Ethiopia: National Nutrition Programme / MDG-F Joint Programme

While there have been improvement in the indicators of malnutrition among children under 5 in Ethiopia, it has to improve the rate of progress to achieve the target 2 of MDG 1 The government developed a National Nutrition Strategy and National Nutrition Programme to address malnutrition in a comprehensive and harmonized manner and they form the framework for the development and implementation of the activities of NNP/MDG-F Joint Programme.

The Joint Programme has 4 components: 1) Rollout and sustainability of Out Patient Treatment services for severe acute malnutrition at community level; 2) Community Based Nutrition interventions; 3) Pilot/operational research on local production and utilization of complementary food; and 4) Strengthening the nutrition information system and M&E mechanism. It will use the existing decentralized service delivery structure and the multi-sectoral coordination mechanisms at the federal, regional, woreda and kebele levels established by the NNP.