Kitui County Nutrition Action Plan 2019-2023

Abstract

Kitui County Nutrition Action Plan (KNAP) 2019–2023 is an evidence-based five-year strategic action plan that seeks to address malnutrition in the county in all its forms. It is a Costed Action Plan for the implementation of the Kenya Food and Nutrition Security Policy (FNSP) and borrows a lot from County Integrated Development Plan, County Health Sector Strategic Plan and Sector Annual Works Plans. The Kenya Vision 2030, the Big Four Agenda, together with the overall global health and nutrition agenda within the framework of the constitution and legal framework, formed the over-arching guidance for the development of KCNAP. The plan promotes cross-sectoral collaboration to address the social determinants of malnutrition sustainably. The overall expected result of the KCNAP is a malnutrition free Kitui County. The KCNAP development process was driven by county government through the County Ministry of Health and Sanitation, the Nutrition Sub Sector. The process involved wide consultation with all key stakeholders including: county government line ministries, development partners and donor agencies, and the private sector. The process was evidence-informed through desktop literature review of KHIS, Nutrition SMART surveys, Knowledge Attitude Practice and Behaviour (KAPB) Survey, Kenya Demographic Health Survey, Nutrition Capacity Assessment and other health and nutrition research.