As part of the seminar held by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with the National Nutrition Committee (affiliated by the Academy for Scientific Research and Technology) , “Research to support the 100 Million Healthy Lives Initiative: Lessons learned and actions for improving nutrition in Egypt”.

1. INTER-SECTORAL Collaboration in
NUTRITION
Prof. Dr. Afaf Tawfik
Director of the National Nutrition Institute

2. Outline
Introduction
NNI partnerships and
collaborations
NNI Research work
Interventional and policy making
programs

3. Unhealthy life style , High BMI
overweight and obesity
Diabetes
Hypertension and CVD
100 million healthy lives initiative focused
on the importance of Nutrition as a root of
chronic diseases

4. 100 million healthy lives initiative also
focused on the long term consequences of
Malnutrition in children
School age
children
undernutrition
stunting
Anemia
Unhealthy life
style
Childhood
obesity

5. Providing Good Nutrition can
not be done by only one
organization or Ministry it is a
collaborative work

6. Multi sectoral Collaborations between NNI &
other sectors in the Ministry of Health
• Baby friendly hospital initiative
• Manual of complementary feeding
Maternal and child health sector
• Strategy for Non communicable disease in Egypt
Non Communicable Disease unit
• Nutrition awareness campaigns
Preventive health sector

7. NNI partnerships with other Ministries
and Organizations
Ministry
Of
Supply
And
Internal
Trading
•Fortification of bread
with iron
•Fortification of salt with
Iodine

8. NNI partnerships with other Ministries
and Organizations
Ministry
Of
Social
Solidary
•Health and Nutrition
Education to the mothers
•School feeding program
•Nursery Meal planning

9. NNI partnerships with other Ministries
and Organizations
Ministry
Of
Education
• Health and Nutrition
Education to school children
• Curriculum and training on
proper nutrition for teachers
and supervisors
• School Feeding Program

10. NNI partnerships with other Ministries
and Organizations
Egyptian
Organization
For
Standardization
& Quality
•Iodine fortification of
Salt
• Milk Formula
Standards

11. Research work
surveys
Food
consumption
Food basket
School
Canteen
screenings
Nutrition
Status of
Children

12. Interventional and policy making
programs
Food fortification
Bread
(iron)
Salt
(iodine)
Salt Reduction
Subsidized
balady
bread

13. NNI
Other sectors
in the Ministry
of Health Ministry of
Supply and
Internal
Trading
Egyptian
Organization
For
Standardization
& QualityMinistry of
Agriculture
and Land
Reclamation
Ministry of
Social
Solidarity
Ministry of
Education

14. Thank you