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National Council on Nutrition approves a five-year nutrition action plan for Nigeria Format The National Council on Nutrition, at a virtual meeting anchored at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, approved a five-year nutrition action plan to guide the implementation of interventions and programmes against hunger and malnutrition across all sectors in Nigeria. If effectively implemented, the action plan, titled the “National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN) 2021-2025, will reduce the proportion of people who suffer malnutrition by 50 percent and increase exclusive breastfeeding rate to 65 percent. It also aims to reduce stunting rate among under-five-year-olds to 18 percent by 2025 by scaling up impact nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. ....
Daily Post Nigeria Published President Muhammadu Buhari administration has set up a team to address hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria. The presidency, in a statement on Thursday by Laolu Akande, announced the inauguration of an ad-hoc Technical Advisory Group to support the implementation of the 5-year National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action on Nutrition (NMPAN). It said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo constituted the group earlier in the week when he called a virtual meeting of the National Committee on Food and Nutrition. Membership of the team is drawn from the Office of the VP, Nigeria Governors Forum, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Nutrition Partners Forum, Organised Private sector, Academia/ Research, Scaling Up Nutrition Secretariat at the Federal Ministry of Health, Civil Society groups, and the UN-Nutrition. ....
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Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, on Thursday said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has set up an ad-hoc technical advisory group to support the implementation of the five-year National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action on Nutrition. He said the development was part of the Federal Government’s resolve to address the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the country. Akande disclosed this in a statement titled, “FG’s fight against hunger: VP sets up technical team to facilitate 5-year action plan on nutrition.” He said Osinbajo constituted the technical advisory group during the week when he called a virtual meeting of the National Committee on Food and Nutrition, a week after the National Council on Nutrition adopted the plan of action. ....
Osinbajo sets up technical advisory team to tackle malnutrition On FILE: Malnourished children Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has set up an adhoc Technical Advisory Group to support the implementation of the 5-year National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action on Nutrition (NMPAN). Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that the vice president constituted the group at a virtual meeting of the National Committee on Food and Nutrition. The NMPAN is part of Federal Government’s efforts to address the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the country READ ALSO: Membership of the advisory group is drawn from the Office of the Vice President, Nigerian Governors Forum and Nutrition Society of Nigeria. ....