The National Nutrition Multi-Sectoral Action Plan (NNMSAP) was finalised and endorsed by the ministerial committee in 2014. An operational is being prepared in order to implement the sectoral programs. Due to the on-going conflict, progress has stalled and progress on the implementation of plan has hindered and delayed.
For nutrition specific programs, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MOPHP) is extensively engaged in with UN partners and civil society organisations to implement the programs, in particular, for the populations affected by emergencies.
UNICEF jointly with the MOPHP and civil society organisations started to implement a comprehensive community based stunting prevention program along with a community led total sanitation program. This was being implemented in 19 districts with high prevalence of stunting and wasting in Taiz, Hodeida and Saada`a however these activities have also been stalled because of the ongoing-conflict.
The Government of Yemen, with support from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) and the World Bank, is implementing a food security program in the food insecure governorates.
In addition, the Food and Agriculture Organization with support from the European Union, established a Food Security Information System (FSIS) at MOPIC in 2014. The FSIS system is designed to collect information on both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive indicators along with the food security indicators.
Last updated: October 2015
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