The present National Nutrition Action Plan has been developed to operationalize the strategies outlined in the Food Security and Nutrition Policy 2012. It serves as a road map for coordinated implementation of nutrition interventions by the government and nutrition stakeholders across development sectors for maximum impact. Chapter 2 lists eleven strategic objectives which need to be addressed in order to realize the goal of promoting and improving nutrition status of all Kenyans. These objectives include the following: i) To improve the nutritional status of women of reproductive age (15-49 years); ii) To improve the nutritional status of children under 5 years of age; iii) To reduce the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies in the population; iv) To prevent deterioration of nutritional status and save lives of vulnerable groups in emergencies; v) To improve access to quality curative nutrition services; vi) To improve prevention, management and control of diet related NCDs; vii) To improve nutrition in schools, public and private institutions; viii) To improve nutrition knowledge attitudes and practices among the population; ix) To strengthen the nutrition surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems; x) To enhance evidence-based decision-making through research; xi) To strengthen coordination and partnerships among the key nutrition actors and mobilize essential resources. The immediate causes of malnutrition are inadequate food intake and disease while the underlying causes include poor maternal/child care practices, household food insecurity, inadequate health services. The Plans provides for short-term intervention in emergency situations, but on the other hand also envisages long term management of priority areas , such as nutrition promotion, and considers long term programmes such as food security initiatives, High Impact Nutrition Interventions and disease control. The concept of right to food, together with basic nutrition and health care is anchored in the Constitution and marks a radical shift in programme development and implementation around these issues. Hence, the government takes greater responsibility in ensuring that this right is enjoyed by all Kenyans. Chapter 3 describes the monitoring and evaluation approach including target setting for the Plan. The objective to inform decision-making in the areas of accountability, activity implementation, allocation of resources and policy at National, County, sub-county and Health facility level. In order to achieve this objective various stakeholders in the implementation of the Plan of Action, will be encouraged to: i) Ensure timely availability of data; ii) Analyze the data, disseminate and promote use of the findings; iii) Ensure proper storage, reliable access and ease retrieval by different users. Further, the Monitoring and Evaluation of this Action Plan: i) Integrates and utilizes national systems, such as health surveys to ensure adequate provision of more disaggregated data so as to facilitate monitoring and evaluation at all levels; ii) Aims to collect and analyse qualitative information and increase participatory monitoring; iii) Is guided by operational research and analysis programmes to evaluate changes towards desired, The text consists of 4 Chapters as follows: Introduction (1); Nutrition Action Plan (2012-2017) (2); Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (3); Annexes (4).
肯尼亚 · 2012-01-01