“The mapping exercise is helping to instill a culture of data-driven decision-making in Mali, which will help us optimize the use of scarce resources. This is directly enhancing the M&E of our current multi-sectoral nutrition policy and plan (2014-2018) as well as shaping the next national nutrition plan.”

“If you look at Mutasa, we’ve really made an impact on minimum dietary diversity. This district is now ahead of others, which I attribute to the joint programming work.”

“UNN-REACH was like a lever for us, because it supported the [UN] Network for Scaling Up Nutrition. You need somebody that checks the plan. How we are going to execute the plan, whether we leverage resources to address and prevent malnutrition. Importantly whether we work with the country in a manner aligned with its overall priorities.”

“When UNN-REACH was in Senegal, there was momentum for a new approach. We consider UNN-REACH a learning network, for all the countries in the UN.”

“The UNN mapping is very useful to spot areas that need more attention and subsequently, spread out partners equally across districts and regions, avoiding duplications.”

“As Parliamentarians, we require and always look for accurate, timely data to determine public initiatives. We therefore very much welcome the findings of this stakeholder mapping which will greatly serve as inputs and inform the legislations around nutrition in Sierra Leone. I’ll share these not later than next week in our next Parliamentarian session”