Commitment

Increase the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life

Government / Côte d'Ivoire

February 2022 — December 2025

Description

A multisectoral national plan 2022-2026 currently being finalized comprising specific and sensitive interventions in key sectors with an accountability framework that will allow these interventions to be scaled up in a synergy of politic and action and community convergence.

a multisectorial national plan of breastfeeding are also available

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Fight against malnutrition

Description

While reiterating its commitment to eliminate malnutrition in all its forms by 2030, Côte d'Ivoire would like for 2025 to undertake the following six (6) actions: 1. Maintain the national financial contribution of 15% of the budget of the National Multisectoral Nutrition Plan 2022-2026, and focus on data management; 2. Create an innovative financing mechanism involving the private sector by 2023; 3. Reach the targets of the World Health Assembly and increase them to at least 5%, 18% and 72% respectively for acute malnutrition, chronic malnutrition and exclusive breastfeeding by 2025; 4. Raise, to at least 80%, the rate of health establishments offering nutrition services within the framework of Universal Health Coverage by 2025; 5. Develop a contingency plan for nutritional and food resilience by 2023. 6. Achiev the process led by the Côte d'Ivoire to make 2022 a year of the AU dedicated to nutrition and food systems by February 2022.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index
High
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Community geography
  • Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Impact > Diet
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Measurement

Key indicator Prevalence of exlusive breastfeeding
Value Measurement date
Baseline 23.5% 2016
Target 72% December 2025

Progress

Status:
On Course
Why this status?
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had been achieved, though must be maintained until the end date is reached.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 34% February 2022

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