Stakeholder Engagement with the Management Team of the Oyo State Ministry of Health - 17
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EmailThis document summarizes an October 7, 2024, stakeholder engagement meeting in Ibadan, where the RSM2SNF project team and the Oyo State Ministry of Health discussed enhancing food safety through co-creative interventions.
- Meeting Background: A follow-up to RSM2SNF’s participation in the World Food Safety Day Program in July 2024, where the team shared a policy brief titled Enhancing Food Safety in Oyo State.
- RSM2SNF Presentation Highlights:
- Findings from market studies in Oyo on trader activities and infrastructure.
- Development of training programs for fish processors and guidelines on food handling practices for fish and vegetables.
- Ministry Contributions:
- Emphasis on food safety in public health, with recent motions in the State Assembly focusing on informal sector safety.
- Plans for mapping market infrastructure and revising the state's public health policy to include food safety.
- Existing platforms ready to integrate RSM2SNF research findings.
- Collaboration Opportunities:
- Training stakeholders across the value chain, including youth via NYSC Food Safety Corps.
- Advocating for improved market facilities like toilets and water supplies.
- Joint efforts to enforce compliance with safe handling and waste disposal practices.
The Commissioner of Health expressed commitment to future collaboration, appreciating the project team’s efforts in advancing food safety.
