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Table 2: Existing programmes presenting opportunities for integrating nutrition activities in Somalia
Programme & overriding objectives Key nutrition related programme objectives Key programme activities Opportunities for integration of nutrition
activities
United Nations Transition Plan for
Somalia 2008-09
Three core ‘pillars’ or overall goals:
i) Deepening peace, improving security
and establishing good governance;
(ii) Investing in people through improved
social services; and
(iii) Creating an enabling environment
for private sector-led growth to expand
employment and reduce poverty
More women of reproductive age and children
benefit from improved access to quality health
services including child survival services.
Targeted beneficiaries have improved nutritional
status
Health workers, especially women, in
selected districts are able to provide better curative
and preventive services on the basis of a package of
essential services.
Health and nutrition communication strategy
adapted, expanded and implemented
Communities and targeted families have improved
capacity in processing, preparation and storage of
food
UNTP capacity development strategy
Health and nutrition communication strategy
Communities and targeted families have improved
awareness of nutritional values of locally available/
introduced food
UNICEF/WHO Accelerated Young Child
Survival Initiative (AYCS)
Key objective is to focus on expanding
access for young children and mothers to
a key set of critical life saving interventions
immediately and in the longer term.
(1) Continue with life saving emergency interventions
(2) Expand access to life saving interventions for
all children through institutionalizing high impact
population oriented services including campaign and
outreach modes
(3) Expand access and utilization of the basic
health care system through increased coverage of
community based services and referral
(4) Use mass and inter-personal communications to
promote positive behavioural change and improved
health seeking behaviours.
Child health day aim to provide 90 per cent of underfives
and over 60 per cent of women of child bearing
age nationwide with high-impact child survival
interventions: immunization against measles,
polio, diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus vitamin
A supplementation, deworming, provision of oral
rehydration salts, water treatment tablets, hygiene
education, nutritional screening, and tetanus toxoid
vaccination for women;
Opportunity for nutrition cluster to provide
inputs to improve quality and coverage of
nutrition interventions provided through CHD
ie vitamin A, deworming and nutrition screening