On 14 October 2015, the Republic of Sudan joined the SUN Movement with a letter of commitment from the Federal Minister of Health, Mr. Bahar Idriss Abu Garda. He shares that the leadership of Sudan is deeply committed to scaling up nutrition investments and whilst considerable progress had been made in some areas including fortification and supplementation, more needed to be done to reduce chronic undernutrition, anaemia, and low birth weight. He shared that the nation is in the process of developing a national nutrition plan that fully embraces both nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions and that a National Council of Food and Nutrition Security had been recently endorsed.
Sudan
Progress
Nutrition situation
38.2%
Under Five Stunting
16.3%
Under Five Wasting
3%
Under Five Overweight
54.6%
0-5 Months Exclusive Breastfeeding
30.7%
Woman Anaemia 15-49 years
7.4%
Adolescent Overweight Male
16.2%
Adolescent Overweight Female
16.6%
Adult Overweight Male
24.4%
Adult Overweight Female
4%
Adult Obesity Male
12.9%
Adult Obesity Female
8.3%
Adult Diabetes Male
9.5%
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
Sudan has strong mechanisms in place for scaling up nutrition. The established multi-sectoral platform (MSP) for nutrition includes the Higher Council of Food Security and Nutrition, which convenes 13 line ministries, whilst the National Nutrition Programme Office (NNP) of the Ministry of Health is responsible for coordination and reports to the President through the Vice-President and the National Nutrition Committee (NNC). The NCC engages with stakeholders including the private sector, civil society, UN agencies, development partners and academia. Sudan has developed advocacy tools and a decentralisation plan to districts, complemented by district and community-level coordination structures.
Last updated: November 2017
2016
In 2015, the President of Sudan committed to the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and in 2016, the government launched the “10 priorities in 5 years” call to action for the maternal, newborn and adolescent health strategy which nutrition is a core pillar.
Sudanese Presidential Decree English
Sudanese Presidential Decree Arabic
Last updated: October 2016
The national nutrition strategy response paper for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) recognises malnutrition as the single most important threat to health – limiting education achievements and opportunities for economic development. Despite efforts of various sectors, a huge gap remains between the coverage of basic services and actual needs of the targeted population. Sudan aims to address these factors by effectively engaging, through institutions responsible for the alignment of policies and legislation on the Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and maternity protection. The National Council for Food Security and Nutrition has been mandated to decentralise. The National Council for Child Welfare (NCCW) has been given the authority to ensure the implementation of programmes and the enforcement of legislations.
Last updated: November 2017
2016
Sudan-national-nutrition-policy and key strategies (2009)
Infant and Young child Feeding Strategy – Sudan (2015-2018)
Sudan National Nutrtition Policy Brief (2013)
Sudanese strategic response to ICN2 (2014).
Last updated: October 2016
The 2014-2025 National Nutrition Strategic Plan (NNSP) brings together stakeholders and recognises the contribution of good nutrition to the health and development of children. A multi-sectoral nutrition situation analysis is being carried out, as humanitarian response plans for the past three years have been multi-sectoral in terms of joint planning and implementation. A Joint Resilience Project will inform planning and implementation in both humanitarian and development contexts, after its evaluation
Last updated: November 2017
2016
In 2015, the President of Sudan committed to the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and in 2016, the government launched the “10 priorities in 5 years” call to action for the maternal, newborn and adolescent health strategy which nutrition is a core pillar.
Sudan-national-nutrition-policy and key strategies (2009)
Sudan National Nutrition Strategic Plan (2014-2025)
Sudan National Plan for Scaling Up CMAM (2015-2018)
Launch of “10 priorities in 5 years” (2016)
Last updated: October 2016
To scale up the coverage of suggested nutrition interventions to 90 per cent, an investment case was launched in August 2016. This was costed at an average of USD 524 million per year, of which estimates of current government contributions were at USD 83 million per year, with USD 118 million per year coming from development partners, leaving a USD 323 million funding gap. The NCCW have expressed interest in hosting a pool fund and being responsible for data collection, analysis and reporting, although capacity limitations and technical issues in managing nutrition-sensitive and specific programmes remain.
Last updated: November 2017
2016
Nutrition Investment Plan Launch (August 2016)
Last updated: October 2016
SUN Government Focal Point
Isameldin Mohammed Abdallah
Under-Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health
Donor Convenor
- TBC
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