Commitment

By 2030, pilot and scale up the food, nutrition and health programme for pregnant women in at least 50% of Benin's communes.

Government / Benin

Description

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Decrease in malnutrition

Description

By 2030, Benin is a country where each person enjoys optimal nutritional status for their well-being, allowing them to actively participate in the creation of national wealth and sustainable development.Increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate to over 50% by 2030.Maintain the rate of global acute malnutrition in children under 5 at less than 5% by 2030.Reduce the prevalence rate of stunting in children under 5 to less than 30% by 2030.Maintain the rate of households using iodized salt at over 90% by 2030Reduce by 50% respectively the rate of malnutrition and anemia among pregnant women by 2030.Increase the budget allocated to nutrition by 50% and ensure its disbursement to at least 80% for the development of activities by 2030.By 2030, enhance, like the CAN, the level of representativeness of the services responsible for food and nutrition within the ministries involved in nutrition (Ministry of Health, Ministry in charge of Agriculture , Ministry of Social Affairs, etc ...).By 2030, strengthen the governance and authority of CAN and SP / CAN at the national level, through law making, food and nutrition policy and plan development.By June 2030, validate and make available the documents (i) of the strategy to combat iodine deficiency disorders (IDDD) and the sectoral guidelines for the control of IDDs, (ii) the food fortification strategy and nutritional supplementation with essential micronutrients, and (iii) strategy and guidelines for food and nutritional management of pathologies in hospitals.By 2030, test and scale up in at least 50% of communes in Benin, the food, nutrition and health program for pregnant women.By 2030, strengthen the quality of integrated nutrition services and fully integrate them into the minimum primary health care package (promotional, preventive and curative), in particular through the use of digital tools to improve the reliability of diagnoses and improve of the assumption of responsibility.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index

Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Policy > Nutrition care services
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Financing

Measurement

Key indicator Number of municipalities benefting from interventions for pregnant women
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0 municipalities 2021
Target 38 municipalities

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