Commitment

Increased detection and monitoring of child malnutrition

Government / Costa Rica

January 2024 — December 2028

Description

The National Directorate of CEN-CINAI undertakes to detect and monitor children under 5 years of age in poverty and/or social risk who receive CEN-CINAI services at the national level and who have a nutritional status of malnutrition and severe malnutrition according to anthropometric indicators and the reference standards established in national regulations.

This will be achieved through the strengthening of the institutional procedure of interdisciplinary care with a public health approach, technical assistance, monitoring and follow-up of the implementation of the procedure. As well as strengthening the growth monitoring system with the acquisition and maintenance of that it meets technical requirements established to guarantee the quality of the measurements, the modeling of the technique of taking anthropometric measurements and the implementation of data collection and analysis in the digital system.

The commitment includes specific annual allocations of funds within the allocated government budget, which is aligned with the country's nutrition priorities and is linked to global nutrition goals.

Progress will be reviewed every two years to ensure timely detection and attention through strategic decision-making based on results, through official reports as accountability of national planning instruments.

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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)
Childhood wasting
Linked event(s)
  • 2025 Paris N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Nutrition, health and social protection
  • Nutrition, data, research, artificial intelligence and innovation

Measurement

Key indicator Number of children aged 0 to less than 5 years with malnutrition and severe malnutrition according to the weight-for-height indicator, detected and attended with CEN CINAI services.
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0 Número de niñas y niños December 2022
Target 930 Número de niñas y niños December 2028

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