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Country Experiences of Nutrition Information System “Eritrea”. Regional Regional Technical Working Group Meeting on Developing Nutrition Information Systems. I - 3 February 2007. Nutrition Information System - Eritrea. Use of nutrition information: Long term planning and policy making
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Country Experiences of Nutrition Information System “Eritrea” Regional Regional Technical Working Group Meeting on Developing Nutrition Information Systems. I - 3 February 2007
Nutrition Information System - Eritrea Use of nutrition information: • Long term planning and policy making • Programme monitoring and evaluation • Timely warning to pre-empt mitigate crises
Nutrition Information System - Eritrea Nutrition Information systems : • National level surveys – DHS and NSS survey • Reporting systems – • GMP ? • FTFC • CBTF • HMIS • Sentinel systems – Nutrition SSS (recently started as pilot)
Nutrition Information System - Eritrea Examples of Informations used: • National level surveys –NSS survey • High rate of GAM/SAM • Launching of CBTF/CTC & SFP • Expansion of TFCs • Reporting systems – Facility based TFC • Increased admission of severe malnutrition • Launching of CBTF/CTC • Sentinel systems – Nutrition SSS • High moderate malnutrition
Issues • Timely implementation of survey • Timely release of report • Technical capacity of health workers • Feedback
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