Description
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Reduce stunting prevalence to 10%
Description
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population commits to reduce the prevalence of stunting from 21% to less than 10%, among 12.7 million children under five years of age in the country by 31 December 2030. This will be achieved by accelerating scale-up of implementation of high-impact nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions. Progress will be assessed through the Egyptian Family Health Issues Survey, to be implemented every 4 years.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Upper moderate
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood stunting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Financial
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Measurement
| Key indicator | National budget dedicated to nutrition increased |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | No | 2021 |
| Target | Yes |
