Commitment

Increase government expenditure on nutrition

National Food and Nutrition Commission, Zambia

Government / Zambia

January 2022 — December 2030

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Reduce undernutrition by 35% by 2030.

Accelerate scale-up of Scaling Up Nutrition’s First 1,000 Most Critical Days Programme from 42 districts to 116 districts by 2030.

This is expected to reduce prevalence of stunting, wasting, low birth weight and anaemia in children under 5 years of age.

Verification status	Unverified Find out more
SMARTness index	Low Find out more

Target population characteristic	Age or life course stage/status Community geography Gender identity Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)	Childhood stunting Childhood wasting Childhood overweight Adult obesity Salt/sodium intake Anaemia Low birth weight Exclusive breastfeeding
Nutrition Action Classification(s)	Enabling > Financial Find out more
Linked event(s)	2021 Tokyo N4G Summit 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)	Health Resilience Data Financing Food systems

Key indicator	Allocation of funds by all relevant sectors per child

	Value	Measurement date
Baseline	ZMW 23	2021
Target	ZMW 50	December 2030