Reduce stunting in children under age five from 15.1% in 2020 to
Description
Reduce stunting in children under age five from 15.1% in 2020 to <=10% by 2030
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
SOUTH SUDAN 2021 N4G SUMMIT COMMITMENT
Description
We envisioned to
Reduce wasting in children under age five from 16.2% in 2020 to <=5% by 2030.
Reduce stunting in children under age five from 15.1% in 2020 to <=10% by 2030
through
Develop Food and Nutrition Policy
Develop multi-sectoral Nutrition Costed Strategy
Develop BMS code in line with the international Code
Increase nutrition budget /investment by 10% from the national budget
Through program activities detailed below
Scaling up of nutrition treatment integrated with Health care service delivery platforms
Improve quality and Scaling of implementation of MIYCN program
Scaling up MNCH, prevention and treatment of the communicable diseases including Malaria
Strengthen food value chains that aim to improve the availability and affordability of healthy and nutritious diets,
Strengthen shock responsive social protection in areas with food insecurity giving a safety net transfer to at-risk
Scaling up of School health Nutrition programming
Integration of WASH, Health, social protection and GBV in nutrition interventions
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Lower moderate
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Undernutrition
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Prevalence of stunting among children under five |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 15.1% | 2020 |
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