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An analysis of nutrition-relevant national policies in South Asia reveals a gap in addressing the essential nutrition actions recommended by World Health Organization (WHO)

by Sumanta Neupane,

Manita Jangid,

Samuel Scott,

Phuong Hong Nguyen,

Sunny S. Kim,

Purnima Menon,

Zivai Murira and

Harriet Torlesse

Current Developments in Nutrition | 2020

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa064_018

Open Access | CC BY-4.0

Citation

Neupane, Sumanta; Jangid, Manita; Scott, Samuel; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Kim, Sunny S.; Menon, Purnima; Murira, Zivai; and Torlesse, Harriet. 2020. An analysis of nutrition-relevant national policies in South Asia reveals a gap in addressing the essential nutrition actions recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). Current Developments in Nutrition 4(Supplement 2): 1728. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa064_018

The WHO recommends Essential Nutrition Actions (ENAs) throughout the life course to tackle malnutrition in all its forms. However, limited evidence exists on the availability of policies to support the implementation of ENAs in South Asia, a region with the highest burden of malnutrition globally. We conducted a policy analysis to assess the extent to which current policies address ENAs for adolescent girls, women, and children in South Asia.

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