ACF Access for All short paper series

ACF has published three publications to make the case for improving the coverage of nutrition programmes and to offer the sector some evidence-based alternatives for doing so.

Volume 1 looked at the performance of nutrition programmes in the last decade and how their overall performance has remained high. Coverage, however, was found to be inconsistent throughout this period.

Volume 2 investigated the reasons for inconsistent coverage, and through some field work in Pakistan, Ethiopia and Kenya, provides a “community perspective” on the challenges faced by people wishing to use these programmes. This volume also demonstrates that the challenges faced by nutrition programmes are also the challenges faced by other public health interventions (e.g. HIV, TB, Malaria, etc.).

Volume 3 reviewed what other health interventions have done to overcome access challenges, and how nutritionists can learn from others’ experiences.

All papers are available for free on the Coverage Monitoring Network website: http://www.coveragemonitoring.org/useful-documents/policy-papers/