Commitment

Ensuring healthy, low-cost food is a human right

Civil society organisation / Malawi

March 2022 — December 2023

Description

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Advocacy for government healthy foods

Description

Supporting the government’s efforts in ensuring healthy, low-cost food is a human right for citizens through advocacy for government subsidies for healthy food and penalising food companies for targeting low-income citizens with unhealthy food.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Withdrawn
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SMARTness index
Lower moderate
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Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Leadership and governance
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food systems
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Rate of youth and government engagement
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 10% 2021
Target 60% December 2023

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