Description
The Government of Ethiopia commits to reduce prevalence of wasting in under five children from 11% to 5% by 2030 by doing the following actions through a multisectoral coordination and partnership with the UN, CSOs, Donors, Academia and private sector;-
I. Government
Action 1: Review, adapt, and implement World Health Organization 2023 Global recommendations
Action 2: Strengthen Evidence Generation and implementation of local and sustainable food solutions
Action 3: Operationalize and scale up nutrition nutrition-centric HPD triple nexus.
Action 4: Enhance human resource capacity, supply chain management, public financing for RUTF, and information management
Action 5: Support implementation and scale-up of various initiatives
Action 6: Strengthen nutrition data and information management systems.
Action 7: Reaffirm continuous political commitment at all levels
II. Civil society organizations
Action 1: Align and support the implementation of various program initiatives and interventions
Action 2: Strengthen community-based structures and networks
Action 3: Promote local food-based solutions,
III. United Nations family
Action 1: Coordinate with nutrition-sensitive sectors,
Action 2: Pilot and implement strategic approaches
Action 3: Coordinate and implement the Joint UN Initiative on Prevention of wasting
Action 4: Roll out GAP on child wasting prevention and treatment
Action 5: Strengthen community-based structures and networks.
Action 6: Support local food-based solutions,
IV. Donors
Action 1: Support GoE Commitments on prevention and treatment of wasting
Action 2: Support and fund for prevention and management of child wasting in humanitarian settings.
Action 3: Support initiatives and finance projects to pilot, synthesis and develop prevention package of interventions.
Action 4: Support research and production of alternative formulation of RUTF using locally raw materials
Action 5: Support and fund life-saving prevention and treatment of wasting
V. Academia
Action 1: Support Evidence Generation and synthesis for innovative, local and sustainable food solutions
Action 2: Conduct research on alternative formulations of RUTF using locally raw materials
VI. Private sectors
Action 1: Scale up and engage in nutrition initiatives for prevention and treatment of wasting.
Action 2: Initiate, pilot, and scale up production of alternative RUTF formulation using locally available raw materials
VII. Community
Action 1: Support implementation of community-based nutrition intervention projects and preventive interventions using local solutions through multi-sectoral and health system approaches.
Action 2: Support the implementation led by Government, UN Agencies, CSOs and Academia on wasting prevention and management wasting
Action 3: Support in coordination, monitoring and reporting
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) |
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Undernutrition
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Prevalence of wasting in under five children |
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| Measurement plan | Use data collected by others |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 11% | February 2025 |
| Target | 5% | December 2030 |
