On 31 August 2011, the Republic of Mozambique joined the SUN Movement with a letter of commitment from Dr. Nazira Carimo Vali Abdula, the Vice Minister of Health. At the time, Mozambique had included the reduction of chronic undernutrition in the objectives and priorities of the Governments Five Year Plan (2010 – 2014) and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2011 – 2014) where chronic malnutrition is identified as an impact indicator. Mozambique had also adopted the “Multi-sectoral Action Plan for the Reduction of Chronic Undernutrition” which is coordinated with a multi-sectoral approach coordinated by the Technical Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security (SETSAN) and a Nutrition Partners Forum that coordinates support to the government.
The multi-sectoral platform (MSP) for nutrition, convened by the Technical Working Group of the 2010-2020 Programme for the Reduction of Chronic Undernutrition (GT-PAMRDC) through the Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN), has ensured capacity-building for provincial technical groups on the inclusion of nutrition into provincial and district economic plans. The PAMRDC is now decentralised to all 11 provinces, but it has proved challenging to ensure participation of all sectors at the district level. Two provinces have initiated this process. A SUN Business Network (SBN) kick-off meeting and consultative workshop was conducted with the participation of stakeholders from the private sector, donors, civil society, UN and the government. Civil Society Networks have been established in four provinces.
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Networks of different stakeholder groups work in close coordination with the SETSAN. The Civil Society Platform (SCP) is coordinated by the Association for Food and Nutrition Security (ANSA) and Helen Keller International (HKI) with networks established in three main regions in the country. The Nutrition Partner Forum (NPF) is composed of donor and United Nations (UN) agencies and is chaired by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and co-chaired by Irish Aid. UN REACH brings together UN agencies to support the implementation of the PAMRDC. The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and the World Food Programme are facilitating the set-up of a Business Network.
In addition to the networks, Mozambique has identified Nutrition Champions including the First Lady, the Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security and Health, musicians, singers, religious leaders and representatives from civil society and private sector.
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New laws, strategies and plans have been approved in the past year, including the provincial PAMRDC; a law on food fortification, as well as a food fortification strategy; a communication strategy for nutrition behaviour change; sectoral economic and social plans (PES) with nutrition components; and an operational plan for agrarian development. Advocacy campaigns by civil society have targeted policy-makers to foster ownership and accountability, and to position nutrition as a key factor for the well-being, income and development of children, families, communities, and the country.
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Nutrition sensitive plans in 2015 include the Agriculture, Health, Industry and Trade, Women and Social Affairs, Fisheries, Education, and Economy plans.
The Advocacy and Communication Plan for PAMRDC was adopted in 2014 with the motto ‘Nutrition is Development, a Commitment to All’.
A National Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes is in place and a ministerial decree on salt iodisation was approved in 2000. Legislation on food fortification has been drafted and is currently under review and maternity protection legislation covers 8 weeks.
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The establishment of provincial technical working groups has resulted in the design and approval of provincial multi-sectoral nutrition plans, which complement the national level plan. The report of the annual indicator assessment of the implementation of PAMRDC was submitted to the Council of Ministers. This year, the assessment was also carried out at the provincial level, thereby informing provincial governments on the progress. A Mozambican delegation participated in the fourth African SANKALP Meeting on Investment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Nairobi. The delegation included people from SETSAN and various food commodity industries. The meeting highlighted the importance of working together to build a community for the promotion of nutrition.
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It remains a major challenge to identify funds allocated specifically for nutrition. Only a few sectors are currently able to track amounts allocated for nutrition in national budgets. Overall financial tracking and transparency continues, as funds are channelled through the public finance system (e-SISTAFE). Advocacy for longer-term resource allocation to scale up and expand nutrition activities is done on a continual basis. It is necessary to improve the provinces’ PAMRDC resource allocation.
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A multi-stakeholder group has been established for planning and budgeting of food and nutrition security at the central level (GT-POSAN). This group is led by SETSAN with support from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Work is ongoing to identify long term availability of external financing and to ensure availability of domestic funding within each sector in order to support the scale up of nutrition interventions.
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