Nutrition Enhancement Program

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The Nutrition Enhancement Program Project (NEP) development objective is to improve the growth of children under three in poor rural and urban areas. Phase I, the first of three Phases of the NEP, is a preparatory Phase that extends nutrition and growth promotion interventions into rural areas. Also, Phase I aims to consolidate and sustain the results gained with the earlier project--Community Nutrition Project (rep. no. 14004)--which contributed to reversing the negative trend in nutritional status among children under three in the urban areas. The project has three main components. The first consists of five sub-components: 1) growth monitoring and promotion; 2) nutrition and health group education; 3) integrated management of childhood illnesses; 4) basic health services; and 5) fighting the roots of malnutrition. The second component, institutional and organizational capacity building, is an overarching component that will be started in Phase I of the NEP and continue throughout the three Phases. This component has a monitoring and evaluation aspect, which will include a strong emphasis on "learning by doing" and the active participation of all stakeholders in sharing information on strengths and taking responsibility for improving weaknesses. The third component comprises program management: The national executive bureau (BEN) will be responsible for the daily management of the NEP. It will ensure financial management, the reporting and auditing systems, and procurement.