Description
To improve maternal, child and newborn health and help prevent deaths from preventable causes, the Gates Foundation makes a $750 million commitment over the next four years to scale up mothers’ and children’s access to essential nutrition through the health system, fortify commonly consumed foods with essential micronutrients and vitamins, and expand access to safe, nutritious, and affordable diets year-round.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Pending verification
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
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Financial commitment details
| Allocation | Disbursement | |
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| Nutrition-specific amount | USD 700,000,000 | |
| Nutrition-sensitive amount | USD 50,000,000 | |
| Total | USD 750,000,000 |
Measurement
| Key indicator | Funds expended (per reporting in the OECD DAC database) |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | USD 184,000,000 | April 2024 |
| Target | USD 750,000,000 | December 2028 |
