To Reduce Chronic Malnutrition (Stunting) Growth Faltering among children
Description
I will be able to strengthen national food and nutrition policy by working with key partners and stakeholders, donors and implementers at all levels, and by making functional a coordination system at the national level to reduce malnutrition in emergencies and development contexts in low-income countries, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, where malnutrition rates are high.
National commitment should be increased to the maximum level. In addition, financial allocation to improve nutrition projects also needs attention to eliminate national or related problems in the most vulnerable communities, like refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) societies affected by disasters when they arise.
Efforts will focus on:
• Implementing food fortification to reduce micronutrient deficiency diseases among high-risk populations, like pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under 5 years of age.
• Improving school feeding programmes to address the needs of school-age children and adolescents 12–19 years of age, using life cycle approaches.
• Focusing on the first 1,000 days of life as a window of opportunity to reduce stunting through multisectoral approaches, since nutrition problems are multidimensional.
Nutrition response to emergency, disaster and recovery should be a special focus.
Food and nutrition policies should be revised by all countries, especially African and Asian countries.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
I am a frontline nutrition manager.
Description
I need supplemental documents to update my technical skills and provide necessary, scientifically sound support to field-based staff, particularly regarding nutrition in emergencies and development contexts. My country is always prone to drought and human-induced disasters, like conflicts and the displacement of refugee and internally displaced people (IDP), the most vulnerable people in need of nutrition support and healthcare. I need reference material from the USAID website and more to address stunting, wasting and underweight, anaemia reduction and adolescent and young girls’ 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) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Salt/sodium intake
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Undernutrition
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Prevalence of stunting |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 28% | 2020 |
| Target | 15% | September 2023 |
