“The Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET) and the Health Systems Research Unit of the Medical Research Council (MRC) of South Africa commissioned a series of country case studies on existing food security and nutrition programmes in East and Southern Africa that promote food sovereignty and equity. The case studies presented in this paper offer a country-level analysis of existing concrete policies and programmes, using secondary evidence to identify the role of health systems in food sovereignty. This paper synthesises the findings from these case studies, as well as additional background data, to outline the ways in which health systems can play a more pivotal role in promoting equity and food sovereignty in nutrition.” The paper also investigates the design and implementation of three important nutrition responses in ESA; food aid, HIV/AIDS-related nutrition interventions and school feeding programmes.

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