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Regional Hub Summary report of country calls

During October-November 2023, the Regional Hub convened virtual consultations with the eight Global Alliance countries in the ESA region. The main objective of the consultations was to accelerate the

implementation of the country action plans by understanding progress and challenges, generating solutions, and sharing learning. The consultations were attended by Regional Hub members and country teams comprising representatives of national ministries of health, national networks of people living with HIV, the UN, and funding, technical and implementing partners. Th roughout th e discussions, the challenges faced by each country we re acknowledged, reinforcing the commitment to transparency and

collective problem solving. Country teams were provided with a common template to facilitate learning across countries. Countries were paired (Kenya and Uganda, South Africa and Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) using a format that encouraged cross country sharing. (Technical difficulties resulted in separate calls with Angola and Mozambique.)

This report summarizes the learning from the calls and presents key next steps by country and at regional level.

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Mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and nutrition of schoolchildren

Mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and nutrition of schoolchildren

This interim guidance note intends to provide government decision makers, school administrators/staff and partners with preliminary guidance on how to support, transform or adapt school feeding (in the short term) to help safeguard schoolchildren’s food security and nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic.