Commitment

Establish a National Food and Nutrition Programme that will address all forms of malnutrition using a multisector approach by end of 2023

Government / Zambia

Description

Put in place a multisector food and nutrition programme; Ensure all sectoral information systems include nutrition indicators to track coverage and quality of nutrition actions

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
Lower moderate
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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 > Leadership and governance
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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 Availability and operational national food and nutrition programme; availability of nutrition related data
Value Measurement date
Baseline No 2021
Target Yes

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