Commitment

integrate nutrition training on the life course, with a focus on breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding, in the curricula of medicine and nursing faculties and nursing schools and institutes

Government / Egypt

Description

coordinate with Ministry of Higher Education to implement standardised nutrition training within academic curricula as pre-service training

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
Lower moderate
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Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Childhood stunting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Operational
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Nutrition training on the life course, with a focus on breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding, integrated in the curricula of medicine and nursing faculties and nursing schools and institutes
Value Measurement date
Baseline No 2021
Target Yes

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