Iloke Egbe
In an effort to sustain the gains and achievements already recorded by the Federal and State Government with support from UNICEF Nigeria, multi-stakeholders gathered in Calabar the capital of Cross River State for a three Day domestication and validation meeting with focus on Social Behavioral Change Strategy for Nutrition across lifecycles.
The meeting, coordinated by the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency in partnership with the State and Federal Ministry of Health, including Federal Primary Healthcare Development Agency held at Dannic Hotel, Ekorinim Calabar. And had attendance from relevant Stakeholders and heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies including non-governmental organizations.
At the heart of the meeting were presentations on the objectives of the meeting, overview of the nutrition situation in the State, goals, priority areas, baseline and targets guidelines for validation and domestication process.
The event featured plenary on maternal nutrition for under five children, nutrition for school age children, adolescents nutrition and nutrition for elderly. Others include nutrition for special circumstances.
There were presentations, corrections with a voice vote on the clauses of the document to reflect the State priority with a communique reach affirming that the document reflects the consensus and interest of the State Government.
Also stakeholders from Line MDAs including the HCH, DG SPHCDA, DG SEMA, GM RUWATSA and Permanent Secretaries from MoH, MoE MoI and MoWA validated the document and alluded that it should be adopted as a State Government document. This document moved the State ahead as one of the few Stares in Nigeria that are institutionalizing good governance across all sectors.
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