LiST training for Niger NIPN Team

2-12 May 2023 - The National Nutrition Information Platform Niger offered to strengthen local capacity to use the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) to assess the potential impact of achieving the coverage of nutrition interventions planned in the national nutrition security policy on the survival and stunting of children under 5 years of age. Capacity for Nutrition - National Information Platform for Nutrition (C4N-NIPN) agreed to mandate a C4N-NIPN consultant (Youssouf Keita) to conduct a training to equip NIPN actors in Niger with skills to support the formulation of country nutrition action plans by assessing the context, causes of death, trends in indicators, effectiveness of interventions, etc., to enable better allocation of resources for greater impact.

The introduction to LiST on day 1 was attended by more than 20 people. Throughout the technical part of the training, 13 participants from key sectors participated and evaluated all training sessions. The analysis of the nutrition plan allowed to estimate its impact on children under five-year survival and stunting from 2021 to 2025. It also showed that most of the effective nutrition interventions weren't included in the plan and for those that were, the objectives seemed to be set arbitrarily. These shortcomings in the plans led to actionable and relevant recommendations.