Assessing Progress in Implementing the UNAP

What is it about?

This paper uses Nutrition Innovation Lab (NIL) data to examine the progress of Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP)-related indicators at the district level. The study showed improvements in key UNAP indicators in NIL districts. While NIL data provided an opportunity to examine UNAP indicators in a few select places, there is a need to invest in appropriate methods to gauge UNAP's progress more routinely and across all districts. Since the quality of implementation of complex multisectoral programs can differ widely across different contexts, it is critical that effective monitoring of progress be part of such programs. National endorsement of nutrition plans doesn’t in itself result in desired outcomes, hence, the allocation of scarce resources has to be based on rigorous evidence.

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Why is it important?

This paper provides the only district-level perspective on progress that we are aware of for UNAP indicators.