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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Nutrition Policy
  • International Development

Background:

  • Multisectoral food security and nutrition initiatives emerged after the 2008 food crisis, aiming for country ownership and partner harmonization.
  • These initiatives echo earlier, unsuccessful multisectoral nutrition planning efforts from the 1970s, raising concerns about policy sustainability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the policy sustainability of Bolivia's Zero Malnutrition Program (ZM) as a case study for current global nutrition initiatives.
  • To identify challenges in sustaining multisectoral commitment and implementation beyond initial successes.

Main Methods:

  • Employed an action research and grounded methodology using retrospective and prospective data.
  • Focused on the policy process and implementation challenges within a specific national program.

Main Results:

  • Despite initial progress in health interventions, the Zero Malnutrition Program struggled to maintain commitment from political leaders, bureaucrats, and implementers across sectors.
  • Underestimation of the complexities in sustaining cross-sectoral collaboration was a key challenge.

Conclusions:

  • The Bolivian experience offers critical lessons for global nutrition scale-up initiatives, emphasizing the need for strategic policy process management.
  • Strengthening implementation capacities and securing sustained, high-level commitment across all relevant sectors are crucial for program success.