This document summarizes an assessment of data integration and coherence within and across nutrition-relevant policies and programs in Nigeria and Burkina Faso. It describes the methodology, which included a qualitative case study approach with desk reviews of policies and programs and key informant interviews. Frameworks for analyzing internal coherence within individual policies and programs and external coherence across policies and programs are presented. Results of the coherence analyses for both countries are also summarized. Next steps include conducting key informant interviews with stakeholders involved in developing and implementing nutrition policies and programs to understand how data is used in decision-making.

1. Data for decision-making across the
data value chain
11 February 2020
SESSION 4

2. Data Integration Assessment:
Coherence within and across
nutrition-relevant policies and
programs
Presentation by: Rebecca Pradeilles
Contributing authors: Lucy Billings, Dieynab Diatta, Stuart
Gillespie, Rebecca Pradeilles, Anna Vanderkooy, and Roos
Verstraeten
12 February 2020

3. A regional platform to enable
effective policy and
programmatic action on
nutrition
12 February 2020
KNOWLEDGE
GENERATION
STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT
AND LEADERSHIP
CAPACITY
STRENGTHENING
KNOWLEDGE
MOBILISATION

4. Objectives
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1. Understand the integration of data and evidence within
nutrition-relevant policies and programs;
2. Assess data-driven coherence both within and across
policies and programs;
3. Understand how the available data sources are being
accessed and used by data users and decision makers
and if the data are informing policies and programs

5. Process Policy Program
1. Context
2. Objectives
3. Outcome indicators
4. Interventions
5. Coverage indicators
Framework for internal and external coherence in
nutrition-relevant policies and programs

6. Methodology
• Qualitative country case
studies
• Nigeria
• Burkina Faso
• Mixed methods approach
• Desk review of nutrition-
relevant policies and programs
• Key informant interviews

7. National policies and programs
Nutrition-relevant Implementation Across sectors
Includes a nutrition
objective, nutrition
indicator, or
budget for a
nutrition activity
All relevant sectors
including Nutrition,
Agriculture, WASH,
Health (ANC), Social
protection,
ECD/Education, etc.
Either currently in
use or in the
advanced drafting
stage
Inclusion criteria

8. Policy
search results
Screened (n= 66)
Included in
policy analysis
(n=19)
Identified online and through
targeted consultations (n=71)
No longer in use (n=9)
Not nutrition-relevant
(n=80)
Not a policy, strategy,
or action plan (n=8)
Excluded from
policy analysis
(n=47)
Screened (n=101)
Included in
policy
analysis
(n=16)
Identified online and through
targeted consultations (n=101)
Excluded
from
policy
analysis
(n=85)
No longer in use (n=64)
Not nutrition-relevant
(n=34)
Not a policy, strategy, or
action plan (n=12)
Other reasons (n=3)
Nigeria
Burkina
Faso
Not yet available (n= 5)

9. Program
search results
Screened (n= 48)
Included in
program
analysis
(n=8)
Identified: online, through
targeted consultations and
program review (n=48)
No longer in use (n=16)
Not nutrition-relevant (n=13)
Not national (n=6)
Other reasons: full program
document could not be
accessed, lack of information
provided in the text (n=5)
Excluded
from
program
analysis
(n=40)
Screened (n=43)
Included in
program
analysis
(n=13)
Identified: online, through
targeted consultations and
program review (n=43)
Excluded
from
program
analysis
(n=30)
No longer in use (n=3)
Not nutrition-relevant
(n=12)
Not national (n=7)
Other reasons: full program
document could not be
accessed, lack of information
provided in the text (n=8)
Nigeria
Burkina
Faso

10. Internal coherence
Analysis at the document level for each policy and program
Process Policy Program
1. Context
2. Objectives
3. Outcome indicators
4. Interventions
5. Coverage indicators

11. OBJECTIVEStoCONTEXT
INDICATORStoOBJECTIVES
INTERVENTIONSto
OBJECTIVES
COVERAGEINDICATORSto
INTERVENTIONS
COMPOSITESCORE
Stratégie de Développement Rural
Politique Nationale de Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle
Priorités Résiliences Pays
Politique Sectorielle Production Agro-sylvo-pastorale
Politique sectorielle de la Recherche et de l'innovation
Stratégie Nationale de Développement Intégré de la Petite Enfance
Plan National de Développement Economique et Social
Plan National d'Adaptation aux changements climatiques
Plan National de Développement Sanitaire
Plan stratégique de santé des personnes âgées
Plan stratégique intégré de lutte contre les maladies non transmissibles
Plan stratégique intégré de la santé reproductive, maternelle, néonatale, infantile, des adolescents, des
jeunes et de la personne âgée
Politique sectorielle Santé
Politique Nationale de Nutrition
Plan Stratégique Multisectoriel de Nutrition
Stratégie nationale de plaidoyer, mobilisation sociale, et communication pour le changement social et
de comportement en faveur de la nutrition au Burkina Faso
Internal coherence –
Burkina Faso policies
(n=16)

12. OBJECTIVEStoCONTEXT
INDICATORStoOBJECTIVES
INTERVENTIONSto
OBJECTIVES
COVERAGEINDICATORSto
INTERVENTIONS
COMPOSITESCORE
Integrated Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (IMNCH) strategy 0 0 2 0 0.50
National Social Protection Policy 2 0 2 0 1
Agriculture Promotion Policy 2 0 2 0 1
Agricultural Sector Food Security and Nutrition Strategy 2 1 2 0 1.25
National Agricultural Investment Plan 0 0 1 0 0.25
National School Health Policy 2 0 2 0 1
Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy 0 0 0 0 0
National Forest Policy 0 0 0 0 0
National Health Policy 1 1 0 0 0.50
National Health Promotion Policy 0 0 0 0 0
Second National Strategic Health Development Plan 1 1 2 0 1
National Strategic Plan of Action on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases 0 0 1 0 0.25
Task-shifting and task-sharing policy for essential health care services in Nigeria 2 0 2 0 1
National Policy on Food and Nutrition 1 2 2 0 1.25
National Policy on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Nigeria 2 2 2 0 1.50
National Strategic Plan of Action For Nutrition 1 2 2 2 1.75
Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation & Hygiene Strategy 0 0 0 0 0
National Child Health Policy (draft version)
National Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) Strategy for Infant and Young Child
Feeding (IYCF) in Nigeria
Internal coherence –
Nigeria policies
(n=19)

13. OBJECTIVEStoCONTEXT
INDICATORStoOBJECTIVES
INTERVENTIONSto
OBJECTIVES
COVERAGEINDICATORSto
INTERVENTIONS
COMPOSITESCORE
Plan De Passage A L’échelle De La Promotion Des Pratiques Optimales D’alimentation Du Nourrisson Et
Du Jeune Enfant Au Burkina Faso (2013 – 2025)
1 2 1 2 1.5
Health Services Reinforcement Project 1 1 1 1 1
Plan National De Développement Économique Et Social (PNDES) 2016-2020 1 1 1 1 1
Plan National De Développement Sanitaire 2011-2020 0 0 1 0 0.25
Plan Stratégique Intégré De Lutte Contre Les Maladies Non Transmissibles 2016-2020 1 2 1 2 1.5
Programme Indicatif National 1 1 0 0 0.5
Programme D'appui A La Sécurité Alimentaire Et Nutritionnelle, A L'agriculture Durable Et A La
Résilience Au Burkina Faso
1 1 1 2 1.25
Sécurité Alimentaire Et Renforcement De La Résilience 1 0 2 0 0.75
Programme De Développement Stratégique De L'éducation De Base 0 0 0 2 0.5
Politique Sectorielle De L'éducation 0 0 0 2 0.5
Priorité Résiliences Pays 2 2 1 1 1.5
Plan Stratégique Multisectoriel De Nutrition 1 2 2 2 1.75
Draft Burkina Faso Country Strategic Plan 1 0 1 2 1
Internal coherence –
Burkina Faso programs
(n=13)

14. OBJECTIVESto
CONTEXT
INDICATORStoOBJECTIVES
INTERVENTIONStoOBJECTIVES
COVERAGEINDICATORSto
INTERVENTIONS
COMPOSITESCORE
Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria project 0 1 2 1 1
Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Project in the Niger Delta of Nigeria 1 2 1 2 1.5
Value Chain Development Program 1 1 1 1 1
National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition 2 2 2 2 2
Nigeria Home Grown School Feeding Strategic Plan 0 0 0 0 0
National Social & Behavioral Change Communication Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding
(IYCF) in Nigeria
1 1 1 2 1.25
Partnership for Improving Nigeria Nutrition System 1 1 1 0 0.75
Nigeria States Health Investment Project 0 0 0 0 0
Internal coherence –
Nigeria programs
(n=8)

15. External coherence
Analysis at the level of process step looking across policies and programs
Focus on outcome indicators and coverage indicator
Process Policy Program
1. Context
2. Objectives
3. Outcome indicators
4. Interventions
5. Coverage indicators

16. External coherence – Burkina
Faso
16 POLICIES 13 PROGRAMS
List policies that relate to
any program
List programs that relate
to any policy
List policies that do not
relate to any program
List programs that do not
relate to any policy

17. External coherence – Nigeria
19 POLICIES 8 PROGRAMS
List policies that relate to
any program
List programs that relate
to any policy
List policies that do not
relate to any program
List programs that do not
relate to any policy

18. Summary of coherence
analysis

19. Next steps - Key informant
interviews
• Through the desk review we examine documentation of
data integration
• Interviews with individuals involved in developing or
implementing nutrition-relevant policies or programs
will examine the process of how data and evidence are
used to inform decisions
• Burkina Faso –
• National level stakeholders
• Nigeria –
• National level stakeholders
• State level stakeholder – Lagos and Kano States

20. Thank you!
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