Commitment
By 2030, initiatives for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in children under five years of age will be intensified across all health authorities within Costa Rica
Description
Through interdisciplinary care, the team of professionals at local offices provides individual, group or home-visit care for children who have been identified as having growth or development problems or who are living in situations of psychosocial risk. An interdisciplinary care procedure for children with malnutrition must be implemented, identifying each case based on its degree of priority. This prioritisation is determined by the child’s nutritional status, developmental level and the family environment in which the child lives and is being raised.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Healthy Food Systems
Description
Improve food strategies in Costa Rica to promote healthy diets and nutrition in order to address malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Policy >
Nutrition care services
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of cases detected and treated with malnutrition in Centers for Education, Nutrition and Comprehensive Child Care (CEN-CINAI) services |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 848 Malnutrition cases | 2020 |
| Target | 2,400 Malnutrition cases | November 2030 |
Progress
| Value | Measurement date | Status | |
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| Progress report | 2,307 malnutrition cases | November 2024 |
On Course
Given the current trajectory of progress, the target is on course to be met by the end date.
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