From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has expressed dismay that, Nigeria’s nutrition data management systems are weak both at the National and sub-national levels, making the fight against malnutrition difficult.
Executive Secretary of CS-SUNN, Sunday Okoronkwo, made the call in Abuja, on Thursday, at a Media Roundtable on ‘Reset Nutrition for Human Capital Development in Nigeria”.
According to him, key sources of nutrition data are Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and National Nutrition, Health Survey (NNHS) which are complex undertakings that cannot be implemented in the required frequency needed for nutrition programming in Nigeria.
Okoronkwo who was represented by CS-SUNN Communication Officer, Lilian Okafor, said it is critical to establish an Integrated Food and Nutrition Information Systems as stipulated in the National Policy of Food and Nutrition that enhances availability and use of routine nutrition data to better support policy development, programme designs and monitoring”.
The Executive Secretary expressed worries that Nigeria will not meet its HCD vision which will contribute to attaining the SDGs by 2030 if nutrition is not prioritized.
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