Multisectoral Nutrition and Child Development Project

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The development objective of the Multisectoral Nutrition and Child Development Project for Cote d'ivoire is to increase the coverage of early childhood nutrition and development interventions in selected areas in the Recipient’s territory. The Government with the implementation of the PNMN and selected ECD development interventions, this Project will have three components that together will address key challenges impeding the effectiveness of national efforts to enhance child nutrition and development outcomes. First component, early child nutrition and development interventions will support the scaling up of selected interventions to improve child growth, nutrition and development. This component will consist of three sub‐components: 1) Community‐based nutrition and stimulation; 2) Nutrition service delivery; and 3) Results‐based financing for public health nutrition (community‐based and/or demand‐side). This component will target the northern regions where malnutrition is concentrated, starting with the North and North East, followed by the North West, Center and Center West. Second component, Nutrition governance and management will provide financing to cover costs of strengthening the capacity of the immediate stakeholders that are part of the multisectoral technical and operational coordination platforms for investments and operations on early child growth, nutrition and development at the national, regional and sub‐regional levels. Third component, Project management will finance the costs associated with the day‐to‐day project management including the costs of running the Project Implementation Unit (PIU), the Project Steering Committee and Technical Planning Committee.

FY17 - Health

World Bank Group

Project

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