CALL TO ACTION NUTRITION CHALLENGES/ GAPS CALL FOR ACTION RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE AREA OFFICE THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Kole District Nutrition coordination committee unavailable therefore this first FSNA data will Coordination and Low engagement of district IPs in Conduct regular stakeholder mapping (biannually) DNFP, CAO partnerships: (DNCC), six (6) Sub counties and four (4) Town be used as a baseline to compare progress multi-sectoral nutrition activities. e.g. and orientation of new stakeholders on DNCC and KOLE DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT DNCC meetings and joint monitoring multisectoral nutrition implementation. council trained on multi sectoral nutrition in achievement of health, nutrition and WASH of activity implementation at district Establish joint planning and strategic coordination ADVOCACY BRIEF ON STRENGTHENING NUTRITION GOVERNANCE FOR MULTI-SECTORAL RESPONSE implementation for improved nutrition indicators in subsequent FSNAs. Annual FSNAs and subcounty level. outcomes. will be conducted to assess annual progress. mechanisms amongst partners with the district Over delegation of multi-sectoral to reduce on duplication of resources and achieve The district conducted quarterly DNCC meetings The Kole DNCC has been trained on nutrition work to the DNFP hence getting sustainable results and support supervision activities aimed at governance and supported to use reporting overwhelmed with tasks Orientation of DNCC members on their roles and strengthening the accountability framework for templates and monitoring tools previously responsibilities Multisectoral nutrition actions implemented in developed as part of the Standard Operating Systems Lack of clarity on nutrition sensitive Orientation of non-traditional departments on DNFP, CAO Kole district. Procedures for nutrition governance. The capacity Building programming for the nontraditional nutrition sensitive approaches/actions to ensure their reporting templates and monitoring tools are (functional, departments (Community Based implementation in the district. Systems capacity building (functional, currently in use by the district for program institutional and Services, Education, Production) Human capacities) institutional and Human capacities) implementation. Policy Kole DNAP not fully aligned with the District should align the DNAP 2020-25 with the Kole District Kole district local government was supported to The DNCC, SNCC and TNCC conducts monthly development, District Development Plans 2020-2025 DDP III (2020-2025) Planner, build the capacity of the coordination structures monitoring and supervision visits and quarterly implementation DNFP Limited awareness on available Support the wide dissemination of sectoral and at district level and respective lower local meetings to assess progress of program and legal framework policies, guidelines that support departmental policies and guidelines such as National governments to plan, budget, implement, and implementation. Multisectoral nutrition action Health Policy (NHPII), Health Sector Development monitor multisectoral nutrition actions. Plan (HSDP II) 2015/16–2019/20, Integrated Early Financial and resource mobilization Childhood Development (NIECD) Policy (2016) , A total of 120 technical staffs from 6 sub- Presidential Initiative on healthy eating and healthy counties and 4 Town councils were trained on A costed Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Annual lifestyles (July, 2019) National Agriculture Policy development of SNAPs. Workplan (FY 2019/20) was developed and (NAP) of 2013 and the Agriculture Sector Strategic approved through the office of the Chief Plan (2015/16-2020/20) and Food Security Strategy, DNCC/SNCCs to develop nutrition action plans Administrative Officer (CAO) to ensure the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) (20017- (DNAPs/SNAPs 2020-2025) and advocate for 2020) and Guidelines on Parent led School Feeding implementation of Nutrition actions in the approval by district/sub county councils. and Nutrition (2012),the Social Development Sector MOYO district. Plan (2015/16 - 2019/20),the National Community DISTRICT PROFILE LAMWO Development Policy for Uganda (2015) and the Water KOBOKO The Kole District Nutrition Action Plan ((2020- YUMBE POPULATION 241,878 Policy development, implementation and and Environment Sector Development Plan (2015/16- Kole District is situated in the Northern part of 2025) to support the implementation of 3.3% legal framework 2019/20) and the UNAP during joint multisectoral Uganda, Lango sub-region between longitudes multisectoral nutrition actions was approved by forums with the DNCC and IPs in the district. 124,439 117,439 population A Five-year Kole District Nutrition Action Plan 320 East and 340 East and latitude 20 North and the District Council. Female Male growth rate (DNAP) FY 2020-2025 was approved by the Information Inadequate utilization of nutrition data Build capacity of nutrition focal persons and nutrition District 3o North. Kole District in Northern Uganda shares management and other monitoring data for (decision programmers to make better use of nutrition data at Planner, KITGUM District council for operation as a district guide Six sub counties and four town council all a boundary with Oyam District in the West and (monitoring, making, planning and program district and sub- county levels. Bio-stat MARACHA ADJUMANI Infants Orphans regarding multi sectoral nutrition programming. had their Nutrition Action plans approved by North, Lira District in the East and Apac District in evaluation, improvement) <1 year <18 years their respective councils. Activities from their surveillance and the South. Administratively, the District has Four All six (6) sub counties and 4 Town councils Lack of nutrition related indicators in District to advocate for addition of nutrition indicators workplan are being implemented in the district. research) (4) Town Councils (Ayer, Bala, Akalo and Aboke) 10,401 19,447 were supported to develop Sub-County Nutrition the Performance Based Budgeting in the PBB by output. and six Sub-counties (Akalo, Bala, Ayer, Aboke, Action Plans (SNAPs) and these were approved (PBB) at DLG level by program output. Children Women of reproductive Communication for nutrition social behavior Okweredot and Alito), 41 parishes disaggregated AMURU under 5 years by their respective councils. Communication Nutrition is under-looked to not to be a Regular district nutrition fora are required to sensitize DNFP, DHO ARUA PADERage 15-49 years change and Advocacy (for Nutrition public health concern. leaders and politicians about the significance of per sub-county and 692 villages/cells. 42,812 48,859 behavior change nutrition. Continuous nutrition education in health AGAGO Information management (monitoring, A total of 126 PDCs, FAL Instructors and 6 SUB-COUNTIES 41 PARISHES and practice) facilities and community Children evaluation, surveillance and research) Community Development officer were trained GULU Pregnant women Low Dietary Diversity in children Promote and support the implementation of 4 TOWN COUNCIL 692 VILLAGES below 18 years on Key Family Care Practices (KFCPs) as change expected Kole district was supported carry out a Nutrition below ages of 6-23 months, community-based nutrition actions such as agents for nutrition to enhance their ability to Kole District covers a total area of 2,847 square 133,275 Causal Analysis (NCA) to understand the food community based supplementary feeding program 12,094 implement and supervise Multisectoral nutrition kilometers of which 9% is under open swamps and nutrition security situation and to explore the Advocacy Lack of explicit budgets allocated for Conducting a budget expenditure analysis to identify CFO, Planner Adolescents Source: Uganda National actions at sub county/ Town Council level. and water. Forest cover is 15% while about 74% is causal pathways for malnutrition in the district. (for planning, nutrition actions /interventions available and funding gaps for nutrition actions. NWOYA 10-24 years Population and Housing budgeting ZOMBO suitable for arable farming. Subsistence agriculture Data from the NCA will be/ is being used to FAL Instructors were trained on Key Family Care Resource mobilization for unfunded nutrition priorities Census 2014 and resource with animal husbandry is the main economic 84,174 OTUKE support program implementation. Practices as change agents for nutrition through mobilization) Political interference in implementation Involvement of politicians in monitoring of multi- DNFP activity inNEBBI the district. integration of nutrition messages in their Kole was also supported to conduct a Food of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions sectoral nutrition activities in the district. OYAM curriculum. in the district. KOLE Security and Nutrition Assessments (FSNA). FSNA data was not available previously This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of UNICEF DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. FOR NORTHERN UGANDA EUROPEAN UNION NUTRITION GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED IN THE DISTRICT NUTRITION, WASH AND HEALTH STATUS OF THE DISTRICT Coordination and Partnerships Stakeholder mapping: Kole District Local Government has 16 stakeholders either overseeing or implementing Nutrition specific and sensitive interventions as well as and creating an enabling environment for Nutrition NUTRITION STATUS FSNA baseline (2019) Desired situation (2025) HEALTH INDICATORS FSNA baseline (2019)