Reduce anemia among women of reproductive age

The Government of Ethiopia commits to reduce the prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age group from 20% to 13% by 2030 by doing the following actions through a multisectoral coordination and partnership with the UN, CSOs, Donors, Academia and private sector;-

Government

Action 1: Strengthen Health Systems: Increase the availability and accessibility of quality healthcare services, particularly in rural areas.

Action 2: Improve Nutrition: Implement nutrition education programs to promote the consumption of iron and folate-rich foods,

Action 3 Improve access to clean water, sanitation facilities, and promote good hygiene practices to reduce the risk of infections.

Action 4: Strengthen response capacity during Conflict and Disasters: Ensure the continuity of essential health services, including IFA/MMS, WIFAS supplementation programs,

Action 5: Foster Multi-sectoral Collaboration:

ii. Civil society organizations

Action 1: Support the Government effort in reducing anemia among women of reproductive age

Action 2: Foster Community engagement: Utilize community-based approaches to engage women and their families in anemia prevention. Empower women to make informed decisions

UN

Action 1: support Health Systems to improve nutrition services፤ Support a smooth IFA to MMS transition, expansion and scale up of MMS.

National Scaling Up of Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS) to Adolescent Girls

Action 2: Support food production, SBCC interventions and national fortification to Improve nutrition: Support the implementation of mandatory food fortification፤ Support household food production and linking vulnerable community

Action 3: Support and advocate local production and domestic financing

iv. Donors

Action 1: Financing the anemia prevention effort by other stakeholders including the Government, UN agencies, CSO, the Private sector and Academia.

v. Academia

Action 1: Strengthen Research and Monitoring:

Conduct research to better understand causes and risk factors of anemia in different contexts.

Evaluate the effectiveness of different interventions

Establish and strengthen surveillance systems to monitor the prevalence of anemia

Continue supporting the piloting and further scale-up of double-fortified salt with iron and folic acid

Utilize data to inform program planning, implementation, and evaluation.

vi. Private sectors

Action 1: Foster implementation of the national mandatory food fortification agenda

Action 2: Food processing companies to enrich foods with more iron and folate source foods

Action 3: Strive for technology transfer and start the production of premix, MMS, WIFA and IFA in the country

vii. Community

Enhance diversified HH food production to improve women diet፤ Strengthen collaboration and enhance community movements፤ Mobilize community resources፤ Support the implementation