National policy dialogue on the transition and sustainability of public health nutrition programs

ABSTRACT

A National Dialogue on the Transition and Sustainability of Public Health Nutrition Programs was held on July 27, 2011 in Kampala. This was borne out of a growing concern that many a time decision makers are faced with a dilemma following a successful period for their programs or projects in terms of service delivery and achieving their aims, and these being in line with the country?s development agenda, they soon face uncertainty as donor funding which was key to their success comes to an end. This has led to a number of programs winding up as donor funding ends, despite the program?s proven efficacy and benefit to the target population. This may actually lead to (or indeed points to) a gap in managing transition and sustainability of programs into local management.