Improve access and quality of food to the most vulnerable groups

The Government of Mozambique, under the coordination of SETSAN and leadership of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the other sectors (Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries (MAAP), Ministry of Public Works; Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Education, and the Institute for Disaster Management (INDG), as well as other stakeholders, commits to improve/ increase minimum diet diversity of children between 6-23 months from 14% in 2022 to 25% by 2030.

Key actions include:

• Increasing PIN coverage to 50% by 2029 – the Nutrition Intervention Package (PIN) is a packaged tailored for and delivered in remote communities by community health workers, aimed and improving the health, nutrition and wellbeing of children. PIN covers seven key nutrition interventions for children under two. The PIN can contribute to the achievement of the MDD indicator. An impact evaluation of the impact of PIN is planned to be undertaken in 2025.

• Promote Social Behaviour Change actions – to enhance communication of complementary infant feeding.

• Finalize the revision of the Breastmilk Substitutes Code of Conduct.

• Strengthen and increase quantity of local production, transformation, conservation, distribution and consumption of food, in alignment with the National Action Plan for Food Systems Transformation in the country.

• Expand the Basic Social Subsidy Programme (PSSB) – The Child Grant (under the PSSB) is a social protection programme, targeting families with children between 0 and 2 years of age with a monthly allocation of 500meticais (equivalent to $8). The progamme is currently being scaled up from 2 to more provinces, with a planned target of reaching 9 provinces by 2030.

• Ensure that social protection and social action programmes implemented as part of the humanitarian response (i.e. in response to shocks), to also contribute to the prevention of child malnutrition.

• Strengthen the National School-Feeding Programme (PRONAE) – reaching school-aged children and adolescents.

• Increase the coverage of water and sanitation programmes.