Imewekwa: 1st Sep, 2018

State Minister-President's Office Regional Administration and Local Government Authorities, Hon. Suleiman Said Jafo(at fifth from the left) having a group photo with Regional Commissioner's during the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Compact Agreement for the First Six Months Meeting.

The Vice President of United Republic of Tanzania Hon. Samia Suluhu Hassan a real Agent of Change and Champion of Nutrition - last August 2017 assigned RCs to take up nutrition as among their core business, supervise implementation and reporting of nutrition services in their respective regions

Outcome

First six months (January 2018 to July 2018) implementation reports from all regions in Mainland Tanzania consolidated and presented to RCs/RAS meeting organized by PO-RALG on 28 August 2018 in Dodoma.

Advancement on nutrition in Tanzania - PO-RALG letting nutrition out of the box -Non-nutritionists (Regional Commissioners and Regional administrative Secretaries) appreciating nutrition as a developmental agenda, owning it as among their core business and supervising implementation and reporting of nutrition services in their respective regions, councils and communities.

State Minister-President's Office Regional Administration and Local Government Authorities, Hon. Suleiman Said Jafo, championing Nutrition during opening of the First Regional Commissioners and Regional Administrative Secretaries meeting on Evaluation of the Implementation of the Compact Agreement in the First Six Months.

Director of the Government Business Coordination at Prime Minister Office, Mr.Assery Obey

Prime Minister Office pledged to strengthen coordination of nutrition stakeholders in the country. The Office further emphasized that if nutrition issues are not considered seriously, our population may not compete favorably in labor market in East Africa and SADC region that expected to be liberalized soon.

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children pledging more efforts to reach out communities.

Acting Managing Director at Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Dr.Vincent D. Assey

Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre found the gathering as among the products of its long-time efforts and trials of letting nutrition being everyone's responsibility and developmental agenda, while also pledged to continue providing technical support.

Reginal Commissioner for Dodoma, Dkt. Binilith Mahenge welcoming the delegates of the nutrition evaluation meeting to Dodoma City

Nutrition Partners commitments during the evaluation meeting

• UNICEF pledging continued support to Nutrition undertakings in Tanzania
• GAIN pledging to support continued capacity building on Nutrition
• PANITA pledged to continue furthering nutrition agenda to the community level through Civil Society Organizations such as TAHEA and others