48 Ehsaas Nashonuma Centres being set up at 13 districts Islamabad January 12, 2021 Islamabad: Ehsaas Nashonuma steering committee met for the first time on Monday to discuss scaling up the initiative to other nutritionally vulnerable districts in the country. SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar chaired the introductory meeting of Ehsaas Nashonuma steering committee. Two federal ministries and six provincial ministries came to the table along with Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the World Bank, World Food Programme, World Health Organization, Asian Development Bank, UNICEF, Federal Expanded Programme for Immunization and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund and Nashonuma operations team from BISP. The steering committee members were briefed on the progress of Ehsaas Nashonuma programme that is being implemented in partnership with the provinces and World Food Programme. Alongside, the steering committee’s ToRs, strategic avenues for scaling up the programme, lessons from the first phase, priorities for quality enhancements, adaptations and integrations introduced in the design and roll out of the programme were discussed. The committee also discussed coordination of nutrition specific programmes at the federal level to ensure cross-country, cross-ministerial, inter-sectoral and inter-provincial collaboration for prevention of stunting and malnutrition among children.