Accelerating Nutrition Improvements in sub-Saharan Africa (ANI): report of the baseline and end-line perception surveys in ten countries

Overview

The Accelerating Nutrition Improvements in sub-Saharan Africa (ANI) project, implemented during the period 2013 – 2016, focused on strengthening nutrition surveillance in 11 countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe). The project was supported by Global Affairs Canada and was implemented in close collaboration between the ministry of health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and local partners in respective countries.

The progress of the ANI project was assessed using a Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF), which was developed in the beginning of the project. The PMF consisted of a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators with specific project performance targets to be reached during the implementation period. Four of the qualitative indicators were related to the perceptions and capacities of stakeholders:

• Stakeholders’ awareness of the country's nutrition situation (target: 50%)
• Government capacity to collect and analyse nutrition data (target: 70%)
• Health workers’ capacity to deliver nutrition interventions (target: 75%)
• Health workers’ capacity and confidence to carry out nutrition surveillance (target: 50%).

Information on these four indicators was gathered through “perception surveys” at the beginning and end of the project by each of the country teams. This report presents the results of 767 baseline and 498 end-line interviews in ten countries, and the level of achievement of the project performance targets on the four perception and capacity indicators.