Description
Already included to Multi sector action plan for Nutrition 2018 - 2025 by the Health sector with the active engagement by other sectors
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Low birth weight reduced to 10 %
Description
One of the policy priority areas of National Nutrition Plan of Sri Lanka is Nutrition Improvement throughout the life course. Under the said policy, Sri lanka is working towards a key result area on Reducing Prevalence of Low Birth Weight to 10% by 2025. But due to unexpected COIVID19 epidemic, we realize that what is feasible is to reduce Low Birth weight to 10% and we will work for more. Hence it was chosen to include for N4G.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Low birth weight
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Undernutrition
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Prevalence of low birth weight |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 15.7% | 2018 |
| Target | 10% | December 2030 |
Progress
Status:
Off Course
Why this status?
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had not yet been achieved and is not expected to be achieved by the end date, but as the end date is not yet reached, it could be still be possible to reach and maintain the target level.
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Progress report | 14.7% | June 2024 |
