Increase proportion of children consuming minimum acceptable diet
Description
Key planned actions include: Protect, promote, and support appropriate complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding up to 2 years. Provision of micronutrient Supplementation-Vitamin A for children 6-59 months. Growth monitoring and promotion Support- appropriate infant feeding practices for HIV exposed infants Promotion of good parenting and nurturing care practices for early child development Provision of cash transfers, food and nutrition related productive assets creation, and livelihood support to promote dietary diversity in children Reach caregivers with factual information and advice on young child feeding and increase the desirability of nutritious and safe foods Implement the Tanzania Framework for Improving Child Diets with the aim to Increase the availability and affordability of nutritious foods -including fruits, vegetables, eggs, fish, meat and fortified foods -by incentivizing their production, distribution and retailing. Strengthen food quality and safety standards.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
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Children consuming min acceptable diet
Description
Diverse diet helps to provide the children with the essential nutrients that they need for growth and development resulting in reduced risk of stunting, wasting and being underweight. The government of the United Republic of Tanzania in collaboration with development partners commits to increase the proportion of children 6-23 months who consume a minimum acceptable diet from 30% to 50% by 2026. Key interventions have been lined up for implementation in the NMNAP II at a cost of TZS 162.4 Million (USD 70,605.45) to be implemented particularly through the health sector, WASH, food security, and community development sectors and monitored under NMNAPII framework.
GNR assessment
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Unverified
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SMARTness index |
Upper moderate
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Details
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Diet
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Measurement
Key indicator | Percent of children (6-23 months) who receive a minimum acceptable diet |
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Value | Measurement date | |
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Baseline | 30.3% | 2018 |
Target | 50% |