The SNNC was established by an Act of Parliament in 1945 and is mandated to promote food and nutrition activities and to advise the government accordingly. The Swaziland National Nutrition Council seeks to improve the nutrition and health status of the nation for all vulnerable groups at all levels of society by providing effective, comprehensive, decentralized, coordinated, sustainable and enabling environment for the provision of food and nutrition services in Swaziland. Vision
The vision for Swaziland National Nutrition Council is to achieve optimum nutrition, health status and food security of the Swazi nation by 2022. Mission Statement
To improve the nutrition and health status of the nation for all vulnerable groups at all levels of society by providing effective, comprehensive, decentralized, coordinated, sustainable and enabling environment for the provision of food and nutrition services in Swaziland. The key intervention areas are:
Infant and Young Child Feeding
Integrated Community based Growth Monitoring and promotion,
Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition in Children and Adults
Nutrition & HIV,
Prevention and Control of Micronutrients deficiencies and
Nutrition Surveillance
