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Nepal

Capital city
Kathmandu
Latitude
27.72
Longitude
85.32
Geo
POINT (85.32 27.72)
Country Boundaries
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USAID Nutrition Profile
USAID Nutrition Profile

Measuring Nutrition Governance

Webb, Patrick, Shibani Ghosh, Robin Shrestha, Grace Namirembe, Sabi Gurung, Diplav Sapkota, Winnie Fay Bell, et al. 2016. “Measuring Nutrition Governance.” Food and Nutrition Bulletin 37 (4_suppl): S170–82. doi:10.1177/0379572116674856.

Background: Global commitments to nutrition have supported calls for better evidence to support effective investments at national level. However, too little attention has so far been paid to the role of governance in achieving impacts.

Objective: This article explores the ways by which the commitment and capabilities of policy implementers affect collaborative efforts for achieving nutrition goals.

Prioritizing and Funding Nepal’s Multisector Nutrition Plan

Pomeroy-Stevens, Amanda, Madhukar B. Shrestha, Monica Biradavolu, Kusum Hachhethu, Robin Houston, Indu Sharma, and Jolene Wun. 2016. “Prioritizing and Funding Nepal’s Multisector Nutrition Plan.” Food and Nutrition Bulletin 37 (4_suppl): S151–69. doi:10.1177/0379572116674555.

Background: Nepal has a long tradition of designing good multisectoral nutrition policy. However, success of policy implementation has varied. More evidence on how to successfully carry out multisector nutrition policy is needed.

Objective: We tracked the influence of Nepal’s multisectoral nutrition plan (MSNP) on the process of priority setting and budgeting from 2014 to 2016.

Implementing Multisector Nutrition Programs in Ethiopia and Nepal

Kennedy, Eileen, Habtamu Fekadu, Shibani Ghosh, Kedar Baral, Dale Davis, Diplav Sapkota, and Patrick Webb. 2016. “Implementing Multisector Nutrition Programs in Ethiopia and Nepal.” Food and Nutrition Bulletin 37 (4_suppl): S115–23. doi:10.1177/0379572116674552.

Effective governance is essential for effective nutrition program implementation. There are additional challenges in launching multisector plans to enhance nutritional status. The present study compares the challenges and opportunities in Ethiopia and Nepal in designing and implementing a multisector plan for nutrition. 

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.

Piloting the District Assessment Tool for Anemia in Kapilvastu District, Nepal

SPRING’s District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA) increases awareness of anemia and helps districts take action on this prevalent problem. Increasingly, health officials are seeing DATA as a valuable district-level decision making tool.

Earlier in the year, SPRING’s Danya Sarkar and Denish Moorthy traveled to Kapilvastu District in Nepal and conducted a district-level workshop to assess how the tool could enhance district-level anemia reduction activities.