cases expected in 2019 with 25 716 cases of medical complications admitted into internal nutritional
recovery centers (CRENI) located in the hospitals, 187 701 children suffering from moderate acute
malnutrition, i.e. 37.6% of cases expected in 2019. In 2018 (September 2018), admissions increased
by 4% (6 917 additional children) in the CRENAS while they dropped by 14% (4 274 less children) in
the CRENI. Niger has deployed lots of efforts in providing care for malnourished children, however
the 3.9% population growth rate is undermining these efforts.
265. In the area of implementation of reforms for the period from 2017 to 2019, the following regulatory
and administrative measures have been taken:
Decree No. 2017-665/PRN of 2 August 2017 on the establishment of a Public Financing
Institution; code-named “Food and Nutrition Security Investment Fund (FISAN)” of Niger;
Decree No. 2017-666/PRN of 2 August 2017 on the establishment, powers, composition,
organization and modalities for the functioning of the strategic policy organ of the Agricultural
Council;
Decree No. 2017-667/PRN of 2 August 2017 on the establishment of the Agricultural Council
Promotion Agency (APCA);
Decree No. 2017-668/PRN of 2 August 2017 on the approval of the statutes of the “Food and
Nutrition Security Investment Fund (FISAN)” of Niger;
Decree No. 2017-669/PRN of 2 August 2017 on the approval of the statutes of the Agricultural
Council Promotion Agency (APCA);
Decree No. 2018-458/PRN/MF of 6 July 2018 relating to warehousing, warehouse receipt and
the WARRANT;
Operationalization of the Local Purchases Strategy from Small-scale Producers (SNALAPP) in
2017;
Support for small-scale irrigation;
Decree No. 2018 -794/PRN of 15 November 2018, on the adoption of a National Nutrition
Security Policy Document of Niger (PNSN) (2017-2025) and its Multisectoral Action Plan
(2017-2019) ;
Establishment of Local Community Producers Services Platform code-named “Farmer’s
Outfit”;
Support for Public Financing Reform and adoption of Programme Budgets and Contribution to
Integration of Nutrition into Multi-Annual Expenditure Programming Documents (DPPD) of
the relevant Ministries and Supporting Advocacy in the course of budgetary discussions;
Analysis of the role of nutrition in Sub-sector Strategies and Policies (Agriculture, Water and
Sanitation, Social Protection, Education) and strengthening of integration of nutrition in the
course of the review of activities relating to the integration of nutrition into nutrition sector
specific and friendly programmes;
Establishment within the INS of a National Information Platform for the development of
existing data, surveys and studies in respect of the nutrition sector including centralizing the
information and influencing decision-making;
Budgetary analysis and monitoring of nutrition financing in order to assess if the 15%
earmarked in the Plan of Action regarding the PNSN financing commitment in the national
budget has been achieved;
Roadmap for the effective integration and gradual transfer by the government and decentralized
governments of costs of care for acute malnutrition.
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