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

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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)

Reduce anemia rates by 2030.

By 2030, reduce anemia rates to less than 10% in adolescents, < 15% in pregnancy and < 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 anemia among pregnant women
Measurement plan	Collect own data

	Value	Measurement date
Baseline	72%	2019
Target	15%