Definitions
          • Nutrition specific interventions:     • Nutrition Sensitive 
                                                    Interventions:
          Are those that address immediate 
          and some intermediate causes of         Are interventions of other 
          malnutrition (especially caring for     sectors that incorporate 
          children)                               nutrition with a measurable 
                                                  nutrition objectives.
                   Nutrition Specific 
                   Interventions
                   Addressing immediate causes of malnutrition
                    • Treatment of acute malnutrition (moderate and severe)
                      •  Disease management (e.g. oral rehydrating salts for diarrheas)
                        •  Maternal and child micronutrient supplementation
                  Addressing some intermediate causes:
                    • Infant and child feeding practices (IYCF)
                  Access to health services.
                  Hygiene and sanitation.
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             Nutrition sensitive interventions and 
             programmes
               Addressing intermediate causes of malnutrition:
              -  Food security 
              - Caregiving resources at maternal, household and community 
                 level
               Address underlying causes: diverse sectors
              - Agriculture interventions and programmes
              - Social safety Net/Social Protection programmes
              - Schooling
              o They explicitly incorporate nutrition goals and include indicators to monitor 
                 nutrition impact
              o They can serve as delivery platform for nutrition specific interventions.
    2020 July
                                   - Globally, the burden of malnutrition in all its forms, remain a challenge. 
                                    Accordingly to estimate, in 2019, 21.3 percent (144.0 million) of children under five 
                                    years of age are stunted, 6.9 percent (47.0 million) wasted and 5.6 percent (38.3 
                                    million) overweight. (SOFSAN-2020)
                                   - Almost two out of every five Nigerian children under five years (37 percent), Yobe 
        Why is                      (65 percent), Borno (48 percent) – NDHS, 2018 
     Nutrition  -The world is making progress but is not on track to achieve the 2025 and 2030 
                                    targets for child stunting and low birthweight, and for exclusive breastfeeding, is on 
     sensitive                      track only for the 2025 target.  The prevalence of wasting is notably above the 
                                    targets. (SOFSAN)
  Important? •The nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups is likely to 
                                    deteriorate further due to the health and socio-economic impacts of COVID-19
                                   • 80% of solutions to reduce malnutrition are nutrition-sensitive (Lancet 2013)
                                    Nutrition sensitive can be leverage to increase scale, coverage and effectiveness 
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  Key principles 
  • Clear objective
  • Impact pathway
  • Lifecycle approach
  • Understand the drivers 
  • Informed  transfer
  • Combination of transfers.