Increase coverage of adolescent nutrition services to at least 50%

Adolescence is a key period for physical and cognitive development, requiring special attention when it comes to nutrition. for example, Senegal commits to achieving coverage of at least 50% of adolescents receiving iron/folic acid supplementation and nutrition education by 2030. This commitment is based on three strategic actions, namely the improvement of prevention and management of deficiencies through the extension of iron supplementation programs and deworming campaigns for adolescent girls who do not attend school; the strengthening of nutrition education, by integrating specific modules into the school curriculum and by multiplying awareness-raising initiatives adapted to young people, and finally the optimization of monitoring in order to be able to evaluate strategies and guide programmatic approaches and the provision of nutrition services for this target. The implementation of the actions will involve a synergy of actions between the Ministry of National Education (MEN/DCMS), the Ministry of Health, the National Council for the Development of Nutrition (CNDN), the Ministries of Family and Youth and the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD), but also the support of technical and financial partners.