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some of the actions proposed from participants include the following : 1. in terms of nutrition commitments the participants observed the need to share them among all government sectors to create ownership among key stakeholders that have a role in ensuring that these are fulfilled on the domestic context. for example, the commitment made by government to increase nutrition budgetary allocation of the district budget to 5% was difficult because others agencies such as district officials and the National Local Government Financing Committee was not aware of these commitments. 2. on the M and E ... Read moresystems participants noted that it is key to promote sharing of data so that there could be improvements in the implementation of nutrition programs 3. on the challenges on food systems coordination, the participants proposed the need to lobby for government to assign the role of coordination in the office of the president or the national planning commission as the two institutions have overarching mandate on each institutions 4. on making fresh nutrition for growth commitments, the participants were of the view that instead of making unrealistic commitments, the government should only ensure that new commitments are relevant and reflect the view of wider stakeholder. Read less

Les actions urgentes à entreprendre sont les suivantes : Aux partenaires d’appuyer les communautés avec les AGR pour lutter contre la malnutrition ; Renforcer les activités agricoles ; Initier des projets d’appui des ménages surtout les femmes en activités génératrices des revenus.; la construction et équipement du Centre de Santé selon les normes et qui soit proche de nous pour avoir les soins de qualité; la construction du PONT au niveau de Comigiem pour nous connecter au Quartier Salongo 2 ça facilite la circulation des biens et de la monnaie; l’amélioration et régularisa... Read moretion des salaires des travailleurs; Aménagement des routes pour permettre la circulation fluide des biens et services; Appui aux ménages avec les kits aratoires pour faire l’agriculture ; Read less

- Malnutrition Screening /Growth Monitoring of Children under 5years - Explaining Reporting Forms that will be used while screening malnutrition and giving messages to families - Providing accurate Reports and on time -Community sensitization

- Malnutrition Screening /Growth Monitoring of Children under 5years and rehabilitation to malnourished children - Explaining Reporting Forms that will be used while screening malnutrition and giving messages to families - Providing accurate Reports and on time

Comme pistes des solutions les deux groupes ont presentes les elements ci apres qu’une fois mise en œuvre ca va resoudre ce probleme de nutrition dans cette communaute de Maluku, il s’agit de : - Consommer de l’eau potable surtout les enfants en eduquqnt la population sur coment rendre l’eau potable a la maison aussi a comment proteger de l’eau déjà potable. Aussi aux partenaires d’augmenter le nombre des forages dans la communaute, - Donner de l’emploi aux parents qui sont au chomage dans la communaute, soit des AGR car ceci permettra a beaucoup des parents d’arriver a fair... Read moree face aux difficultes de faire nourrir correctement leurs enfants du fait que le pouvoir d ;’achat va un peu augnmenter, aussi ils peuvent epargner un peu pour leurs permettre de bien nourrir les enfants a la maison, egalemnt de faire la promotion des pratiques d’elevage dans les maisons, - Assainir aussi le milieu meme nos parcelles, car une mauvaise hygiene en generale predispose le corps humain a faire des maladies y compris la malnutrition surtout si y a pas une bonne hygiene alimentaire d’où le travail de sensibilisation faite par les agents de sante en ilpliquant les leaders religieux pour faire vehiculer un bon message de comportament positifs. - Egalement sensibiliser et promouvoir les pratiques sur l’allaitement maternel chez tous les enfants de moins de 6 mois, Read less

- Malnutrition Screening /Growth Monitoring of Children under 5years - Rehabilitations of Malnourished children and Follow up - Providing accurate Report and on time

Les actions urgentes à entreprendre sont les suivantes Sensibiliser et appuyer les ménages à pratiquer les champs et l’élevage ;Sensibiliser continuellement les membres de la communauté sur la malnutrition ;Faire le plaidoyer auprès du Gouvernement National et Provincial en impliquant les Leaders Religieux et les autorités politico-administratives locales sur leur implication dans la lutte contre la malnutrition ;Renforcer la mise en œuvre de Consultation Préscolaire & Consultation Prénatale ;Le gouvernement doit prendre ses responsabilités en mains, pour améliorer la vie soc... Read moreiale de la population ;Sensibiliser la population sur la consommation des aliments de bonne qualité nutritive et de l’eau potable ;Encourager le jardin parcellaire pour chaque ménage ;Travailler en Association càd Encourager l’esprit associatif pour lutter contre la malnutrition ;Vulgariser le calendrier agricole ; Conscientiser la population sur la persistance de la malnutrition qui tue les enfants dans nos communautés. Read less

1. Provide Nutritional Education for Farmers to increase crop production and diversify their farms. 2. Gardening is needed to increase nutritious crops at home. 3. Cooking lessons among women especially are required to impart skills. 4. Farmers need to learn food preservation methods. This will allow them to store food for a longer time than usual. Currently, most farmers complain of losing their harvest due to chemicals used to treat their produce. 5. Many are willing to generate income through other means besides farming, which disappoints them whenever there is drought. 6. Planting of fruit... Read more trees will be emphasized going forward. 7. Information dissemination on the dangers of malnutrition and reporting of suspected cases to the health facility Read less

Participants came up with urgent actions that should be done to find urgent solutions to nutrition related challenges. And they think that the central and local government institutions, faith denominations and NGOs have key roles to play. The actions they suggested are as follow: 1. Training people on how to take care of their arable land and that they should breed small livestock. 2. People should be sensitized not to misuse their harvest 3. Sensitizing citizens to engage in income generating activities so that they diversify their income. 4. Sensitize people around healthy eating 5. Sensitiz... Read moreing people around hygiene and cleanliness 6. People should be enabled to have access to improved seeds 7. Sensitized people around eating balanced diets 8. Sensitized people around birth planning 9. Initiating projects aiming at increasing food production 10. People spending time on public places erring should be held accountable as they do not contribute in food production. Read less

1. Invest in community-led, context-sensitive solutions: Provide targeted support to address specific challenges, such as climate impacts and conflict, and integrate nutrition with livelihoods and other sectors to address household food insecurity. 2. Ensure accountability across all levels: Strengthen leadership accountability at local, national, and international levels, ensuring healthcare systems, governments, civil society, and partners fulfil commitments and effectively distribute resources. Political will and high-level accountability are crucial. 3. Promote multi-sectoral collaboration... Read more: Break down silos by fostering partnerships between health, nutrition, and other sectors to deliver sustainable, integrated programmes that address food security and malnutrition comprehensively. This includes those involved in direct delivery, as well as government and civil society. 4. Advocate for international action against conflict-induced hunger: Enforce compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL), hold states accountable for using hunger as a weapon, and keep conflict-related hunger on the global agenda. 5. Invest in nutrition education and implementation research: Invest in nutrition education and training for caregivers, community health workers, and traditional leaders to enhance understanding of balanced diets and strengthen community resilience to malnutrition. Changing health systems and services requires rigorous testing and adaptation to user needs. Modelling alone is insufficient, and implementation research is a critical, often missing step. 6. Leverage climate finance for local, nutrition-sensitive interventions: Increase access to climate finance to support nutrition-sensitive programmes, ensuring funds are provided as grants, not loans. Prioritise channeling these resources to local levels, focusing on initiatives that benefit women, children, and other local groups while enhancing climate-resilient food systems. Read less

The following are actions participants think as urgently needed, and suggested that central and local governments should play a key role without forgetting NGOs and Faith denominations. 1. Sensitizing people to work in cooperatives and associations, 2. Sensitizing people to modern farming, 3. Good nutrition to children, 4. Sensitizing parents to great role of good nutrition. 5. Capacity building to all people categories about good nutrition, 6. Sensitizing people to avoid laziness, 7. Local administration should even punish anybody who do not take care of knowledge got from workshops 8. Capaci... Read morety building about the period to start feeding children with balanced diet, 9. Sensitizing farmers to grow selected seeds on the basis modern farming techniques 10. Growing agroforestry trees 11. Communities water supply 12. Supply of medicines to malnutrition victims, 13. Distribution to balanced diet at medical centers. Read less

1. Community education on nutrition, food preparations, and consumption. This can be done through community engagements with different groups, including the church, traditional leaders, teachers, health personnel, and parents. Churches already have some of these programs for the prevention of malaria. It will be a good idea to include nutrition. 2. Families need financial literacy to help them understand the importance of saving money for future use. 3. Churches recommend using radio programs to engage the community on the importance of nutrition and create a platform for children's participat... Read moreion in decision-making at home. 4. Children want school production units to be revamped so that schools can grow their food. Read less

The current practice is that, some family prepare food for their children’s school meal box. Some have knowledge on different food groups and they try to feed their children as well as possible. In some of the early childcare centers, the teacher organizes and prepares proper and nutritious snacks or traditional snack for children. During the discussion, one church community established a fund mechanism and provided some amount of cash to pregnant women. The parents provided long-term recommendations as follows: • There should be parents and school management committees to monitor the food... Read more and snack markets from the schools. • Parents should organize to prepare the local foods and feed their children • Strengthen the Church community and network and promote nutrition (food safety and security) through this (nutrition dialogue) platform • More home gardening and planting nutritious fruits for children and sharing with others. • Limit outside food consuming • Awareness raising for parents and children. • Limit utilization of food dyes. Read less