Commitment

Increase government expenditure on nutrition

Government / Zambia

Description

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 Allocation of funds by all relevant sectors per child
Value Measurement date
Baseline ZMW 23 2021
Target ZMW 50

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