Commitment

Increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding to more than 10% by 2024

Government / Gabon

Description

- Awareness raising campaigns on exclusive breastfeeding on media

- Awareness raising campaigns at subnational level and in capital city (field-level)

- Civil society mobilization

- United Nations' support

- More information is listed in the costed action plan (to be provided at a later stage)

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Increase exclusive breastfeeding

Description

Previous years indicated a low percentage of exclusive breastfeeding rates as low as 5%, the objective is to raise it to 10% by 2024

GNR assessment

Verification status
Unverified
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SMARTness index
Upper moderate
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Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Impact > Diet
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Rate of exclusive breastfeeding
Value Measurement date
Baseline 5% 2010
Target 10%

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