Commitment
Decrease stunting among children aged under five years from 9% to 7%.
Description
Improve infant and young child feeding practices
Increase nutrition counseling of health workers to parents and caregivers
Provision of micronutrients to mothers and children
Implement nutrition sensitive social protection measures
Promote healthy diet for children
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Improving maternal and child nutrition
Description
By 2030, the Mongolian Ministry of Health commits to reduce anaemia, stunting among children under five years of age by 20%, and no increase in childhood overweight.
This will be achieved by full integration of essential nutrition services into primary health care package, by promoting 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) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
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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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| Measurement plan | Use data collected by others |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 9% | 2018 |
| Target | 7% |
