Description
CARE will support women in practicing exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) by improving mothers' understanding, knowledge and adoption of EBF whilst also working with fathers and other influential household/community members to ensure their support for breastfeeding mothers. To do so, CARE will mobilise ‘transformative group’ platforms to increase the number of mothers receiving nutrition education, to create a social environment supporting change and to allow peers to share experiences and best practices for pregnancy, breastfeeding and complementary feeding. These groups will include mothers' support groups, male support groups, adolescent girls' groups and Village Savings and Loan Associations.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Improving nutrition approaches
Description
Improving nutrition must happen through local structures or collectives, such as care or savings groups, and integrated approaches. This commitment will focus on both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive approaches. By focusing on these two approaches, we will directly affect nutrition for women and children, support dietary diversity and promote positive nutrition practices. CARE also focuses on male engagement and sectoral interventions such as homestead food production; improved water, sanitation and hygiene access; and agriculture and natural resource management practices and models that prioritise nutrition outcomes. Building on successes, we will build stronger service delivery and coordination systems across stakeholder platforms that improve access to and delivery of quality health, agriculture, water, climate and education services for improved nutrition.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Low
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Anaemia
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Diet
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Percentage of infants (aged 0–5 months) who are breastfed exclusively through 6 months of age |
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| Measurement plan | Unknown |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | TBD | 2021 |
| Target | TBD | December 2030 |
