Commitment
50% of estimated severe acute malnutrition children treated at health services
Description
• Strengthen nutrition counselling and promotion of optimal feeding and care practices to prevent severe wasting.
• Build health workers' capacity on early identification, referral and treatment of children with severe wasting.
• Ensure availability of anthropometric equipment and SAM treatment commodities.
• Integrate growth monitoring, screening, referral and treatment of SAM cases with a maternal and child health contact at health facilities and outreach sites.
• Expand the use of locally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food and ready-to-use supplementary food for the treatment of acute malnutrition.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Scale up treatment of wasting.
Description
By 2030, 50% of estimated children with SAM have access to treatment in health facilities.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Policy >
Nutrition care services
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Percentage of estimated SAM children treated at health services |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 10% | 2021 |
| Target | 50% | December 2030 |
Progress
| Value | Measurement date | Status | |
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| Progress report | 20% | December 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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