"id","title","iso3code","countryname","mandate","type","Other","coordination","monitoring","lead government agency in mechanism","start month","start year","partner_gov","partner_government_details","partner_un","partner_un_details","partner_ngo","partner_ngo_details","partner_donors","partner_donors_details","partner_intergov","partner_intgov_details","partner_national_ngo","partner_nat_ngo_details","partner_research","partner_research_details","partner_private","partner_private_details","partner_other","partner_other_details","topics","other topics","policies","actions","lessons learnt","Url","notes" "26856","National Program Coordination Committee","AFG","Afghanistan","The "Nutrition Program Coordination committee" is a coordination form among PND, donor agencies, UN partners, relevant ministries, and other relevant agencies that address two important gaps; strategic areas in nutrition and ensure the government leadership in the sector.","Coordination","","Convening nutrition partners","","Ministry of Health","","2014","Health|Food and agriculture|Education and research","PND, MAIL, MoE, MoCI, MRRD","United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)|World Food Programme (WFP)|World Health Organization (WHO)","WHO, UNICEF, WFP, UN-FAO,","Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)|Nutrition International|Save the Children|World Vision International","GAIN, MI, SCI, ACF, AKDN, WVI,","European Commission (EC)|Global Affairs Canada|The World Bank|US Agency for International Development (USAID)","USAID, Canada DFATD, EU, WB,","","","","","","","","","","Nutrition Cluster Coordinator","Maternal, infant and young child nutrition|Acute malnutrition|Nutrition and infectious disease|Vitamin and mineral nutrition|Nutrition in schools|Nutrition sensitive actions|Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs","","","","","www.nutritionmoph.gov.af","
This coordination mechanism was reported to the WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition. https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrev...
" "26858","Nutrition Technical Working Groups","AFG","Afghanistan","To develop and review standards and guidelines for nutrition assessment information, review and contextualize relevant international guidelines for Afghanistan, review and validate nutrition assessment and information collection, analysis and reporting, centralize nutrition information, disseminate and advocate for action, offer technical support on nutrition assessment and information when and as needed, strengthen multi-sectorial linkages on nutrition assessment and information through direct participation at various forums, promoting knowledge management among partners, promoting documentation of success stories/lessons by stakeholders; success stories to feature in annual AIM WG newsletter/cluster quarterly bulletins, strengthen continuity of AIM WG partnership with stakeholders and monitor-use of evidence based information for decision making. Providing strategic guidance to strengthen the nutrition capacity development program, IMAM programming, IYCF programming, and Micronutrient programming in Afghanistan.","Coordination","","Convening nutrition partners|Coordination in development of national nutrition policies and programmes","","Ministry of Health","","2006","Health","MOPH Departments (RHD, GCMU, CBHC, DEWS, HPD, HMIS, CBD,","United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)|World Food Programme (WFP)|World Health Organization (WHO)","WHO, UNICEF, UN-FAO, WFP,","Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)|Nutrition International|Save the Children|World Vision International","SCI, WVI, GAIN, MI, ACF, AKHS, CAF, AMA, AKF, IMC, PU-AMI, SAF, MEDAIR","","","","","","","","","","","","","Maternal, infant and young child nutrition|Acute malnutrition|Nutrition and infectious disease|Vitamin and mineral nutrition|Nutrition in schools|Nutrition sensitive actions|Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs","","","","","www.nutritionmoph.gov.af","This coordination mechanism was reported to the WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition. https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrev...
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