CS-SUNN urges Kaduna to strengthen nutrition delivery system

The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) on Friday called on the Kaduna state government to strengthen its nutrition intervention delivery system.

CS-SUNN’s Project Assistant, Mr. Isaac Dare, made the call in Zaria, Kaduna state at the training organised by Kaduna State Planning and Budget Commission and supported by CS-SUNN to build the capacity of the State Committee on Food and Nutrition (SCFN) on leadership, change management and effective nutrition coordination.

Dare described nutrition system as “the interactions among actors, sectors, disciplines and determinants of nutrition”, stressing the need to strengthen the component units to improve the effectiveness of the system.

He commended the state government for the various steps taken to address the scourge of malnutrition in the state, particularly the development and implementation of various nutrition policies and programmes.

He, however, called on SCFN to apply system thinking and system approach to addressing malnutrition in the state.

According to him, “the multi-factorial causation of malnutrition requires a multi-sectoral approach. Strong collaboration among several sectors and actors is needed to build a well-nourished society.”

CS-SUNN Coordinator in the state, Mr Silas Ideva, said that the state’s nutrition system would remain weak if interventions by government agencies, development partners and other actors were not well coordinated.

According to him, strong coordination is required to unify and synchronize the efforts of all stakeholders in the quest to improve the nutrition indices of the state. He added that effective coordination of nutrition intervention, which is the major mandate of the SCFN is crucial in winning the war against malnutrition.

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