Policy - The Food and Nutrition Policy for Tanzania

Date:
1992
Published by:
Ministry of Health
Published year:
1992
Is the policy document adopted?:
Yes
Adopted year:
1992
Adopted by:
Ministry of HealthThe Ruling Party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
Type of policy:
Comprehensive national nutrition policy, strategy or plan

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Goals
Goals, objectives or targets related to nutrition: 

Aims:
1. To integrate food and nutrition activities undertaken by various sectors
2. To enable each sector to play its part in the elimination of the malnutrition problem
3. To improve the nutritional situation of the Tanzanian community, especially children and women
4. To strengthen the procedures of obtaining and supplying food within the household, villages and towns by utilizing locally produced foods
5. To enable Tanzanians to produce and use food which can adequately meet their nutritional needs
6. To establish a viable research programme which will facilitate the improvement of food and nutrition in the country

Objectives:
1. To prepare a viable system for coordinating, balancing, and guiding food and nutrition activities which are being undertaken by various sectors
2. To provide guidelines and techniques to combat food and nutrition problems in the country and to enable each sector to play its role
3. To rectify the state of food availability and formulate proper strategies and techniques to ensure the availability and utilization of food in accordance with nutritional requirements
4. To involve all sectors which deal with issues pertaining to food and nutrition in realizing and strengthening the methods of improving the nutritional situation
5. To incorporate food and nutrition considerations in development plans and to allocate available resources towards solving the problem of food and nutrition at all levels
6. To use nutrition as one of the indicators in assessing social development achievements of economic and health improvement projects
7. To formulate and develop research which will facilitate solving of food and nutrition problems

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