Commitment

To increase the rate of minimum diet from 8 to 15% for children 6 - 23 months by 2030

Government / Democratic Republic of Congo

December 2021 — November 2030

Description

The plan through which this commitment will be achieved is the Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Manual.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) nutrition commitments

Description

1. Impact commitment: By 2030, DRC is committed to reducing the prevalence of chronic malnutrition among children under 5 years of age in DRC, ie, from 42% to 37%.

2. Financial commitment: By 2030, DRC is committed to allocating sufficient financial resources, ie, US$120 million annually, to the nutrition and food security sector to prevent and solve the problem of chronic malnutrition in accordance with the National Multisectoral Nutrition Strategic Plan (2022–2026).

3. Political commitment: By October 2022, DRC is committed to strengthening the coordination of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)-DRC to better fulfil the role of the National Coordination of the Multisectoral Nutrition Platform in DRC and establishing a national school feeding policy.

4. Programming commitment: By 2030, DRC is committed to:

• Reducing the prevalence of acute malnutrition to less than 5% in children under 5 years of age.

• Reducing the prevalence of anaemia among women of childbearing age to less than 30% and among children under 5 years of age.

• Reducing the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension, to less than 10%.

• Improving the minimum acceptable diet (MAD) for children aged from 6 to 23 months.

• Increasing the national coverage rate of health interventions by at least 40%.

• Providing high-impact nutrition for the first 1,000 days of an infant's life through community-based nutrition.

5. Sustainable food systems: by 2030, DRC is committed to adopting legislation on mandatory food fortification.

6. Resilience: by 2030, DRC is committed to developing and implementing a national food and nutrition response and resilience plan in the event of an emergency, disaster or epidemic to meet the needs of vulnerable populations.

7. Data: DRC is committed to having a multisectoral nutrition platform (routine digital information system, research data and routine legislative data) in real time to inform decision-making and improve the quality of nutrition services.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Unverified
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SMARTness index
High
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Community geography
  • Economic status of country
  • Refugee status or status as an internally displaced person
  • Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Anaemia
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 systems
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Measurement

Key indicator Number of children under 5 years of age with a minimum acceptable diet.
Measurement plan Use data collected by others
Value Measurement date
Baseline 8% 2018
Target 15% November 2030

Progress

Value Measurement date Status
Progress report 10.1% September 2023 On Course
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had been achieved, though must be maintained until the end date is reached.

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