Governance of food and nutrition security in Eswatini: an analysis of government policies and reports

Table 2 Eswatini nutrition governance summary

Element of nutrition governance	Status in Eswatini	Evidence
Existence of an intersectoral mechanism to address nutrition	Present	National Nutrition Council, established in 1945
Existence of a national nutrition plan or strategy	Present	Swaziland National Plan of Action for Nutrition
Adoption of the national nutrition plan or strategy	Present	The national plan was adopted in 1996
Inclusion of the national nutrition plan or strategy as part of the national development	Present	The nutrition plan is included in the National Strategy for Sustainable Development & Inclusive Growth 2017–2030
Existence of a national nutrition policy	Present	National Food and Nutrition Policy, 2016
Adoption of the national nutrition policy	Absent	The policy is still a draft
Existence of national dietary guidelines	Absent
Allocation of budget for implementation of the national nutrition plan, strategy or policy	Present	Fund are allocated to health and agriculture sectors for nutrition policy
Regular nutrition monitoring and surveillance	Present	The government organise regular surveys
Existence of a line item for nutrition in the health budget	Present	The Ministry of Health has a nutrition line item for nutrition

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