NEP is a rigorous new approach to compiling and analyzing health and nutrition data from diverse sources, so that the Government can get strategic, evidence-based answers to their most pressing MNCH&N program and policy questions.

NEP includes a collection of tools that help decision makers define priority evaluation questions, map and manage data, assess data quality, analyze data, and communicate findings. Tanzania is building NEP between 2014-2017 with funding support from the Government of Canada and technical guidance and capacity building support from the Johns Hopkins University Institute for International Programs (IIP-JHU).