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From 2007 to 2010, the US Agency for International Development’s Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported Lesotho’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) to improve the nutrition of mothers and their children younger than two years of age, with a focus on those affected by HIV. The project strengthened national nutrition and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) policies and programs and conducted supportive activities at health facilities and within communities. As a result of the project, there is now a strengthened referral system, which allows community health workers to refer mothers and children to providers at facilities and providers to refer their patients back to community health workers for followup. Building the capacity of a wide range of community workers resulted in supportive networks for improved feeding practices in many communities, including among village chiefs, traditional healers, and men’s groups.
","Enhanced national nutrition guidelines
IYCN helped to set a countrywide standard for improved feeding practices by supporting the revision of Lesotho’s National Infant and Young Child Feeding Policy and incorporating the World Health Organization’s guidelines on HIV and infant feeding into national PMTCT guidelines. In February 2010, IYCN assisted the MOHSW with presenting the infant and young child feeding guidelines to the Minister of Health.
Facilitated multisectoral collaboration
To effectively reach communities with information about optimal feeding practices, the project fostered collaboration among three government ministries to develop joint training and supervision activities. A cascade-style approach to training community workers enabled IYCN to reach more caregivers with nutrition support. For example, IYCN supported the MOHSW to train 29 trainers at the Ministry of Agriculture, who then conducted “step-down trainings” with 496 home economists and other workers. IYCN also trained trainers at the Ministry of Education, who then trained early childhood care and development teachers. Both sets of trainees gave health talks at local clinics. The home economists showed mothers how to prepare food for their children and the teachers led discussions about good nutrition. Additionally, IYCN collaborated with each ministry to train 246 traditional healers in villages and 30 mentor mothers from mothers2mothers about how to counsel HIV-positive mothers on infant feeding.
Increased community support
Over the life of the project, IYCN supported the training of nearly 750 community health workers to counsel mothers on infant and young child feeding. Trained community health workers increased community support for optimal infant feeding practices and improved social norms, individual attitudes, and infant feeding behaviors. Through household visits, community health workers reached pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers two to four times each month. Community health workers also helped health workers create breastfeeding Masoabicommittees in some villages, which included traditional healers, grandmothers, and priests. By sensitizing village chiefs, traditional healers, community councils, grandmothers, and men’s groups, community health workers broadened support for infant and young child nutrition, which led to more public discussions about the issue. The project informally integrated traditional healers into the referral system, through which they referred mothers to community health workers.
By performing supervisory visits with 270 health providers trained by the project, IYCN monitored the two-way referral system between facilities and community health workers. Project staff also monitored community activities initiated through the project, such as growth monitoring and promotion, health talks, the creation of keyhole gardens, and cooking demonstrations. Health workers reported significant improvement in community-based growth monitoring and promotion sessions and said they were better able to detect and refer children who were growth-faltering, while keyhole gardens became a user-friendly, inexpensive, local source of vegetables.
","Growth
","","","","","","","Vulnerable groups","","Infant feeding for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV>>>Infant feeding for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV>>http://www.who.int/elena/titles/hiv_infant_feeding","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Mamorena’s story: helping babies grow up healthy and strong
It wasn’t until Mamorena volunteered to be a community health worker in rural Lesotho that she learned why her first child was frequently ill as an infant. After she gave birth to her son, she only gave him water for the first seven days, delaying breastfeeding until his umbilical cord fell off—a common cultural practice in Lesotho. She eventually added breastmilk and soft porridge to his diet.
While in an IYCN training to be a community health worker, she learned that the addition of foods and liquids—even water—during the first six months of life puts infants at risk of illness, infection, stunted growth, and death.
After the training, when Momorena gave birth to her second son, she began breastfeeding immediately and exclusively. As a community health worker, she continues to share what she learned with people in her village.
Lesotho: Connecting communities with health care facilities to prevent malnutrition
At the Litsoeneng Health Centre, a small clinic in a remote area of Lesotho, Adelina, 40, a nurse, and Mabeata, 62, a community health worker in the nearby village of Khopolo, proudly tell the story of Tsepo. He’s a healthy 17-month-old boy who is learning how to walk and loves playing with other children. Mabeata and Adelina meet monthly to monitor his growth and make sure he stays healthy.
But this wasn’t always the case for Tsepo. When he was 8 months old, Mabeata visited his home to monitor his growth and discovered that he wasn’t gaining weight at a normal rate. Immediately, she encouraged his mother, Malehloa, only 16 years old, to take him to the clinic to correct the problem. After participating in a training workshop conducted by the Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project, the community health worker knew that it was critical to send babies with growth problems to the clinic as soon as possible. She even walked with Malehloa and Tsepo from Khopolo to visit the clinic.
“I was very concerned about Tsepo. I wanted to be there to help Malehloa understand the problem and coordinate with the nurses to follow up after the visit,” Mabeata explained.
At the clinic, Adelina—one of a small staff that includes three nurses and two counselors—asked the young mother questions about how she was feeding Tsepo. Malehloa, who stopped going to school once she was pregnant, had practiced exclusive breastfeeding since Tsepo was born. As a result, he had hardly been sick during his first six months and he was growing normally.
The problem with his growth probably started after that. Malehloa didn’t know that Tsepo needed complementary foods (other foods and fluids) in addition to breast milk to keep him well nourished now that he was older than 6 months.
To improve Tsepo’s nutrition, Adelina and Mabeata helped Malehloa identify foods she already had at home—like enriched porridge and fruits—that would be good for Tsepo. They encouraged her to continue to breastfeed in addition to feeding Tsepo enough nutritious complementary foods at the right frequency. To help him catch up on his growth as quickly as possible, Adelina gave Tsepo a nutritional supplement.
“I learned that breastfeeding alone does not satisfy the baby after six months, so I have to add other foods that are good for Tsepo,” said Malehloa.
Now, Mabeata makes frequent home visits to check Tsepo’s growth and ensure that Malehloa feeds him enriched porridge and other good foods several times a day. She smiles when she talks about how happy and healthy Tsepo is now. She has seen steady improvements in his growth.
“I am very proud. It gives me strength to see how Tsepo is growing,” she said.
Mabeata’s quick actions and persistent follow-up probably prevented Tsepo from becoming severely malnourished. In Lesotho, many babies, even those who have grown well for the first six months of life, do not receive adequate complementary foods—putting them at risk of malnutrition and making them more susceptible to severe childhood illnesses, stunted growth, developmental delays, and death. Volunteers like Mabeata are the critical link between communities and the life-saving prevention and treatment available at health facilities.
To prevent malnutrition, the IYCN Project is working to improve the links between health facilities and communities like Khopolo. IYCN provides infant and young child feeding training workshops for community health workers, emphasizing increased collaboration with health facilities. Since IYCN conducted a training workshop at the Litsoeneng Health Centre for Mabeata and 30 other community health workers—one for each village in the area—the clinic staff have seen an increase in referrals for growth-faltering from community health workers.
Adelina believes that community health workers are vital to improving the health of mothers and children served by the clinic. She says it’s not always easy to get families to the facility. They often prefer to go to traditional healers in their villages or they do not have time to walk—sometimes more than six miles to the clinic
“We cannot afford to go house to house. If we need to get information to the villages, the community health workers are there on our behalf,” Adelina said.
Mabeata has all of the qualities necessary to go door to door to teach mothers about good feeding practices. She is well respected, empathetic, and a responsible mother—that’s why everyone at a village council meeting pointed to her when the clinic needed a volunteer to promote good health in the village 19 years ago. Her advice goes a long way toward making sure children have a chance for a healthy life.
“Now I tell other moms about Tsepo’s story and how we helped him. I think it motivates them to improve feeding practices for their babies,” Mabeata said.
","English" "27196","GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q10)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to infant and young child nutrition. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Health|Food and agriculture","Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security","World Health Organization (WHO)|United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)","UNICEF, WHO","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","27197","","Complementary feeding promotion and/or counselling","","","","Infants and young children","","","Community-based|Hospital/clinic","","Components of counselling or education on complementary feeding: timely introduction of complementary foods (i.e. at 6 moths), continued frequent, on-demand breastfeeding until 2 years or beyond, good hygiene and proper food handling practice, variety of food to ensure that nutrient needs are met, appropriate amount and frequency of meals (i.e. increase the number of times and the amount of complementary food as the child gets older), cooking demonstrations. Counselling or education on complementary feeding occurs during ante-natal care, post-natal check-up.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "27542","GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q6)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to infant and young child nutrition. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Health|Food and agriculture|Education and research","Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health,Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Education and training- early chlldhood development","World Health Organization (WHO)|United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)|World Food Programme (WFP)","WHO, UNICEF, WFP","","EGPAF, VSO, World Vision, CRS, Lesotho Breastfeeding promotion Network, Red Cross","","","","","","","","","","","","Christian Health Association of Lesotho","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","27543","","Growth monitoring and promotion","","","","Infants and young children|Preschool-age children (Pre-SAC)","","","","","Components of growth monitoring and promotion: taking measurments, tracking indicators, completing growth chart, discussing growth patterns with parents/caregivers, involving parents/caregivers in identifying problems and solutions related to growth faltering, counselling on infant and young child feeding, identifying and following-up on children with growth faltering. Measurements taken: height/length, weight, MUAC. Indicators tracked: stunting, wasting, BMI.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "27946","GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q7)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to infant and young child nutrition. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Health","Ministry of Health","World Health Organization (WHO)|United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)","WHO, UNICEF","","EGPAF, Lesotho Breastfeeding Promotion Network","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","27947","","Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling","","","","Infants and young children|Lactating women (LW)|Pregnant women (PW)","","","Community-based|Hospital/clinic","","Components of breastfeeding promotion and counselling: early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth, counselling on exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, counselling on continued breastfeeding for 2 years or beyond, counselling on attachment and positioning for successful breastfeeding. Counselling occurs during ante-natal care, post-natal check-up.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "28148","GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q8)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to infant and young child nutrition. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
WHO (2017) National Implementation of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/infantfeeding/bfhi-national-i...
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","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "28352","GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9a)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to infant and young child nutrition. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","28353","","Feeding of LBW infants","","","","Infants (up to 1 year of age)|Lactating women (LW)|Newborns (up to 28 days of age)","","","","","Components of the guidelines on feeding and care of premature or low-birth-weight infants: cup-feeding with mother’s own milk for those who cannot breastfeed.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "28548","GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9b)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to infant and young child nutrition. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","28549","","Infant feeding in the context of HIV","","","","Infants and young children|Pregnant/lactating women with HIV/AIDS","","","","","Components of the guidelines on infant feeding in the context of HIV: counselling on exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, counselling on continued breastfeeding for 12 months, counselling on attachment and positioning for successful breastfeeding, replacement feeding, testing for HIV among pregnant women, testing for HIV among new-borns, antiretroviral therapy for the mother, antiretroviral therapy for the infant.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "28686","GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9c)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to infant and young child nutrition. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","28687","","Infant feeding in the context of emergencies","","","","Infants and young children|Lactating women (LW)|Pregnant women (PW)","","","","","Components of the guidelines/protocol on infant feeding in the context of emergencies: counselling and support to mothers for breastfeeding.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "28806","GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q12a)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to healthy diets, overweight and diet-related NCDs. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","28807","","Food-based dietary guidelines","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "31450","GNPR 2016-2017: Vitamin and mineral nutrition (q25)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to vitamin and mineral nutrition. More actions and programmes can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","31451","","Iron and folic acid supplementation","","Folic acid|Iron","","Pregnant women (PW)","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "31818","GNPR 2016-2017: Vitamin and mineral nutrition (q26)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to vitamin and mineral nutrition. More actions and programmes can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","31819","","Iron and folic acid supplementation","","Folic acid|Iron","","Women of reproductive age (WRA)","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "32126","GNPR 2016-2017: Vitamin and mineral nutrition (q27)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to vitamin and mineral nutrition. More actions and programmes can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","32127","","Vitamin A supplementation","","Vitamin A","","Preschool-age children (Pre-SAC)|School age children (SAC)","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "32608","GNPR 2016-2017: Vitamin and mineral nutrition (q29)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to vitamin and mineral nutrition. More actions and programmes can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","32609","","Maize/corn flour fortification","","","","All population groups","","","","","Voluntary fortification.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "33122","GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q37)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to the prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition. More actions and programmes be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Health","MoH","World Health Organization (WHO)|United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)|World Food Programme (WFP)","WHO, UNICEF, WFP","","ADRA, World Vision Lesotho, Thmbalethu, Phelisang bophelong, Lesotho Red Cross","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","33123","","Food distribution/supplementation for prevention of acute malnutrition","","","","Adult men and women|All population groups|Infants and young children","","","","","Types of food distribution programmes implemented: emergency food aid programmes, direct food-based transfers (e.g. food for work), foods for infants and young children. Emergency food aid rations include fortified food products. Direct food-based transfers include fortified food products. Foods provided for infants and young children include complementary foods supplements, CSB/Super cereal.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "33380","GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q38)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to the prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition. More actions and programmes be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","33381","","Management of moderate malnutrition","","","","MAM child|Preschool-age children (Pre-SAC)","","","Hospital/clinic","","Components of the MAM programme: breastfeeding promotion and support, nutrition counselling, food security interventions, water, sanitation and hygiene intervention, provision of supplementary foods. Recommendations as part of nutrition: increase intake of animal-source foods high in nutrients. Supplementary foods provided: fortified blended foods (e.g. Corn-Soy Blend (CSB)). Target groups: children 6-59 months with MAM. MAM is assessed among children 6-59 months using weight-for-height or weight-for-length > -3Z score and < -2 without bilateral pitting oedema, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) <125mm and >115 mm without bilateral pitting oedema.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "33460","GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q39)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to the prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition. More actions and programmes be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","33461","","Management of severe acute malnutrition","","","","Adolescents|Adult men and women|Infants and young children|Preschool-age children (Pre-SAC)|SAM child","","","","","Target groups: children 0-5 months with SAM, children 6-59 months with SAM, adolescents, adults. SAM is assessed among children 0-5 months by weight-for-length <-3Z score, bilateral pitting oedema, unable to breastfeed. SAM is assessed among children 6-59 months by weight-for-height or weight-for-length <-3Z score, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) <115 mm, bilateral pitting oedema. Components of the SAM programme: inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment. Admission criteria for children 0-5 months with SAM to inpatient care: serious clinical condition or medical complications, recent weight loss or failure to gain weight, ineffective breastfeeding, any bilateral pitting oedema, less than minus 3 SD W/L. Admission criteria for children 6-59 months with SAM to inpatient care: medical complications, severe bilateral pitting oedema, poor appetite and/or breastfeeding problems. Discharge criteria: regained appetite and/or breastfeeding effectively, weight-for-height or weight-for-length ≥ –2 Z-score, MUAC ≥ 125 mm, no bilateral pitting oedema for at least 2 weeks.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "33660","GNPR 2016-2017: Nutrition and infectious disease (q40)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to nutrition and infectious disease. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Health","Ministry of Health","World Health Organization (WHO)|World Food Programme (WFP)","WHO, WFP","","Partners in Health, EGPAF, World Vision Lesotho, Lesotho Red cross","","","","","","","","","","Private health care providers","","Christian Health Association of Lesotho","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","33661","","Counselling on nutritional support&care for people living with HIV","","","","HIV cases","","","Community-based|Hospital/clinic","","Components of the nutritional care and support for people living with HIV: nutrition assessment, nutrition advice and counselling, food or nutrition support. Advices are provided on healthy diets for prevention of undernutrition, water, sanitaton and hygiene. Nutrition support includes: fortified food supplements, food basket.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "33832","GNPR 2016-2017: Nutrition and infectious disease (q41)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","01-2001","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to nutrition and infectious disease. More actions and programmes reported can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Health","Ministry of Health","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","33833","","Counselling on nutritional support & care for people living with TB","","","","TB cases","","","Community-based|Hospital/clinic","","Components of the nutritional care and support for people with active tuberculosis: nutrition assessment, nutrition advice and counselling, food or nutrition support. Advices are provided on healthy diets for prevention of undernutrition, food security, programmes, water, sanitation and hygiene. Nutrition support includes: fortified food supplements, food basket.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "35540","GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) National School feeding programme","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","01-2010","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to school health and nutrition programmes. Programme objectives: reduce or prevent child undernutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies); foster healthy diet and lifestyle habits; educate children and improve knowledge about healthy diet and lifestyle habits; improve school enrolment; improve school attendance; improve academic performance; reduce food insecurity and hunger; support the agriculture sector by creating farm to school linkages (e.g. cereals, milk, fruit and vegetables supply). Components of the school health and nutrition programme include: training of school staff on nutrition; standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools; hygienic cooking facilities and clean eating environment in schools; provision of school meals/school feeding programme; take-home rations distributed through schools; deworming; nutrition education included in school curriculum; physical education in school curriculum; standards for marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in school setting; safe drinking water available free of charge; adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools; school gardens.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Education and research","Ministry of Education- School feeding programme","World Food Programme (WFP)","WFP","","TED","","","","","","","","","","National Management Agents, KFC Hope programme","","Cooks","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","35541","","Deworming","","","","School age children (SAC)","","","Kindergarten/school","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "35540","GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) National School feeding programme","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","01-2010","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to school health and nutrition programmes. Programme objectives: reduce or prevent child undernutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies); foster healthy diet and lifestyle habits; educate children and improve knowledge about healthy diet and lifestyle habits; improve school enrolment; improve school attendance; improve academic performance; reduce food insecurity and hunger; support the agriculture sector by creating farm to school linkages (e.g. cereals, milk, fruit and vegetables supply). Components of the school health and nutrition programme include: training of school staff on nutrition; standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools; hygienic cooking facilities and clean eating environment in schools; provision of school meals/school feeding programme; take-home rations distributed through schools; deworming; nutrition education included in school curriculum; physical education in school curriculum; standards for marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in school setting; safe drinking water available free of charge; adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools; school gardens.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Education and research","Ministry of Education- School feeding programme","World Food Programme (WFP)","WFP","","TED","","","","","","","","","","National Management Agents, KFC Hope programme","","Cooks","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","35542","","Food distribution/supplementation for prevention of acute malnutrition","","","","School age children (SAC)","","","Kindergarten/school","","Take-home rations distributed through schools: LE RIZ ,L'HUILE ET LE HARICOT, LES CEREALES ENRICHIES DU PAM. Procured internationally, domestically.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "35540","GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) National School feeding programme","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","01-2010","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to school health and nutrition programmes. Programme objectives: reduce or prevent child undernutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies); foster healthy diet and lifestyle habits; educate children and improve knowledge about healthy diet and lifestyle habits; improve school enrolment; improve school attendance; improve academic performance; reduce food insecurity and hunger; support the agriculture sector by creating farm to school linkages (e.g. cereals, milk, fruit and vegetables supply). Components of the school health and nutrition programme include: training of school staff on nutrition; standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools; hygienic cooking facilities and clean eating environment in schools; provision of school meals/school feeding programme; take-home rations distributed through schools; deworming; nutrition education included in school curriculum; physical education in school curriculum; standards for marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in school setting; safe drinking water available free of charge; adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools; school gardens.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Education and research","Ministry of Education- School feeding programme","World Food Programme (WFP)","WFP","","TED","","","","","","","","","","National Management Agents, KFC Hope programme","","Cooks","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","35543","","Home, school or community gardening","","","","School age children (SAC)","","","Kindergarten/school","","They are used for educational activities and for consumption
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "35540","GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) National School feeding programme","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","01-2010","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to school health and nutrition programmes. Programme objectives: reduce or prevent child undernutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies); foster healthy diet and lifestyle habits; educate children and improve knowledge about healthy diet and lifestyle habits; improve school enrolment; improve school attendance; improve academic performance; reduce food insecurity and hunger; support the agriculture sector by creating farm to school linkages (e.g. cereals, milk, fruit and vegetables supply). Components of the school health and nutrition programme include: training of school staff on nutrition; standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools; hygienic cooking facilities and clean eating environment in schools; provision of school meals/school feeding programme; take-home rations distributed through schools; deworming; nutrition education included in school curriculum; physical education in school curriculum; standards for marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in school setting; safe drinking water available free of charge; adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools; school gardens.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Education and research","Ministry of Education- School feeding programme","World Food Programme (WFP)","WFP","","TED","","","","","","","","","","National Management Agents, KFC Hope programme","","Cooks","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","35544","","Nutrition education included in school curriculum","","","","School age children (SAC)","","","Kindergarten/school","","Nutrition education curriculum includes: lessons on healthy diet to prevent undernutrition; lessons on healthy diet to prevent overweight and obesity; lessons on breastfeeding; lessons on the links between nutrition and health; hands-on cooking skills; hands-on gardening skills. Mandatory in all preschools covered by this programme. Mandatory in all primary schools covered by this programme. Voluntary for all secondary schools covered by this programme.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "35540","GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) National School feeding programme","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","01-2010","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to school health and nutrition programmes. Programme objectives: reduce or prevent child undernutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies); foster healthy diet and lifestyle habits; educate children and improve knowledge about healthy diet and lifestyle habits; improve school enrolment; improve school attendance; improve academic performance; reduce food insecurity and hunger; support the agriculture sector by creating farm to school linkages (e.g. cereals, milk, fruit and vegetables supply). Components of the school health and nutrition programme include: training of school staff on nutrition; standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools; hygienic cooking facilities and clean eating environment in schools; provision of school meals/school feeding programme; take-home rations distributed through schools; deworming; nutrition education included in school curriculum; physical education in school curriculum; standards for marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in school setting; safe drinking water available free of charge; adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools; school gardens.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Education and research","Ministry of Education- School feeding programme","World Food Programme (WFP)","WFP","","TED","","","","","","","","","","National Management Agents, KFC Hope programme","","Cooks","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","35545","","School feeding programmes","","","","School age children (SAC)","","","Kindergarten/school","","All children in the targeted schools are eligible to receive school meals or participate in the school feeding programme. School meals are free for all children. Menus are decided by a technical team that works on the menus and the levels are calculated according to sphere programme. At the regional or national level, menus are decided by a nutritionist. Fruits and vegetables are part of the menu 3 times per week. Food is procured internationally, domestically.
","","","","","63.50%","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "35540","GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) National School feeding programme","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","01-2010","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to school health and nutrition programmes. Programme objectives: reduce or prevent child undernutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies); foster healthy diet and lifestyle habits; educate children and improve knowledge about healthy diet and lifestyle habits; improve school enrolment; improve school attendance; improve academic performance; reduce food insecurity and hunger; support the agriculture sector by creating farm to school linkages (e.g. cereals, milk, fruit and vegetables supply). Components of the school health and nutrition programme include: training of school staff on nutrition; standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools; hygienic cooking facilities and clean eating environment in schools; provision of school meals/school feeding programme; take-home rations distributed through schools; deworming; nutrition education included in school curriculum; physical education in school curriculum; standards for marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in school setting; safe drinking water available free of charge; adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools; school gardens.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Education and research","Ministry of Education- School feeding programme","World Food Programme (WFP)","WFP","","TED","","","","","","","","","","National Management Agents, KFC Hope programme","","Cooks","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","35546","","Standards for marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in school setting","","","","School age children (SAC)","","","Kindergarten/school","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "35540","GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) National School feeding programme","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","01-2010","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to school health and nutrition programmes. Programme objectives: reduce or prevent child undernutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies); foster healthy diet and lifestyle habits; educate children and improve knowledge about healthy diet and lifestyle habits; improve school enrolment; improve school attendance; improve academic performance; reduce food insecurity and hunger; support the agriculture sector by creating farm to school linkages (e.g. cereals, milk, fruit and vegetables supply). Components of the school health and nutrition programme include: training of school staff on nutrition; standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools; hygienic cooking facilities and clean eating environment in schools; provision of school meals/school feeding programme; take-home rations distributed through schools; deworming; nutrition education included in school curriculum; physical education in school curriculum; standards for marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in school setting; safe drinking water available free of charge; adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools; school gardens.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","Education and research","Ministry of Education- School feeding programme","World Food Programme (WFP)","WFP","","TED","","","","","","","","","","National Management Agents, KFC Hope programme","","Cooks","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","35547","","Standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools","","","","School age children (SAC)","","","Kindergarten/school","","Standards or rules apply to: foods and beverages being sold in immediate vicinity of schools.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "32832","GNPR 2016-2017: Vitamin and mineral nutrition (q32)","English","Other","","LSO","Lesotho","Lesotho","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to vitamin and mineral nutrition. More actions and programmes can be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
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