Commitment

Decrease prevalence of anemia among pregnant women

Government / Sao Tome and Principe

Description

Training on nutrition and prevention of anemia during pregnancy

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

- Adopt mobile team and door-to-door pre-natal consultations

- Provide anemia screening equipment to all health centers

- Demonstration of the importance of having an adequate blood glucose level

- Demonstration of the consequences of anemia during pregnancy

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Reduce anemia rates by 2030.

Description

By 2030, reduce anemia rates to less than 10% in adolescents, < 15% in pregnancy and < 15% in children

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index

Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Impact > Undernutrition
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women
Value Measurement date
Baseline 72% 2019
Target 15%

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