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Multi-sectoral Nutrition Overview
The Multi-sectoral Nutrition Overview (MNO) draws upon the tools and expertise of UN-Nutrition Member Agencies. It uses maps, charts, catchy captions and dashboards to illustrate the multi-dimensional nature of nutrition, highlighting trends over time as well as geographic and gender disparities. This is a critical first step to inform data-driven action and garner efficiencies, helping to reach more vulnerable people and to accelerate progress towards nutrition targets.
The MNO has been completed in 25 countries to date. Check out the country examples posted in the dedicated section below.
Using the Multi-sectoral Nutrition Overview tool
Countries use the Multi-sectoral Nutrition Overview in a number of ways, including:
To establish consensus on the nutrition challenges faced by a country and to inform common country analysis, linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF).
To help actors select core nutrition actions, which can be subsequently mapped in terms of intervention and policy coverage.
As advocacy materials in their own right. The findings are also used to create common nutrition messaging for nutrition advocacy activities that target Heads of State, parliamentarians and other decision-makers in order to place/keep nutrition on the political agenda.
To inform the formulation of national policies/strategies ─ both the multi-sectoral nutrition policy/strategy and sectoral policies/strategies ─ by ensuring they respond to nutrition needs and depicting how nutrition is related to other sectors.
To provide context for nutrition planning and prioritization exercises at national and subnational levels to ensure that ‘no one is left behind’.
To guide decision-making of multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs), which coordinate nutrition action at both national and subnational levels.
To inform programming design and changes so that nutrition support reaches the people who need it.
As background information for country missions, conducted by UN colleagues and other development partners.
Country examples
Disclaimer: Since some of the above materials were developed prior to the establishment of UN-Nutrition, they reflect previous branding. The Multi-sectoral Nutrition Overview tool is now supported by the UN-Nutrition Secretariat and is available upon request. For further information, please contact info@unnutrition.org.