the african union policy environment toward enabling action for nutrition in africa
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The African Union Policy Environment Toward Enabling Action for Nutrition in Africa
Akoto Osei, Heifer International
Changing Policy Environment • MDG to SDG• Equity and inclusiveness• Evidence based solutions• Emphasis on results and impact• A more holistic approach• Emphasis on First 1,000 days of life• Poverty and hunger driven agenda• Need for increased resources
What defines enabling environment for nutrition?• Gillespie S, et al: Lancet 2013; 382: 552–69:
• A call for more research of what defines enabling environments for nutrition
• Consensus on these factors : • Politics and Governance• Knowledge and Evidence• Capacity and Resources
Politics and Governance – AU’s Commitment and Leadership• Increasing political commitment &
leadership on nutrition
Politics and Governance – AU’s Strategies & Policies
• Aspiration 1: A Prosperous Africa, based on Inclusive Growth & Sustainable Development.
• Goal 1: “A high standard of living, quality of life and wellbeing for All citizens”
• Goal 3: “A healthy and well-nourished citizens”
• Goal 5: “Modern agriculture for increased production, productivity & value addition”
Politics and Governance – AU’s Strategies & Policies
• Targets of Aspiration 1 includes:
• Reduce proportion of the population who suffer from hunger by at least 80%
• Reduce stunting in children to 10% and underweight to 5%.
Politics and Governance – AU’s Strategies Policies• 2014 Declared as Year of Agriculture, Food
Security and Nutrition• January 2014: AU Adoption of a Common
Africa Position (CAP) on the post-2015 development agenda (SDG);
• June 2014: Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihood;
The Malabo Declaration
Investment Finance in Agriculture
Recommitment to the CAADP
Process
Resilience & risk
managementEnding Hunger
by 2025
Markets & regional trade
Agriculture for 50% of Africa’s
poverty reduction
Mutual Accountability
Politics and Governance – AU’s Frameworks• Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development
Programme (CAADP)• Results by 2025:
• tangible impact of agriculture on socio-economic wellbeing of Africans – wealth creation; poverty alleviation; food & nutrition security; productive safety nets; and ecosystems and social system resilience.
Politics and Governance – AU’s Strategies Policies• June 2014: Declaration on Nutrition Security
for inclusive economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa
• End Hunger by 2025• Reduce child stunting to 10% and
underweight to 5% by 2025 and in particular, focusing on the first 1000 Days as the only window of opportunity
June 2015: Endorsed Africa’s Regional Nutrition Strategy (ARNS)
• Similar targets as the WHA65.6• Emphasize the scaling up of the nutrition
specific and nutrition sensitive interventions• Stress multi-sector collaboration for better
nutrition
Politics and Governance –Advocacy & Coordination• July 2010: Endorsed October 30th of each year
as Africa’s Day for Food and Nutrition Security
• January 2014 endorsed His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho as the Africa’s Nutrition Champion
• January 2016: Endorsed March 1 of each year as Africa’s Day for School Feeding
Politics and Governance – Advocacy & Coordination• African Task Force on Food and Nutrition
Development (ATFFND)• CAADP Partnership Platform • PACA Partnership Platform• Continental SPS Committee• ReSAKSS• AU’s active role in other nutrition & agriculture
events
Knowledge and Evidence for Nutrition – AU’s Activities• Cost of Hunger in
Africa Studies
Knowledge and Evidence for Nutrition – AU’s Activities• Sustaining CAADP Momentum Exercise,
undertaken in 2012-13• AU-EU Pan-African Research Programme on
Agriculture, Nutrition and Food Security - Ongoing
• NEPAD-FAO led food and nutrition information and knowledge sharing platform - Ongoing
Capacity and Resources for Nutrition • Limited capacity for nutrition (in-service & pre-
service)
Existing nutrition degree programs in West Africa
Moving forward • More actions to sustain the current political
commitments & momentum on nutrition• Actions needed to translate the nutrition
policies to concrete programs – i.e. scale up both the direct and indirect interventions
• Continue to include nutrition activities in the Action Plans of CAADP and other Frameworks
• Increase resources, including specific funding allocation for nutrition within budgets of AU and other RECs
Moving forward• Strengthen nutrition capacity across Africa • Strengthen data systems and information flow• Coordination and harmonization• Much needs to be done on obesity, overweight
and nutrition related non-communicable diseases