On 19 May 2011, the Islamic republic of Mauritania joined the SUN Movement with a letter of commitment from the Minister of Economic Affairs and Development. At the time, had established a multi-stakeholder, multi-sector platform on nutrition, the Permanent Technical Committee (CTP). The committee was put in place under the framework of the National Nutrition Development Council (CNDN) created in 2010 as the convening body. The inter-sectoral Action Plan on Nutrition (PAIN) sought to ensure that nutrition and food security gained attention from all relevant ministries and stakeholders.
Mauritania
Progress
Nutrition situation
27.9%
Under Five Stunting
14.8%
Under Five Wasting
1.3%
Under Five Overweight
41.1%
0-5 Months Exclusive Breastfeeding
37.2%
Woman Anaemia 15-49 years
8.4%
Adolescent Overweight Male
16.9%
Adolescent Overweight Female
20.1%
Adult Overweight Male
24.5%
Adult Overweight Female
6.9%
Adult Obesity Male
19.3%
Adult Obesity Female
8.5%
Adult Diabetes Male
9.4%
Adult Diabetes Female
Strategic objectives
- Bringing people together
- Coherent policy and legal framework
- Aligning programs around a Common Results Framework
- Financial tracking and resource mobilization
The National Nutrition Development Council (CNDN) and its technical standing committee, created in 2010, form the multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder platform (MSP). A revision, per decree, is proposed, within the strategic multi-sectoral plan on nutrition to improve the operations of this system. A coordination framework for nutrition is in place and functioning, for handling emergencies, chaired by the Ministry of Health. The CNDN is decentralised in four regions albeit not operational. Strengthening of national and regional coordination is ongoing, through the establishment of common tools and revision of the Decree creating the CNDN. The newly-established UN network will enable more systematic joint annual planning and monitoring – in addition to the civil society network, which is very active. Support groups exist for parliamentarians and journalists, whilst donor and private sector commitment remains limited.
Last updated: November 2017
2016
Last updated: December 2016
2015
Despite the steps taken by the government, the donors and the private sector have not been organised into a network yet. The costs associated with the presence of a REACH facilitator (since 2008) are now taken on by the Government, and nutrition has been included in the planning document for UN agencies (UNDAF). The country is working on bringing together civil society stakeholders to improve the structure of their actions. The establishment of dedicated networks would help to improve the platform’s results and ensure better participation among stakeholders.
Last updated: October 2015
The completion of the 2016-2030 Accelerated Growth and Shared Prosperity Initiative has enabled nutrition mainstreaming to be analysed across different legislative texts. Nutrition is considered in the new national health policy towards 2030 and in the 2017-2020 National Health Development Plan. The implementation of pro-nutrition political and legal frameworks, particularly on salt iodisation and wheat flour fortification, remains a challenge. A roadmap for improving large-scale fortification and an implementing decree for the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes is being developed.
Last updated: November 2017
2016
Last updated: December 2016
2015
National and sectoral policies and strategies in most key sectors, such as agriculture and food security, poverty reduction, public health and social protection, take nutrition into account. They have been updated and are long-term, up to 2020. Finalising directives on integrating nutrition into sectoral policies should enhance their effectiveness.
Last updated: October 2015
The 2016-2025 Strategic Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Plan and common results framework is awaiting political validation. As a reference document for nutrition-related interventions, it does not contain an action plan, but forms a policy framework for all actors involved. A planning workshop for implementation is scheduled, to operationalise this Plan, prioritising actions that contribute to nutrition and evaluating the actors’ implementing capacity. In the longer term, annual progress reviews will enable monitoring, in the absence of an adequate information system. The specific interventions in the common results framework will be operationalised through scaling plans that are being produced on treating acute malnutrition, promoting good feeding practices for infants and young children, combating the lack of micronutrients.
Last updated: November 2017
2016
Last updated: December 2016
2015
The programmes under way are harmonised with the national nutrition policy and are nutrition-specific or contribute to nutrition (via social protection, water, sanitation and hygiene).
Last updated: October 2015
The cost of nutrition-specific interventions is estimated at USD 76 million over the next 10 years and an anal-ysis of existing interventions will enable funding gaps to be identified. It has been estimated that a regular increase in public funding to 45 per cent over 6 years (2017-2022) would be necessary to fund specific interventions. The com-pletion of the Cost of Hunger study is expected to assist in ensuring predictable funding over a number of years for nutrition.
Last updated: November 2017
2016
Last updated: December 2016
2015
Last updated: October 2015
SUN Government Focal Point
Abbas Sylla,
Directeur Général des Politiques et Stratégies de Développement, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances
Donor Convenor
- TBC
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