The prevalence of malnutrition among children and mothers in Bangladesh is alarmingly high, underscoring the urgent need for action to achieve food security, particularly for the rural population. The National Nutrition Programme (NNP) stands as one of the success stories of the collaboration between the Government of Bangladesh and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), aimed at assisting children and women suffering from malnutrition. The success of the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project (BINP), a large-scale initiative undertaken by the Government of Bangladesh with support from the World Bank and other donors, has demonstrated that community mobilization and nutrition services provided by NGOs can lead to rapid and sustainable reductions in severe malnutrition among children. This initiative has successfully delivered targeted food and micronutrient supplements to reproductive women, addressing chronic energy and micronutrient deficiencies.
The project’s goal is to improve the nutritional status of women and children so that malnutrition is no longer a public health problem. The objectives for the NNS eLMIS include ensuring an adequate, timely, and uninterrupted supply of nutrition logistics and commodities, conducting a feasibility study for the logistics management information system (LMIS), designing a workflow for the NNS eLMIS/LMIS, following up on medicine supply, selecting medicines, and determining expected outcomes. Furthermore, the project aims to develop an integrated logistics management system in collaboration with DGHS (Directorate General of Health Services) and DGFP (Directorate General of Family Planning), and to integrate the NNS medicines and logistics with DHIS2 and the DGHS eLMIS dashboard.