Nutrition Health Policy Convention for Southern Sudan, Juba, April 6-9, 2009 (2010)

The Government of Southern Sudan Ministry of Health Directorate of Nutrition hosted a landmark Nutrition Health Convention in 2009. The convention served as a launch pad for the development of a Southern Sudan Nutrition Health Policy and the integration of direct nutrition interventions into the basic package of primary health care services. The objective of the Nutrition Health Convention was to review and examine the extent, possible causes, and cumulative impact of the continued failure to effectively address the high prevalence of malnutrition throughout Southern Sudan. Convention participants engaged in discussions leading to fact-based recommendations of practical inputs and processes needed to improve and increase the access of malnourished individuals to effective nutrition interventions within the health system. The issues and recommendations were captured in the Nutrition Health Policy Convention for Southern Sudan, Juba, April 6-9, 2009 report.

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