DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION, HIV / AIDS INTERVENTION
The Department of Family Nutrition, HIV and AIDS was established to help achieve government agenda in the fight against Malnutrition and HIV and AIDS by specifically targeting the vulnerable.
Among the vulnerable include children below the age of five, pregnant and lactating women, PLHIV, the elderly, men, women, girls and boys plus people living with disabilities.
Mandate
Nutrition and HIV response is supposed to be multisectoral in nature because the causes are also multisectoral.
The mandate of the department is to mainstream nutrition and HIV and AIDS in all the plans, projects, programs and strategic documents of the
Ministry.
Policies and strategies
National Multisectoral nutrition policy
National Multisectoral Nutrition strategic plan
MYCN strategy-Maternal and Young Child Nutrition
