Description
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Reduce wasting to 2% by 2030
Description
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population commits to reducing the prevalence of wasting from 8% to 2% among the country’s 12.7 million children under 5 years of age by 31 December 2030. This will be achieved by accelerating scale-up of the implementation of high-impact nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. Progress will be assessed through the Egyptian Family Health Issues Survey, to be implemented every four years.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Lower moderate
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Leadership and governance
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Action plan to reduce wasting designed |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | No | 2021 |
| Target | Yes | December 2022 |
