Decrease stunting among children aged under five years from 9% to 7%.
Description
The goals of this intervention are to improve infant and young child feeding practices, increase the amount of nutrition counselling provided by health workers to parents and care-givers, provide micronutrients to mothers and children, implement nutrition-sensitive social protection measures and promote a healthy diet for children.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Improving maternal and child nutrition
Description
The Mongolian Ministry of Health is committed to reducing, by 2030, anaemia and stunting among children under 5 years of age by 20%, as well as preventing an increase in the prevalence of overweight children. This will be achieved through full integration of essential nutrition services into a primary healthcare package by promoting a healthy diet and restricting unhealthy food and beverages marketing.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Upper moderate
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Undernutrition
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years of age |
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| Measurement plan | Use data collected by others |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 9% | 2018 |
| Target | 7% | December 2030 |
