Kenya moves toward national food and nutrit...( Food Program and Nevin Scrimshaw PhD...),Health

Food Program, and Nevin Scrimshaw, PhD, visiting professor at the Friedman School and president of the International Nutrition Foundation, formed a team that facilitated two meetings in Nairobi on March 26 and March 27-29, 2007. The purpose of the first meeting, attended by senior policy makers, including ministers and regional and country level United Nations agency heads, was to introduce the national policy and generate commitment to the development of a comprehensive, workable strategy. The second meeting was a working meeting, with participants from several government ministries, consultants from FAO and UNICEF, and specialists from various international non-governmental organizations and national groups who collaborated to define strategy for moving the policy forward. Some of the key areas of strategy addressed at the meeting were as follows:

• Forming a consensus on agricultural production and food trade issues
• Establishing a life-cycle approach to organize nutritional interventions, including a cross-generational approach for maternal-child nutrition issues
• Ensuring the new nutrition strategies are phased in three-to-five year periods so that goals are attainable and there is an operational research phase to build on
• Organizing a dynamic framework for the national food and nutrition policy with ongoing review and adjustment
• Promoting intersectional collaboration for nutrition and agricultural interventions
• Creating acceptance among food and nutrition ministries of the private sector as an ally
• Building capacity of various ministries to ensure sustainability of the policy

"The Friedman teams strength is bringing evidence-based solutions to the table," says Gleason. "By utilizing our experiences in other countries and listening to the specific challenges of the Kenyan government, we can ascertain if policies that are successful elsewhere are adaptable for Kenya."

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Contact: Siobhan Gallagher
617-636-6586
Tufts University
23-Apr-2007


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