Speeches Shim
(1023k)The National Nutrition Programme is being revised for the following main reasons.
(1) To strategically address the nutrition problem in the country by
- Taking into account the multisectoral and multidimensional nature of nutrition
- Focusing on the Lifecycle Approach to map key actions needed to improve the nutritional status of strategic target groups (women and children)
(2) To strengthen initiatives that were not adequately addressed in the 2008 NNP and to include initiatives that have emerged since that NNP was devised, namely:
- Accelerated Stunting Reduction Initiative
- National Food Fortification Programme
- Multisectoral linkages among key NNP implementing sectors
(3) To align the end of the first phase of the NNP with the GTP and MDGs—that is, to extend the first phase by 2 years to 2015. The accountability and results matrix in this version of the NNP has been modified to show how each of the results can be realized and how each NNP implementing sector should contribute for better nutritional outcomes over the course of the lifecycle.
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