Nutrition:

i. Develop and/or advocate policies and programmes that will ensure food and nutrition security, food quality and safety at individual household, community and national level;

ii. Prevent and control specific macro and micronutrient deficiencies and promote appropriate diets and lifestyles throughout all stages of human life;

iii. Strengthen nutrition care practices for vulnerable groups, including young children, adolescents, women in the reproductive age, and HIV/AIDS infected, and those affected by non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart diseases, and cancer;

iv. Develop and sustain human resource capacity in the nutrition sector to meet the growing nutrition demands; and

v. Establish and maintain an efficient institutional arrangement and strong nutritional networks 

Gender:

iv. Facilitate and ensure appropriate health services to, and protection of women during pregnancy, confinement and post natal period as well as adequate nutrition