Commitment

Ensure national UHC plans that integrate nutrition are aligned with national nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive health intervention are part of a 'health in all policy.

Government / Zambia

Description

Ensure that essential, quality assured nutrition-related health products (Therapeutic Supplies, anthropometric equipment and minerals and vitamin supplements) are available, accessible, and properly administered through the health system, including through in national essential medicines lists

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Reduce undernutrition by 35% by 2030

Description

Accelerate scale up of the Scaling Up Nutrition 1st 1000 Most Critical Days Programme from 42 districts to 116 districts by 2030.

This is expected to reduce prevalence of stunting, wasting, low birthweight and anemia in children under five years of age

GNR assessment

Verification status
Unverified
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SMARTness index

Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Salt/sodium intake
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Financial
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Measurement

Key indicator Percent increase in allocation for nutrition under UHC
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0% 2021
Target 20%

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