Samoa National Food and Nutrition Policy and Plan of Action 2021-2026.

The Policy underlines the importance of nutrition in enhancing population health, preventing food and nutrition related diseases, and strengthening food and nutrition security. This NFNP 2021-2026 is aligned to the national development policy, the ‘Strategy for the Development of Samoa’ (SDS) 2016-2020, and Samoa ‘Health Sector Plan’ (HSP) 2019-2030, as well as other national and sectoral policies. The text articulates the Government’s commitments towards improving food and nutritional health in Samoa. It provides a framework of measures that the Government and its partners wishes to adopt, develop and implement to address food and nutritional health issues and challenges. The Policy mission is to prevent and reduce malnutrition, and food and nutrition-related diseases in Samoa. The main objectives of the Policy include foster inter-sectoral governance and leadership for an integrated and multi-sectoral approach to food and nutrition; raise societal awareness; enhance capacity building in food and nutrition; and strengthen resourcing commitments for food and nutrition development.
The key Policy issues are leadership and governance for a multi-sector approach; an integrated and inter-sectional approach for food and nutrition; a strong policy and regulatory system for improved food and nutritional health; strengthening capacity building and resourcing commitments enhanced food and nutrition development; and health promotion and prevention for societal awareness, understanding and ownership to effect social and behavioural changes. The text is designed in 3 parts and refers to the strategic framework for the Policy (1), Policy agenda and plan of action 2021-2026 (2), and implementation (3).