Policy - Kenya National Strategy for Control of Non-Communicable Disease

Date:

2015

Date de fin:

2020

Published by:

Ministry of Health

Published year:

2015

Is the policy document adopted?:

Yes

Adopted year:

2015

Adopted by:

Ministry of Health

Type of policy:

NCD policy, strategy or plan with healthy diet components

Tabs

Goals

Les buts, les objectifs ou les cibles de nutrition:

To reduce the preventable burden, avoidable morbidity, mortality, risk factors and costs due to Non-communicable diseases and promote the well-being of the Kenyan population by providing evidence based NCD prevention and control interventions in order to ensure optimal health throughout the life course for sustainable socioeconomic development

Strategies

Stratégies et activités de nutrition:

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3: To promote healthy lifestyles and implement interventions to reduce the modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases: unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, tobacco use and harmful use of alcohol.

Promoting healthy diet

I. Implementing national policy, plans, standards and guidelines that promote the production and consumption of healthy diets.

II. Implementing health related legislations and regulations on salt, saturated and trans fatty acids and refined sugar content of processed foods and the packaging, labeling and marketing of food products and beverages.

III. Implementing public awareness programmes on healthy diets during the life course, in the framework of national and county strategic plans, and regulations.

V. Initiating and implementing programmes that promote healthy diets in the community, private and public educational institutions, workplace, health facilities etc, in the framework of national and county strategic plans, and regulations.

VI. Supporting and promoting existing initiatives for breastfeeding and complementary feeding.

VII. Put in place mechanisms for economic incentives including taxes and subsidies that encourage healthy choices for food and beverages.

M&E Indicators

Indicateurs nutritionnels de suivi et d'évaluation:

- Physical inactivity : 10% reduction

- salt/sodium intake: 30% reduction

- raised blood pressure: 25% reduction

- Diabetes/obesity: 0% increase

Lien URL:

http://www.ianphi.org/documents/kenyastrategyforNCDs.pdf

Charger le fichier:

KEN-2015-NCDs.pdf

Références:

WHO 2nd Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017

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