Nutrition surveillance

Nutrition surveillance

Nutrition surveillance is ‘’a process of collecting analyzing evaluating and reporting data to see if there is any nutritional or diseases risk and to check nutritional status of that population .’’

thus, nutritional surveillance is basically an systematic approach to detect malnutrition ,identify populations at risk and make delicious to improve their nutrition. The idea of nutritional surveillance has its origin from disease surveillance, literally meaning ‘’to watch over nutrition, in order to make delicious that lead to improvements in their nutrition.’’

decisions made are based on the information obtained during surveillance leading to policy framework, appraisal, implantation or scaleup to improve the nutritional status. Relevant and accurate information is the first step of informed decision making across sector i.e agriculture, health, social etc. To achieve nutrition goals.

Nutrition surveillance is often used as a proactive strategy for early warming of impending nutrition and health epidemic and to achieve following distinct objectives.

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