Commitment

Reduce prevalence of stunting (chronic malnutrition) in children under 5 years

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
  • Gender identity
  • Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Impact > Undernutrition
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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 stunting among children under five
Value Measurement date
Baseline 21.6% 2016
Target 18% December 2025

Progress

Status:
Off Course
Why this status?
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had not yet been achieved and is not expected to be achieved by the end date, but as the end date is not yet reached, it could be still be possible to reach and maintain the target level.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 23% February 2022

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