of data used to inform mitigation measures on how to prevent cases of severe malnutrition within the East Africa region.
The launch follows a series of consultative meetings between IGAD, UNICEF, USAID and various other stakeholders and will be the one-stop-shop for aggregated data informing early warning systems informing severe malnutrition.
Speaking during the launch Acting Director General in the Ministry of Health Dr. Patrick Amoth said; ” LeNNS will promote the generation of timely information used to inform effective government policies, strategies and programs across the region”. He further reiterated, ” the network will help address pragmatic and pressing food and nutrition challenges in the region. Additionally, the LeNNS offer an opportunity to map the countries’ and institutional actions in nutrition surveillance, help develop an understanding of nutrition surveillance and discuss viable ways to strengthening the linkages among different actors in nutrition surveillance”.
The data will be collected through various methods to include surveys, exit interviews and scientific researches as informed by the scope of the study.
The surveillance network will initially focus on the countries Djibouti, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda with the hope that the network will expand to include counties in East, Central and Southern Africa.
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