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This situation analysis was undertaken with a number of different aims and a number of different target audiences in mind. These were:

1. To act as a resource document for health and other service providers in the district.  Health services have historically been provided in a fragmented manner and the process of drawing all information together can be an important step in developing a more integrated approach to nutrition and nutrition services. No primary research was undertaken the analysis rather aimed to collate and review all information that is currently available.
   
2. To outline the progress which has been made within the district and the province as a whole in implementing a decentralised and integrated nutrition programme. Although conditions in other provinces are often different to those in the Northern Cape, other districts and provinces can learn from the Northern Cape experience.
   
3. It is hoped that the report will motivate other districts to undertake a similar situation analysis of nutritional status and interventions in their districts as an important step in developing and implementing a District Integrated Nutrition Programme. It is hoped that the framework, which was used for this situation analysis, will prove useful to other districts.