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The purpose of this guide is to provide health district nutrition workers with the steps and information necessary to complete a participatory NSA within the framework of the district health system. It will go through a framework and give examples of where and how
information can be collected. This guide is meant for health district PHC workers who are motivated to implement an integrated nutrition programme. |
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In South Africa more than 2 million children suffer from malnutrition. It is
an underlying cause in more than one in three of all childhood deaths in
sub-Saharan Africa. A new national Integrated Nutrition Programme (INP) has been
developed to address the problem of malnutrition in South Africa.
An important first step in implementing this programme is to perform a
nutrition situation assessment in the area concerned. A nutrition situation
assessment serves to:
- Be the first step in the triple A cycle (Assessment, Analysis and Action)
of the INP
- Be an advocacy tool, by persuading policy makers and funders of the
problem of malnutrition and the validity of implementation plans
- Assist in the future monitoring and evaluation of the INP
- Assist in the development of a district health system (a nutrition
situation assessment would fit into the broader district health situation
assessment)
- Pull together the different members of the district health team to work
towards a common plan of INP implementation
- Bring together a multi-sectoral team and increase their appreciation of
the need for all sectors to fight malnutrition (especially the Departments
of Education, Welfare, Agriculture and Water Affairs).
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