Commitment

Strengthen systems linked to UHC

Government / Yemen

December 2021 — November 2030

Description

strengthen systems to attend to UHC through the provision of ESP services for better nutrition and enhancing the capacity of agriculture, fisheries, education, health, industry, nutriton social policy and WASH sectors at national and sub-national level to deliver nutrition actions in the UHC Plan. This will be achieved by:

1. developing and operationalising a comprehensive capacity development plan for all relevant sectors; supporting key nutrition sensitive activities to be aligned with relevant sector plans in line with the ESP, the national nutrition strategy 2022-2030 and the Yemen Action Plan on Wasting (YAP);

2. HR skills building in nutrition, development of technical guidance, provision of necassary equipment and essential drugs, strengthening supply chain.

3. Establish healthy school meals kitchens,

4. provide conditional cash incentives for families of girl students.

5. Provide water tanks, clean safe drinking water and enhance the health nutrition and hygiene practices in the targeted schools.

Progress will be assessed by the government every two years.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Linkages with Sectors to deliver ESP

Description

By 2030, the government of Yemen (GoY) commits to strengthen systems to deliver the ESP towards achieving UHC and for better nutrition through enhancing the capacity of agriculture, fisheries, education, health, industry, nutriton social policy and WASH sectors at national and sub-national level to deliver nutrition actions through the ESP. This will be achieved by developing and operationalising a comprehensive capacity development plan for all relevant sectors; supporting key nutrition sensitive activities to be aligned with relevant sector plans in line with the ESP, the national nutrition strategy 2022-2030 and the Yemen Action Plan on Wasting (YAP); This will involve HR skills building in nutrition, development of technical guidance, provision of necassary equipment and essential drugs, strengthening supply chain. Progress will be assessed by the government every two years.

Overall, strengthening the systems around UHC, includes HR capacity strengthening on nutrition across sectors with indicators such as; capacity assessment report available, nutrition capacity development plan; implementation of nutrition capacity development plan; Nutrition supply chain strengthening; Financing for nutrition; Governance and leadership for nutriton within health

GNR assessment

Verification status
Superseded
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SMARTness index

Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Community geography
  • Refugee status or status as an internally displaced person
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
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Operational
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator 1. Institutional capacity assessment conducted and capacity development plan developed 2. Percentage of national and sub-national staff from health, agriculture, fisheries, education, industry, WASH that are trained
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0% 2021
Target 50% November 2030

Progress

Status:
On Course
Why this status?
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had been achieved, though must be maintained until the end date is reached.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 30% June 2023

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