PART III INVOLVEMENT OF OTHERS Partnerships within the MoPH The MoPH, as steward of the public health and nutrition sector, sets policies and standards, develops guidelines, and coordinates the actions of its various departments with those of its partner and donor agencies, and implementing NGOs. The PND is the main technical unit of the MoPH responsible for the implementation and oversight of this strategy. The Public Nutrition Strategy calls for the PND to closely coordinate its work with other relevant programs of MoPH, such as child and adolescent health, reproductive health, environmental health, health promotion, food and drug quality laboratory, immunization, and grants and contracts management. The nutrition related responsibilities of the relevant units of the MoPH and coordination of their roles vis-a-vis the PND are described as below: Table 7. Coordination with other departments of MOPH Departments of Nutrition Related Coordination Key Nutrition Related Roles Related Role of PND MoPH Responsibilities Mechanism General Directorate (GD) of Child and Overall leadership, guidelines Technical support, oversight and Integrated Management of Preventive Medicine, Child Adolescent Health development, and implementation review of nutrition components Childhood Illness (IMCI) Health Taskforce, and (CAH) monitoring of IMCI hoc meetings Nutrition services provided Overall leadership, guidelines Technical support, oversight and Community-Based GD of Preventive Medicine, by Community Health development, and implementation review of nutrition components Health Care (CBHC) CBHC Taskforce Workers (CHWs) monitoring of CBHC High dose vitamin A Vitamin A supplementation and Technical support and monitoring GD of Preventive Medicine, Immunization supplementation and deworming during National of intervention coverage EPI Taskforce deworming Immunization Days (NID) acid Technical support, development supplementation for of strategies guidelines, and IEC Reproductive pregnant and lactating Monitoring and capacity building materials, and monitoring RH Taskforce Health women, and IYCF coverage of nutrition promotion interventions
PART III INVOLVEMENT OF OTHERS Partnerships within the MoPH The MoPH, as steward of the public health and nutrition sector, sets policies and standards, develops guidelines, and coordinates the actions of its various departments with those of its partner and donor agencies, and implementing NGOs. The PND is the main technical unit of the MoPH responsible for the implementation and oversight of this strategy. The Public Nutrition Strategy calls for the PND to closely coordinate its work with other relevant programs of MoPH, such as child and adolescent health, reproductive health, environmental health, health promotion, food and drug quality laboratory, immunization, and grants and contracts management. The nutrition related responsibilities of the relevant units of the MoPH and coordination of their roles vis-a-vis the PND are described as below: Table 7. Coordination with other departments of MOPH Departments of MoPH Nutrition Related Responsibilities Key Nutrition Related Roles Related Role of PND Coordination Mechanism Child and Adolescent Health (CAH) Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Overall leadership, guidelines development, and implementation monitoring Technical support, oversight and review of nutrition components of IMCI General Directorate (GD) of Preventive Medicine, Child Health Taskforce, and meetings Community-Based Health Care (CBHC) Nutrition services provided by Community Health Workers (CHWs) Overall leadership, guidelines development, and implementation monitoring Technical support, oversight and review of nutrition components of CBHC GD of Preventive Medicine, CBHC Taskforce Immunization High dose vitamin A supplementation and deworming Vitamin A supplementation and deworming during National Immunization Days (NID) Technical support and monitoring of intervention coverage GD of Preventive Medicine, EPI Taskforce Reproductive Health acid supplementation for pregnant and lactating women, and IYCF promotion Monitoring and capacity building Technical support, development of strategies guidelines, and IEC materials, and monitoring coverage of nutrition interventions RH Taskforce hoc
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