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134 ã2015 American Society for Nutrition. Adv. Nutr. 6: 134–135, 2015; doi:10.3945/an.114.007781.
food processing, trade, social protection, education, labor, financing tools for funding the expansion of nutrition
and public information, in the quest to improve worldwide programs worldwide.
nutrition. The ultimate goals of this action item are to pro-
mote the demand for and supply of healthier food and to Action 5: Monitor and evaluate the implementation
eliminate constraints to its access. Implementation is of policies and programs
envisioned to involve establishment of a dialogue be- Finally, as with most well-delineated plans related to im-
tween health and other government sectors to consider pol- proving public health, this one recommends the devel-
icy measures that could improve the nutritional status of the opment and use of a well-defined monitoring framework
population and reduce conflict between current sectoral pol- to provide accountability for the actions implemented.
icies and health policies. The WHO also urges international This framework should follow a proposed set of indicators
partners to involve themselves in analyzing evidence as developed by the WHO (see link below). Proposed activ-
of effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving ities include the implementation of the WHO child growth
food security, social welfare, and education in low-income standards to monitor individual growth patterns and popula-
countries. tion levels of stunting, wasting, and overweight and the col-
lection and exchange of information between organizations
Action 4: Provide sufficient human and financial with the aim of ensuring global coverage of the databases.
resources for the implementation of nutrition
interventions For More Information
This action item recognizes the enduring and undeniable A free on-line version of this report can be found at http://
fact that these action plans and associated implementation www.who.int/nutrition/publications/CIP_document/en/. The
strategies will require substantial financial, technical, man- WHO review of food and nutrition policies of member states
agerial, and human resources for them to be successful. In can be accessed at http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/
addition, greater efficiencies will be needed in funding pro- policies/global_nut_policyreview/en/. To read the afore-
grams, including better alignment of donor investment with mentioned document outlining effective nutrition intervention
national priorities, and measures to reduce costs of inter- programs, go to http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/
ventions such as micronutrient supplements and ready-to- infantfeeding/essential_nutrition_actions/en/. For more
use foods. The plan recommends that member states information about the WHO monitoring and evaluation
implement a comprehensive approach to capacity build- indicators, see http://www.who.int/nutrition/EB128_18_
ing, including workforce development and leadership de- backgroundpaper4_nutrition_indicators.pdf?ua¼1. The In-
velopment; provide support to local communities; and ternational Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes
establish a budget line and national financial targets for is available at http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/
nutrition. It also recommends exploration of innovative infantfeeding/9241541601/en/.
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