1. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)1 Revitalising and sustaining nutrition surveillance in Tanzania Regional Technical Working Group Meeting NIPHORN Nairobi, 1-3 February 2007

2. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)2 Outline of the presentation History of NSS in Tanzania Lessons learnt Revitalisation of NSS: Rationale Revitalisation of NSS: Process Opportunities Challenges Conclusion

3. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)3 History of Nutrition Surveillance System (NSS) in Tanzania Started as earlier as 1980 The system had three levels: National Nutrition Surveillance (NNS) District Nutrition Surveillance (DNS) Community Nutrition Surveillance (CNS)

4. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)4 Lessons learnt Getting information timely was difficult Exchange of information from one institution to another was not easy Institutionalisation of the system (too vertical) Data collected were limited and the filling of village register cumbersome Utilisation limited Insufficient capacity at sub-national level

5. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)5 Revitalisation of NSS: Rationale Nutrition information is collected through various ways Second phase of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Recovery Program (Mkukuta) Decentralisation process Recurrent natural disasters Profile of nutrition is being raised

6. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)6 Revitalisation of NSS: Process Building on lessons learnt of past experiences Wide consultation (experts, stakeholders) Coordinating body (NSS sub-working group0 NSS framework National workshop on NSS Link with national monitoring system (PMS) and database (TSED) Piloting in few districts (2007)

7. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)7 Opportunities Mainstreaming in the Mkukuta monitoring system Decentralisation Leveraging resources (PMS, GBS, District Funds) Integration of nutrition indicators into national surveys (NBS)

8. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)8 Challenges Create demand for nutrition information National leadership Sustainability Facility bias Community capacity to collect, analyse and take action Quality of surveys

9. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)9 Conclusion Unless: nutrition information is mainstreamed in national data collection and information management system Nutrition is seen as an important contributor to development Nutrition information is strongly linked with interventions NSS in Tanzania will not be implemented successfully and in a sustainable manner

10. 01/02/2007 Tanzania Team (NBS-UNICEF-WFP)10 THANK YOU - ASANTE SANA