Commitment

Prevention and management of anaemia among 300 children and women of reproductive age in 2023.

Private sector non-food business / Uganda

January 2023 — March 2024

Description

Provision on demand nutrition education and counselling services to persons diagnosed with anemia at health facilities in central Uganda by utilising the Lya Mobile App.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Easy and Sustainable Healthy Eating

Description

1. Development of an in-app data base with 100+ practical pictorial healthy meal.

2. Nutrition Assessment for 100 persons monthly.

3. Provide Self-Paced on-demand Nutrition Education on the mobile application.

4. Provide Individual Behaviour Counselling for 100 persons monthly.

5. Monitoring and Evaluation of Nutrition outcomes over 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months interventions and 1 year post-intervention; Management of Anemia, Management of Overweight and Obesity, Blood Glucose Control, Blood Pressure Control and Breast milk feeding for 0-24 months for the 100 monthly app users.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index

Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Gender identity
Global nutrition target(s)
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Policy > Nutrition care services
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Measurement

Key indicator Number of children and women managed for anaemia with on-demand nutrition services
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0 children and women 2021
Target 300 children and women March 2024

Progress

Status:
Not Reached
Why this status?
The target was not achieved by its end date.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 5 children and women March 2024

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