WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by country | Page 861

Standard Project Report 2016
Implementation of Evaluation Recommendations and Lessons
Learned
During 2016, the programme implemented a number of recommendations from the European Union's (EU) mid-term
evaluation of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and WFP's mother and child health and nutrition
programmes. These recommendations included increased coordination with UNICEF's treatment programme for
severe acute malnutrition (SAM) through cost-sharing and the co-facilitation of national training on the
implementation of nutrition programmes, as well as closer coordination of the development and sharing of behaviour
change communication materials, including the joint development of a recipe book for communities. WFP integrated
the mSupply system with the Ministry of Health's system, through support to the Medical and Pharmaceutical
Supply Agency (SAMES). WFP also increased coordination and support to the Ministry of Health's monitoring and
evaluation department. For example, nutrition data collected in health facilities in Dili through the WFP and Ministry
of Health treatment programme for moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) were incorporated into the government-led
health information systems.
Addressing Capacity Development
The evaluation also recommended to increase capacity development for health staff, and provide institutional
capacity development to address the low number of adequately trained technical staff. In response, WFP placed an
internationally trained nutritionist in Oecusse, while supporting the rollout of technical training of health staff on
nutrition interventions and programming. WFP's staff