Social Protection for Improved Nutrition Outcomes in Tanzania (2022/2023)

It highlights the importance of social protection in achieving positive nutrition outcomes, particularly for vulnerable populations. The brief provides an overview of the nutrition situation in Tanzania, including poverty rates and nutrition indicators, and discusses the social protection landscape in the country. It also explores opportunities for leveraging nutrition within social protection systems, including modeling, data sharing, and coverage. The document concludes with recommendations for increasing coverage of nutrition-sensitive social protection programs, improving data sharing, and integrating nutrition education and services into social protection programming.