Commitment

Decrease prevalence of anemia among pregnant women

Conselho de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional de São Tomé e Príncipe (CONSAN-STP)

Government / Sao Tome and Principe

January 2023 — January 2030

This commitment will be fulfilled through training on nutrition and prevention of anaemia during pregnancy. Activities will include:

• Raising awareness to increase the number of pregnant women in prenatal consultations.

• Adopting mobile team and door-to-door prenatal consultations.

• Providing anaemia screening equipment to all health centres.

• Demonstrating the importance of having an adequate blood glucose level.

• Demonstrating the consequences of anaemia during pregnancy.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Reduce anaemia rates by 2030

By 2030, reduce anaemia rates to less than 10% in adolescents, less than 15% in pregnant women and less than 15% in children

Verification status	Verified Find out more
SMARTness index	High Find out more

Target population characteristic	Age or life course stage/status Gender identity
Global nutrition target(s)	Anaemia
Nutrition Action Classification(s)	Impact > Undernutrition Find out more
Linked event(s)	2021 Tokyo N4G Summit 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)	Health

Key indicator	Prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women
Measurement plan	Collect own data

	Value	Measurement date
Baseline	72%	2019
Target	15%	January 2030