Expand the coverage of nutrition initiatives in primary care.
Description
Comprehensive health and nutrition services for women of childbearing age, pregnant women and children under 5 years of age in facilities will be increased. These services should include balanced maternal protein-energy supplements in undernourished people (complementary and nutritional feeding), maternal micronutrient supplements, vitamin A supplements for children under 5 years of age, the promotion of breastfeeding, preventive zinc supplements, food supply in times of food and nutrition insecurity (INSAN) crises, supplements designed to manage acute malnutrition and therapeutic zinc supplements for diarrhoea treatment.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Implement Nutrition Action Plan
Description
The objective of the Nutrition Action Plan, unveiled as part of the Política y Estrategia Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (National Food and Nutrition Security Policy and Strategy; PyENSAN) 2030, is to end all forms of malnutrition and address lifelong nutritional needs. The plan focuses on undernourishment, chronic malnutrition, growth retardation, wasting, underweight and overweight among children under the age of 5 years, and anaemia in women and children, among other micronutrient deficiencies. It also focuses on halting the upward trend of excessive weight and obesity and reducing the burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases across all age groups.
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) |
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
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Nutrition care services
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of health facilities reporting comprehensive nutrition initiatives |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 0% | 2021 |
| Target | 170 Health facilities | December 2030 |
