Annual Country Report 2019: Togo. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2019.

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In 2019, WFP carried out capacity strengthening activities under the T-ICSP, to support the Government of Togo in developing a sustainable home-grown school feeding programme (HGSF) based on local food production and integrated services, and to strengthen food and nutritional supports to people living with HIV (PLHIV) and Tuberculosis (TB) patients. In July 2019, the Government of Togo adopted legislation on school feeding towards which WFP had played a strong role in advocacy and policy support. The adopted law will help the country ensure continuous funding from the national budget and encourage partners to support school feeding initiatives in Togo. The number of schoolchildren receiving hot and nutritious meals increased by 5 percent in 2019, from 87,000 to 91,000 children attending 314 public primary schools throughout the country. In addition, WFP supported the Ministry of health in addressing malnutrition in PLHIV and TB patients by providing training and technical support to 160 HIV and TB professional staff who undertook nutrition assessment, counselling and education for 12,000 PLHIV and TB patients.WFP and the Government of Togo, in collaboration with development and multilateral partners, continued to develop programmes aimed at building and strengthening sustainable food systems.

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