The Role of Political and Governance Factors in Scaling up Maternal and Child Micronutrient Interventions.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-165867
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Scaling up nutrition interventions could save 900,000 lives annually (Bhutta et al, 2013), yet effectively doing so has been slower than expected and the results uneven. There is a growing recognition that technical knowledge alone is insufficient for achieving positive outcomes (Natalicchio et al, 2009) and political and governance factors play a critical role in successfully delivering nutrition interventions (Pelletier, 2002; Pinstrup-Anderson, 1993). However, the governance of the nutrition sector remains an underexplored area (Acosta and Fanzo, 2012) and many are calling for a closer examination of political and policy processes (Gillespie et al, 2013). Our objective is to shed light on this neglected area, specifically as it relates to scaling up micronutrient interventions.Methods:
We used Yamey's (2011) article, Scaling Up Global HealthInterventions:
A Proposed Framework for Success, to identify relevant political and governance factors (including leadership/governance, the state and its relations with non-state actors, the state's ability to facilitate decentralized delivery, and national policies). We then did a literature review using Medline, Web of Science, Econlit, ELDIS, and Google Scholar, focusing on nutrition interventions. This will be complemented with interviews with practitioners working to scale up micronutrient interventions.Results:
Our preliminary results suggest that political and governance factors play a critical role, but further research in needed to understand the causal mechanisms for how these act as facilitators of or barriers to scaling up.Conclusions:
Successfully navigating political and governance factors will increase the likelihood that intervention coverage can be expanded.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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