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

Government / Costa Rica

December 2021 — November 2030

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 prioritization is determined by the child’s nutritional status, their 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

Details

Global nutrition target(s)
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
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food

Measurement

Key indicator Number of cases detected and treated with malnutrition in CEN-CINAI services
Value Measurement date
Baseline 848 malnutrition cases 2020
Target 2,400 malnutrition cases November 2030

Progress

Status:
On Course
Why this status?
Given the current trajectory of progress, the target is on course to be met by the end date.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 2,307 malnutrition cases November 2024

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