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National Nutrition Advocacy Meeting
Vientiane, Laos (Rép.dém. pop.)
4 Mai, 2006

The Food Security Information for Action Programme, in collaboration with UNICEF and WHO, supports national institutions concerned with food and nutrition in developing a strategic framework for the formulation and implementation of nutrition related activities.

In this context, a National Nutrition Advocacy Meeting is being organized in Vientiane, RDP Lao on 4 May, 2006 at the Don Chanh Palace Hotel.

Meeting Objectives:

	To strengthen the awareness among decision-makers, line ministries and mass organizations of malnutrition and other nutritional problems in RDP Lao and the importance of urgently addressing these issues to reach the goals set forth in the National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy (NGPES) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);
	To mobilize support and directions for the development of the National Nutrition Policy and Strategy to improve nutrition; and
	To strengthen the coordination and cooperation with all concerned ministries, agencies and organizations in order to improve nutritional status of the Lao people and contribute to poverty reduction

> See Nutrition Advocacy Meeting Programme (pdf, 69 kb)