SOMALI NUTRITION STRATEGY 2011 – 2013 - ReliefWeb

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Preface
This Somali Nutrition Strategy has been developed in response to increasing evidence and
awareness that the persistently high rates of malnutrition in Somalia are related to multiple
underlying causes that need to be addressed through a more holistic and longer term approach.
The process of developing the strategy has been a consultative. Initially, a task force of technical
representatives from key UN agencies and local and international NGOs was formed to work on
a draft. A results based, action orientated approach was adopted, using the logical framework to
identify and define the overall goal, outcomes, outputs and activities of the strategic plan. The
outcomes identified reflect the priorities identified in the situational analysis and analysis of the
strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of current nutrition programming.
The draft prepared by the technical interagency task force was then shared with nutrition and
other relevant clusters and sector working groups, and the UN County Team at Nairobi level. A
key stage of the process was sharing the draft with Somaliland, Puntland and TFG authorities and
local actors for their input and obtaining their endorsement. Thus the final document represents a
consensus on the combined inputs of all relevant stakeholders.