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Papua New Guinea

11 Jul 2022

Wilson Karoke, Co-chair, Nutrition Project Management Unit, Department of Health COUNTRY NUTRITION STATUS PROGRESS TOWARDS Annual country nutrition indicators SUN 3.0 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (SO) from the Global Nutrition Report: SO.1 Strengthen and sustain strong policy and advocacy environments oceania/melanesia/papua-new-guinea Since. [...] National nutrition plan Papua New Guinea National Nutrition Policy 2016–2026 – SO.2 Develop and align shared country priorities for action The establishment of the Nutrition Sector, which brings together Advocacy and communications framework/plan stakeholders from different sectors (government entities, develo. [...] Finance for nutrition Resource mobilization strategy exists Budget tracking exercise done this year SO.3 Build and strengthen country capacity Funding gaps identified this year Technical and professional capacity for nutrition at the national and Domestic expenditures on nutrition tracked subnational levels has been one of the leading setbacks in improving the deteriorating nutrition indicator. [...] The need to institutionalize nutrition COUNTRY PRIORITIES 2022 training at the pre-service training level is therefore crucial for the country, which currently has around just three or four nutritionists, Providing resources for and strengthening the Nutrition Project all of whom were trained abroad. [...] The Title: Holistic Nutrition Sector nutrition MSP has proxies that work in collaboration with and have About: linkages to various high-level decision makers, who need to be The Nutrition Sector replaced the Nutrition Cluster in 2021.
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