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Qualitative Review of National Nutrition Surveillance Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
The World Food Conference in 1974 emphasized the significance of establishing global nutrition surveillance to monitor and address nutritional challenges effectively. However, many countries, especially in the EMRO region, continue to encounter substantial difficulties in regularly generating disagg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10490415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37686721 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15173689 |
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author | Al Jawaldeh, Ayoub El Hajj Hassan, Ola Qureshi, Abdul Baseer Zerbo, Ferima Coulibaly Alahnoumy, Shafekah Bozo, Mahmoud Al-Halaika, Mousa Al-Dakheel, Mushary H. Alhamdan, Lamya Mujib, Sahibzada Azhar El Ammari, Laila Aguenaou, Hassan Alqaoud, Nawal Almaamari, Salima Alshamkhi, Saleh Dureab, Fekri |
author_facet | Al Jawaldeh, Ayoub El Hajj Hassan, Ola Qureshi, Abdul Baseer Zerbo, Ferima Coulibaly Alahnoumy, Shafekah Bozo, Mahmoud Al-Halaika, Mousa Al-Dakheel, Mushary H. Alhamdan, Lamya Mujib, Sahibzada Azhar El Ammari, Laila Aguenaou, Hassan Alqaoud, Nawal Almaamari, Salima Alshamkhi, Saleh Dureab, Fekri |
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description | The World Food Conference in 1974 emphasized the significance of establishing global nutrition surveillance to monitor and address nutritional challenges effectively. However, many countries, especially in the EMRO region, continue to encounter substantial difficulties in regularly generating disaggregated data on nutrition. The current study aimed to review the existing nutrition surveillance systems in the region and to identify their strengths and weaknesses, as well as the challenges they face in functioning optimally. Methods: This study focused on the functional nutrition surveillance systems in eight Arab countries; namely Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The study’s analysis involved utilizing primary data collected from both published and unpublished reports. Additionally, a structured checklist was employed to gather information from all countries involved in the study. Furthermore, interviews were conducted with the EMRO offices to gain deeper insights into the challenges, if any, that these nutrition surveillance systems face in functioning optimally. Results: All countries use health facilities as a basic source of data for their nutrition surveillance, some countries triangulate their nutrition surveillance reports with data from other sources of information such as community or school surveys. Identified nutrition surveillance approaches are closely split between those who operate in stable settings and use routine health information systems (Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Kuwait) and other countries that operate in fragile settings; for example, Yemen, Syria, Palestine, and Sudan struggle to provide early warning reports for rapid nutritional responses. Conclusions: Nutrition surveillance systems that utilize existing health information systems are the most sustained in the EMRO region. However, by integrating data from multiple sources, such as health facilities, surveys, and population censuses, countries can provide a holistic view of the nutritional situation, enhance their response to any emergency, and can leverage the infrastructure and resources already in place for health data collection and reporting. Collaboration between countries in the region through sharing experiences and success stories is important in order to reach a standardized system that can be implemented in different settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-104904152023-09-09 Qualitative Review of National Nutrition Surveillance Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Al Jawaldeh, Ayoub El Hajj Hassan, Ola Qureshi, Abdul Baseer Zerbo, Ferima Coulibaly Alahnoumy, Shafekah Bozo, Mahmoud Al-Halaika, Mousa Al-Dakheel, Mushary H. Alhamdan, Lamya Mujib, Sahibzada Azhar El Ammari, Laila Aguenaou, Hassan Alqaoud, Nawal Almaamari, Salima Alshamkhi, Saleh Dureab, Fekri Nutrients Article The World Food Conference in 1974 emphasized the significance of establishing global nutrition surveillance to monitor and address nutritional challenges effectively. However, many countries, especially in the EMRO region, continue to encounter substantial difficulties in regularly generating disaggregated data on nutrition. The current study aimed to review the existing nutrition surveillance systems in the region and to identify their strengths and weaknesses, as well as the challenges they face in functioning optimally. Methods: This study focused on the functional nutrition surveillance systems in eight Arab countries; namely Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The study’s analysis involved utilizing primary data collected from both published and unpublished reports. Additionally, a structured checklist was employed to gather information from all countries involved in the study. Furthermore, interviews were conducted with the EMRO offices to gain deeper insights into the challenges, if any, that these nutrition surveillance systems face in functioning optimally. Results: All countries use health facilities as a basic source of data for their nutrition surveillance, some countries triangulate their nutrition surveillance reports with data from other sources of information such as community or school surveys. Identified nutrition surveillance approaches are closely split between those who operate in stable settings and use routine health information systems (Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Kuwait) and other countries that operate in fragile settings; for example, Yemen, Syria, Palestine, and Sudan struggle to provide early warning reports for rapid nutritional responses. Conclusions: Nutrition surveillance systems that utilize existing health information systems are the most sustained in the EMRO region. However, by integrating data from multiple sources, such as health facilities, surveys, and population censuses, countries can provide a holistic view of the nutritional situation, enhance their response to any emergency, and can leverage the infrastructure and resources already in place for health data collection and reporting. Collaboration between countries in the region through sharing experiences and success stories is important in order to reach a standardized system that can be implemented in different settings. MDPI 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10490415/ /pubmed/37686721 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15173689 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Al Jawaldeh, Ayoub El Hajj Hassan, Ola Qureshi, Abdul Baseer Zerbo, Ferima Coulibaly Alahnoumy, Shafekah Bozo, Mahmoud Al-Halaika, Mousa Al-Dakheel, Mushary H. Alhamdan, Lamya Mujib, Sahibzada Azhar El Ammari, Laila Aguenaou, Hassan Alqaoud, Nawal Almaamari, Salima Alshamkhi, Saleh Dureab, Fekri Qualitative Review of National Nutrition Surveillance Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region |
title | Qualitative Review of National Nutrition Surveillance Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region |
title_full | Qualitative Review of National Nutrition Surveillance Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region |
title_fullStr | Qualitative Review of National Nutrition Surveillance Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region |
title_full_unstemmed | Qualitative Review of National Nutrition Surveillance Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region |
title_short | Qualitative Review of National Nutrition Surveillance Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region |
title_sort | qualitative review of national nutrition surveillance systems in the eastern mediterranean region |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10490415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37686721 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15173689 |
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