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Budgeting/financing for nutrition

Prioritizing and Funding the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan

Pomeroy-Stevens, Amanda, Alexis D’Agostino, Nancy Adero, Hannah Foehringer Merchant, Abel Muzoora, Ezekiel Mupere, Edgar Agaba, and Lidan Du. 2016. “Prioritizing and Funding the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan.” Food and Nutrition Bulletin 37 (4_suppl): S124–41. doi:10.1177/0379572116674554.

In 2010, Uganda began developing its first multisectoral nutrition plan, the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP), to reduce malnutrition. While the UNAP signals high-level commitment to addressing nutrition, knowledge gaps remain about how to successfully implement such a plan. We tracked the UNAP’s influence on the process of priority setting and funding for nutrition from 2013 to 2015.

Optimizing the Multisectoral Nutrition Policy Cycle: A Systems Perspective

Lamstein, Sascha, Amanda Pomeroy-Stevens, Patrick Webb, and Eileen Kennedy. 2016. “Optimizing the Multisectoral Nutrition Policy Cycle.” Food and Nutrition Bulletin 37 (4_suppl): S107–14. doi:10.1177/0379572116675994.

Based on the data collected in Uganda, Nepal, and Ethiopia, the papers included in this supplement fill a critical gap in evidence regarding multisectoral National Nutrition Action Plans. The studies offer new data and new thinking on how and why governance, effective financial decentralization, and improved accountability all matter for nutrition actions in low-income countries. This introductory paper offers an overview of the current state of evidence and thinking on the multisectoral nutrition policy cycle, including how governance and financing support that process.

Global Nutrition Experts Gather to Discuss the Evidence on Effective Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Policy

Around the world, countries are outlining ambitious new strategies for tackling nutrition through a multi-sectoral approach, yet there has been little evidence that these plans actually translate into better nutrition for women and children. On July 28, 2016, SPRING launched the final reports from the Pathways to Better Nutrition Case Studies. Amanda Pomeroy-Stevens presented the main findings and recommendations from this work.

Pathways to Better Nutrition Country Case Studies Overview

Good governance and policy can create momentum for improved nutrition. But how can countries best move from good nutrition policy to improved nutrition outcomes? SPRING’s Pathways to Better Nutrition Case Studies provide new evidence to help countries understand how nutrition-related activities are prioritized and funded, focusing on the effect that national nutrition action plans have on these processes in two different contexts: Uganda and Nepal.

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