Review of Incorporation of Essential Nutrition Actions in Public Health Programs in Ethiopia (2008)

The Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) package is an approach that expands the coverage of seven affordable and evidence-based actions to improve the nutritional status of women and children, especially those under 2 years of age. This review found that the approach has been incorporated into the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health system and multilateral and nongovernmental organization programming. However, improved training and other steps are necessary to further institutionalize the approach. The review, requested by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Ethiopia, examined a number of facilitating and inhibiting factors to ENA integration in the context of Ethiopia’s health system.

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