Increased detection and monitoring of child malnutrition

The National Directorate of CEN-CINAI undertakes to detect and monitor children under 5 years of age in poverty and/or at 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 procedure’s implementation. The growth monitoring system will also be strengthened with the acquisition and maintenance of a system that meets technical requirements established to guarantee the quality of the measurements, the modelling 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 results-based strategic decision-making, as well as for accountability of national planning instruments. These advances will be based on official reports.