Commitment
Canada invests in high impact, life-saving nutrition interventions.
Description
Global Affairs Canada commits to investing $360.6 million over 6 years (2025 to 2031) to support Nutrition International’s new Investment Case 2025 to 2031 (IC2). This investment is aimed to improve the survival, health, and well-being of people, especially women, newborns, children, and adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries. Fully funded, the Investment Case is expected to reach up to 800 million people with nutrition interventions, prevent 50 million cases of anemia, and save up to 750,000 children’s lives.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Partially verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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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
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
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Financial commitment details
| Allocation | Disbursement | |
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| Nutrition-specific amount | CAD 360,000,000 | |
| Nutrition-sensitive amount | ||
| Total | CAD 360,000,000 |
Measurement
| Key indicator | Amount of funds allocated |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | CAD 0 | March 2025 |
| Target | CAD 360,000,000 | March 2031 |
