system that tracks results at a country or population level using the “Zones of Influence” approach. The guidance must
also be aligned with the Foreign Assistance Coordination
and Tracking System (FACTS), a new database used to collect, aggregate, and analyze foreign assistance planning and
performance-reporting data. Country-owned M&E plans for
nutrition, jointly developed with Ministries of Health, other
ministries, and civil society, will allow these data and indicators to be integrated into existing national health data systems. This will provide an important first link between “whole
of government” and “country-led” approaches in scaling up
the development of nutrition policies and programs.
Transparency and Accountability for Results: GHI and FTF are
working towards a goal of reducing child undernutrition by
30 percent in five years (by 2015) in their focus countries.
Recently, USAID conducted a targeting exercise, based on
population data and the latest Demographic Health Surveys,
to establish estimated 2010 indicator baselines and projected
2015 targets within the FTF Zones of Influence. However,
it is not clear how country and field support programs will
contribute to meeting these targets and results. Which government agency, bureau, or office will be accountable for
meeting cumulative targeted results? What are the various
country-level and program-level targets? How will nutrition
outcomes be measured and attributed to FTF investments?
These are the types of questions that should be addressed in
a whole of government nutrition strategy. Doing so will help
ensure that nutrition investments achieve the desired results.
Recommendations
• Document, make public, and disseminate country baseline
targets for nutrition, explaining how the targets were
developed and wh