Enhanced capacity of members of Nutrition and Food Security Steering Committee and Nutrition Technical Committee for improved nutrition governance and delivery of quality services.
Description
Strengthen capacity of Nutrition and Food Security Steering Committees, Nutrition Technical Committee and networks
Strengthen the system competency for scaling up and implementation of integrated nutrition interventions focusing on a life-course (children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women, adults, and elderly people)
Review the existing human resources for nutrition interventions and designate additional human resources as per the requirement
Ensure regular and adequate supply of commodities/equipment
Align, harmonize and link actions across sectors and stakeholders
Strengthen integration of nutrition in universal health coverage
Establish nutrition friendly institutions with adequate infrastructure, trained human resources on nutrition, equipment and information to deliver quality services
Support the establishment of nutrition-sensitive fair price shop
Strengthen the mechanism to improve the food quality including safety of foods across the food value chain, testing of food quality and reduce food wastage
Design and implement an innovative nutrition and food security programs that focus on marginalized, vulnerable groups, gender equality and social inclusion
Run nutrition interventions/programs by adopting an integrated one door government led implementation approach
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Operational Commitment
Description
The Government of Nepal commits to strengthening system and individual capacities to deliver quality nutrition services that ensure universal coverage and accelerate nutrition progress towards national, WHA and SDG targets on all forms of malnutrition within the next 9 years (from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2030). This will be achieved by enhancing the system, institution and human resource capacity for scaling up integrated nutrition programs and ensuring the provision of adequate nutrition commodities to deliver quality nutrition services equitably. Progress will be assessed using the national nutrition surveys conducted every 3 to 5 years and regular monitoring of programs. Approximately, NPR 91,829 million has been estimated for next 9 years by the Government of Nepal to cover associated costs for effective delivery of nutrition services and will be partially supported by development partners and civil societies.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
Lower moderate
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Salt/sodium intake
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Leadership and governance
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of Nutrition and Food Security Steering Committees, Nutrition Technical Committees capacitated |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 451 committees | 2020 |
| Target | 767 committees |
