Guidance & Tools
Global Nutrition Data Initiatives: Gaps and opportunities to improve nutrition data available and utilisation
- November 24, 2020
- MQSUN+
Effective nutrition decision-making and action are predicated on the availability and utilisation of high quality, timely data. This matrix of data initiatives is part of an exercise to summarise the…
Multisectoral Planning for Nutrition in the Context of COVID-19
- November 24, 2020
- MQSUN+
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated disease control measures pose a grave risk to nutrition outcomes and will have severe and far-reaching consequences for the nutritional status, health and well-being of…
Developing an Advocacy Strategy in Support of a Multisectoral Approach to Nutrition
- November 23, 2020
- MQSUN+
Background: This slide deck was used by MQSUN+ to support countries in the development of an advocacy strategy for their multisectoral nutrition plan (MSNP) via an in-country advocacy workshop. Objectives:…
Orientation Workshop for the Development of a Multisectoral Nutrition Plan
- November 23, 2020
- MQSUN+
Background: This slide deck was used by MQSUN+ to support countries in orienting stakeholders to the importance of nutrition for their countries and globally and to the development of a…
MULTISECTORAL PLANNING FOR NUTRITION: Developing an Indicator Matrix for Nutrition
- October 25, 2020
- MQSUN+
Multisectoral nutrition planning seeks to enable relevant sectors and actors to better coordinate and harmonise their policies and plans around addressing malnutrition. Development of an indicator matrix is vital to…
Nutrition as Part of the Health System
- October 23, 2020
- MQSUN+
This guide aims to provide governments, implementers and donors with evidence-based guidance for ensuring adequate inclusion of nutrition as part of the health sector. It addresses these questions: (1) Why…
MULTISECTORAL PLANNING FOR NUTRITION: Mapping Stakeholders for Nutrition
- October 23, 2020
- MQSUN+
It is important to understand who the current or potential nutrition stakeholders are and their priorities to get a broad picture of countries’ nutrition landscapes and engage stakeholders early in…
MULTISECTORAL PLANNING FOR NUTRITION: Conducting Stakeholder Consultations for Nutrition
- October 23, 2020
- MQSUN+
As part of stakeholder engagement and multisectoral nutrition plan (MSNP)/common results framework (CRF) planning, it is important to consult with all nutrition stakeholders identified through the stakeholder mapping exercise. This…
MULTISECTORAL PLANNING FOR NUTRITION: Assessing Country Capacity to Address Malnutrition
- October 23, 2020
- MQSUN+
To ensure the success of a MSNP, it is paramount that a country has the capacity to work in a multisectoral manner around nutrition, measured by the nutrition knowledge, understanding,…
MULTISECTORAL PLANNING FOR NUTRITION: Conducting a Policy Framework Mapping and Analysis
- October 23, 2020
- MQSUN+
In order to lay the landscape for developing a multisectoral plan to improve nutrition, an in-depth examination of the existing level of nutrition-related engagement and policy in a given country…