By Kabuye Ronald
Civil societies advocating for the good nutrition in the country under their umbrella body Civil Society Alliance for Nutrition Uganda (CISANU) have endorsed a declaration of commitment to advocate for implementation of the commitments in the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan II UNAP II on breastfeeding, iron & Vitamin A intake at their work places and in communities.
According to the endorsed declaration, Members of the Civil Society Alliance for Nutrition Uganda and other key stakeholders in addressing malnutrition in Uganda have committed to integrate Breastfeeding, Iron and Vitamin A intake in programs and projects of their organizations. Enhance awareness on importance of Breastfeeding, Iron and Vitamin A intake in combating malnutrition among the beneficiaries and communities.
They also committed to mobilize other players and stakeholders to enhance the uptake of Breastfeeding, Iron and Vitamin A intake among our beneficiaries and nationally. In addition to Advocating for prioritization of Breast Feeding, Iron and Vitamin A intake by the mandated duty bearers so as to tackle malnutrition in Uganda.
According to Richard Baguma Tinkasimire, the convener of CISANU, The endorsed declaration of commitment was done in line with the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan II UNAP II (2021/2026) Commitments and Priority Actions on Breastfeeding, Vitamin A and Iron Intake.
In the same way Wamala Benjamin from Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights called for the streamlining of the Traffic Light nutrition labelling.
“We believe that a lot of people end up making wrong choices in what they are buying in different places because the nutrition labelling is poor in our country. Some of the products are not properly labelled, you find that the labelling is very small and put under the product or the labelling is a little bit visible but we don’t understand the language used thus we call upon the decision makers and people concerned that we copy from other countries that have picked up the traffic light labelling which is so easy for anyone to understand since it’s all about seeing the colors. If you see a product with like Red in sugars then you know its high in sugars. “Said Wamala
