Stakeholder perspectives on Nigeria’s national sodium reduction program: Lessons for implementation and scale-up

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280226
• Publication Date: 2023-01-13T18:31:31Z
• Authors: Olutobi A. Sanuade; Vanessa Alfa; Xuejun Yin; Hueiming Liu; Adedayo E. Ojo; Gabriel L. Shedul; Dike B. Ojji; Mark D. Huffman; Ikechukwu A. Orji; Rosemary C. B. Okoli; Blessing Akor; Nanna R. Ripiye; Helen Eze; Clementina Ebere ...; Linda Van Horn; Priya Tripathi; Tunde M. Ojo; Kathy Trieu; Bruce Neal; Lisa R. Hirschhorn
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; Science; Health Personnel; Q; Sodium; R; Nigeria; Sodium, Dietary; 3. Good health; Diet; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 13. Climate action; Medicine; Humans; Research Article

To reduce excess dietary sodium consumption, Nigeria's 2019 National Multi-sectoral Action Plan (NMSAP) for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases includes policies based on World Health Organization SHAKE package. Priority actions strategies include mandatory limits in processed foods, advertising restrictions, mass-media campaigns, school-based interventions, improved front-of-package labeling. We conducted a formative qualitative evaluation stakeholders' knowledge, potential barriers as well effective to implement these NMSAP priority actions.