Kenya Nutrition and Health Program plus Quarterly Progress Report July-September 2015

The program activities during this reporting period focused on recruitment of county technical nutrition officers and drivers, supporting nutrition technical and working forums, harmonizing nutrition guidelines and tools, printing and distribution of data reporting tools, improving data capture and reporting at facility level, conducting supplier quality assessments, and conducting a baseline survey on Kitui county. The program supported the national Nutrition Technical Forum, a learning and exchange multi-stakeholder medium aimed at strengthening the impact of nutrition programming in Kenya. Programmatic updates were shared on seven program areas, including scaling up Nutrition, Nutrition & HIV, Community Health Unit, Emergency Nutrition & Commodity Management, Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, Nutrition in the context of HIV, Fortification and Micronutrients, and Research Monitoring & Evaluation. NHPplus provided technical assistance during the review of the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program policy on infant feeding in the context of HIV/AIDS, based on new country recommendations. In collaboration with NDU and NASCOP, the program also provided technical leadership in the process of developing nutrition and HIV reporting tools and indicators, and the content review of all nutrition and HIV-related materials in line with new ART guidelines and harmonization with the IMAM guidelines. The program participated in the development of a five-minute video produced as part of the advocacy activities for the World Breastfeeding Week, which will be used to advocate for employers to support breastfeeding in the workplace. The program also participated in the planning and supported the expenses for promotional materials for the main event held at the Michael Joseph Center, Safaricom. The NHPplus team participated in various conferences, including the Food Fortification Conference organized by NDU-MOH and the Integrated Nutrition Conference by CRS. The program procured fortified blended flours, comprising 318 metric tons of FBF Adults and 159 metric tons of FBF. The program supported 48 facilities in data capture, validation, and reporting, and initiated data validation and consolidation for DATIM.