Tanzania's Prime Minister's Office leads a multi-sectoral approach to combat malnutrition and promote healthy diets through various platforms, including the High Level Steering Committee on Nutrition (HLSCN) and regional committees. These efforts aim to integrate nutrition across national policies and enhance collaboration among stakeholders while addressing gaps such as data on malnutrition contributing factors and the double burden of malnutrition. The document emphasizes the importance of cooperation among public and private sectors in these initiatives.

2. EFFECTIVE PLATFORMS FOR
COALITION OF HEALTHY DIETS AND
IMPROVED NUTRITION
BY SARAH MSHIU, PRIME MINISTERS
OFFICE
TANZANIA

3. Introduction
 Tanzania uses a multi-sectoral approach to eliminate
malnutrition, promote healthy diets and improve
nutrition.
 Article 52 of the constitution gives mandate PMO to
coordinate all Govern. business include Nutrition
 PMO chairs govern platform HLSCN.
 It is multi-sectorial, multi- disciplinary and multi-
stakeholder in nature.
 Same platform are at sub national level (RSC and CSC)
 HLSCN was developed to oversee the implementation
of NNS, ended June 2016.
 NNS was developed multi- sectorally and fairly
implemented.

4. Introduction continues…
• Other platforms facilitate nutrition response in
the country.
(i) Donors platform
(ii) CSOs platform and
(iii) Business platform.
• Development of the platforms including HLSC
was a response of govern to SUN initiatives.
• Highly flexible and influence decision

5. Thematic Working Groups on:
1. Maternal, infant, young child
and adolescent nutrition
2. Micronutrients.
3. Integrated Management of
Acute Malnutrition
4. Prevention and Management of
Diet Related Non-
Communicable Diseases
5. Nutrition Sensitive
interventions.
6. Multisectoral nutrition
governance
7. Multisectoral nutrition
information systems
8. Resource mobilization
PO-RALG
NMNAP Main Technical Working
Group
Chair: MD TFNC
Secretariat: TFNC
Members: line ministries, UN agencies,
Donors, CSOs, Business (technical)
Development
Partners
Group on
Nutrition
(DPG-N)
Members: (UN,
Donors, CSOs,
Business)
High Level Steering Committee on Nutrition
Chair: PS Prime Minister’s Office
Secretariat: PMO/TFNC
Members: Line ministries (PS), UN, Donors ,
CSOs, Business Networks
MDAs
COMMUNITY
Private Sector
Actors
CSOs (NGOs,
CBOs, FBOs)
Regional Steering Committee on Nutrition
LGAs Structures
Council Steering Committee on Nutrition
Coordination Structure of Nutrition

6. Achievements for effective platform…
• Developed a robust one coasted NMNAP (2016-2021) with
one coordination mechanism and one M&E system
(CRRAF)
Priorities on Nutrition sensitive intervention and specific such as Diet
related NCDs, MIYCAM, IMAM and Micronutrients. Recognize role of
private sector in promoting health diet for improved nutrition.
• Recognition and integration of health diets and nutrition
issues into national plan and sectorial policies including
agriculture, health, education e.c.t
• Tracking of nutrition expenditure (PER)
• Increased of knowledge sharing among nutrition stakeholder
• Increase alignment of donor programmes with national
plans.
• Improve policy environment (Review of policies, enforce. of
regulations and tax exemptions)

7. GAPS
• Linkage nutrition sensitive intervention reduce malnutrition.
We can’t really quantify its contribution to reduction of
malnutrition (it remain a gray area for nutrition sensitive).
• We still have information gap on other factors which
contribute to malnutrition which are not really pronounced
e.g mycotoxin.
• Double burden malnutrition- there is a need of more
evidence and data on this so as to prevent the country
• Improve Synergies/Linkage between this platforms is a key
(Can’t work in silos since are in different levels).
• Private sector and CSOs have a big role to play.

8. Take away Message
1. Effective multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder and
multi-displinary platforms are no longer
optional in pushing agenda which has so many
contributors.