Create and make operational appropriate structures to coordinate the implementation of the multisectoral strategic plan for nutrition at the national, provincial and communal levels
Description
Activities towards this goal include the following:
1. Implement good internal and external governance, management and administrative practices at all levels of the intervention.
2. Consistently review activities in relation to operational performance and impact in the community.
3. Adopt good human resource management policies and protocols to recruit and retain employees.
4. Implement community accountability and protection policies to ensure the highest standards are met.
5. Continue to expand strategies and partnerships to ensure the financial sustainability of the Public Health Nutrition Association (PHENA) – Burundi and adhere to a sound fund management policy to minimise PHENA's financial risk.
6. Advocate for the allocation of sufficient resources to enable PHENA to achieve its mission and key strategic objectives within its annual operating plans and budgets.
7. Promote PHENA's brand image in the humanitarian world as a respected leader with high and rigorous ethical standards in the fight against malnutrition and in the nutritional education of disadvantaged families and individuals.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Youth, Let’s Save Humanity Through Nutrition
Description
The Public Health Nutrition Association – Burundi commits to:
1. Reducing the number of children under 5 years of age who are victims of retardation growth (from 56% to 46%).
2. Reducing the prevalence of global acute malnutrition in children under 5 years of age from 5.1% to 3.0%.
3. Reducing the prevalence of underweight infants at birth from 10% to 7%.
4. Reducing anaemia among women of childbearing age by 39% to 20%.
5. Reducing anaemia in children under 5 years of age by 61% to 40%.
6. Increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life from 83% to at least 90%.
7. Reducing the percentage of overweight children under 5 years of age from 1.4% to 1.0%.
8. Reducing the percentage of women of childbearing age with a lean body mass index (ie, under 18.5) from 19% to 14%.
9. Reducing the prevalence of obesity among women of childbearing age (15–49 years of age) from 8% to 5%.
10. Reducing the prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age from 29% to 20%.
11. Reducing the level of food insecurity by 50% of individuals (19% to 10%).
12. Expanding school feeding by 30% among adolescent girls and women in provinces with a high prevalence of malnutrition and food insecurity.
13. Ensuring coverage of 50% of social protection cash transfers to highly vulnerable populations and disaster victims.
14. Creating and making operationally appropriate structures to coordinate implementation of the Multisectoral Strategic Plan for Food Security and Nutrition at the national, provincial and communal levels.
15. Mobilising internal and external resources and allocating them to the implementation of the Multisectoral Strategic Plan for Food Security and Nutrition.
This action will be executed for 10 years (from 1 January 2022 through 31 December 2032), with at least half of that reduction achieved in the first 5 years. Progress will be assessed using the Public Health Association Survey, which is conducted every three years. A total of €5 million has been secured by the supporting budget to cover associated costs and is partially supported via partnership with other organisations, governments, associations or donors.
GNR assessment
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Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Low
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood wasting
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Anaemia
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
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Leadership and governance
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Performance indicators include the following: 1. Review annually the standards of good practice in the fight against malnutrition as part of the annual operating plan and implement improvements within six months of recommendation. 2. Enable effective implementation of annual programme plans (collect maximum funds respectively according to each annual plan). 3. Achieve the objectives of the annual operating plan within the operating budgets. 4. Implement, review and update PHENA policies and protocols at a reasonable frequency, as required by donors and auditors. |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | No | None |
| Target | Yes | January 2027 |
