National framework and action plan for coverage in Pakistan (March 2015)

The second phase of the Coverage Monitoring Network started in 2014. Focusing on nine priority countries in East and West Africa and Asia and operating until the end of 2015, the second phase aims to continue to measure CMAM coverage in each of the countries and to build the capacity of key stakeholders to undertake coverage assessments. It also goes beyond just diagnosing barriers to access in CMAM programmes and aims to work with the organisations it is supporting to plan key actions to boost coverage and secure organisational buy-in to see these actions implemented. One of the main barriers identified during Phase 1 was inadequate community mobilisation. As such the CMN has recruited Community Mobilisation Advisers to devise tailored community mobilisation strategies.

On 24 and 25 March 2015, the Coverage Monitoring Network and the Pakistan National Nutrition Working Group (NNWG) organised a two day workshop in Islamabad to discuss and plan the scale up of coverage assessments in the country. The meeting was attended by 44 participants including representatives from the Department of Health, UN agencies and national and international NGOs (a full list of participants is available in Annex 1).