Country Profiles
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SUN Countries
Kenya
Joined Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement
August 2012
National multi-stakeholder platform for nutrition
Nutrition Inter agency Coordination Committee
Sun Government Focal Point/Country Coordinator
Gladys Mugambi, Head of the Directorate of Health Promotion and Education, Ministry of Health,
Country nutrition status 2022
- Yes
- In process
- No
- Costed
- M&E framework
National multi-stakeholder platform (MSP)
Date established
no information
MSP annual action plan exists
National nutrition plan
Advocacy and communications framework/plan
Advocacy and communications framework/plan
Subnational nutrition coordination mechanism
Subnational MSPs exist
Subnational MSPs have annual action plans
SUN networks in-country presence
SUN Civil Society Network
SUN Business Network
UN-Nutrition
SUN Academy Network
SUN Donor Network
Others: e.g. youth, parliamentarian, media
Finance for nutrition
Resource mobilization strategy exists
Budget tracking exercise done this year
Funding gaps identified this year
Domestic expenditures on nutrition tracked
Country priorities 2022
Build capacity on nutrition financial tracking and harmonizing tools being used in the country; Strengthen the country to share best practices for nutrition programming; Coordinate stakeholders in nutrition space for targeted outcomes.
2022 Shared country good practice
Creation of a parliamentary caucus for nutrition
Bringing people together
Members of the National Assembly and Senate have been recruited to champion for nutrition as supporters for nutrition during debate.
Progress towards SUN 3.0 Strategic Objectives (SO)
SO.1
The country has worked well in developing good policy documents that guide areas for nutrition intervention. The Kenya Nutrition Action Plan and the Food and Nutrition Security Policy are the main documents from which nutrition gets its guidance for implementation.
SO.2
The country contextualized the SUN 3.0 Strategy to its country-specific strategy in an effort to align country actions with global SUN priorities.
SO.3
Various trainings and other efforts have been undertaken to ensure the continuation of capacity-strengthening for nutrition, targeting officers at implementation and planning levels for improved nutrition outcomes.
SO.4
The SUN Government Focal Point is from the Ministry of Health, and the SUN Networks have within them officers from the Government, either as members or as part of the secretariat. This helps the country ensure that the actions of the networks align with the country's priorities and help the Government achieve them. Additionally, the SUN Networks in the country derive their mandates from government policy documents and action plans.
