Country Profiles
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SUN Countries
Liberia
Joined Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement
February 2014
National multi-stakeholder platform for nutrition
Liberia Multi-Sectoral Platform (LMSP)
Sun Government Focal Point/Country Coordinator
Augustine Gordon Musah, National Coordinator, Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Liberia
Country nutrition status 2022
- Yes
- In process
- No
- Costed
- M&E framework
National multi-stakeholder platform (MSP)
Date established
2019
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
Strengthen and sustain the policy environment; Enhance capacities for scaling up nutrition activities; Increase domestic resources to support nutrition actions; Increase human resources for the smooth operation of the SUN Secretariat.
2022 Shared country good practice
The Development of the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Costed Plan
Strengthening stakeholders collaboration and coordination
Bringing stakeholders together to ensure the alignment of actions to implement nutrition interventions.
Progress towards SUN 3.0 Strategic Objectives (SO)
SO.1
In 2022, the Liberia National Legislature supported the enactment of the Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, which was passed by the House of Representatives on 22 March. However, the Senate is being engaged for concurrence on the bill.
SO.2
The SUN Secretariat, in collaboration with UN-Nutrition, conducted an action mapping of nutrition stakeholders nationwide to determine nutrition actions at national and subnational levels.
SO.3
The SUN Multisectoral and Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP) has been advocating for increased government allocation for nutrition through the national budget.
SO.4
In November 2022, the SUN Secretariat was revitalized, staffed and repositioned within the Office of the Vice-President of Liberia. The Vice-President is now the SUN National Convener and Chair of the Nutrition and Food Security Steering Committee. The MSP coordination mechanism at the subnational level is gradually evolving and embracing nutrition actions as a priority.
