National Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation Framework 2013.

The National Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation Framework is a national policy with a cross-sectoral approach. The vision is to have a nation that is free from malnutrition and diet-related diseases and conditions. The framework will provide a benchmark for planning, budgeting, reporting and re-strategizing of nutrition interventions for counties and the country to ensure sharing and scaling up of best practices for the period 2012-2017 Kenya in line with the strategic objectives as derived from the National Nutrition Action Plan 2012-2017.
Specifically, its objectives are: To provide guidelines on data collection, reporting, feedback and use for the nutrition program; To monitor and evaluate quality of nutrition data and activities; To promote data use at all levels to inform decision making and nutrition programming; To produce and disseminate program implementation reports at all levels; To monitor the health sector’s response to nutrition; To contribute towards strengthening of the nutrition information component of health systems; To develop a supervisory framework to facilitate high quality data collection, collation, analysis, reporting and use at all levels; and To provide a framework for the systematic linkage of nutrition and food security indicators at National and County level.
The Framework also provides a situational analysis of the national nutrition status and the institutional framework responsible for nutrition activities. The nutrition will be ensured through the provision of high quality nutrition services that are equitable, responsive, accessible and accountable to all Kenyans.
The implementation of M&E framework will be spearheaded by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with development partners and stakeholders at all levels. The implementers are agencies/institutions that are involved in supporting or implementing nutrition activities in specific target areas of the NHSSP and annual work plan. These include: line Ministries, Civil Societies and Private sector organizations. The role of line ministries and agencies will be to monitor nutrition related indicators and activities that fall in their dockets. This is particularly important in monitoring interventions that require multi-sector approach