Reduce stunting prevalence in children under five years of age
Description
By 2030, Cambodia commits to reduce stunting among children aged under 5 years to 19% through enhancing primary health care services for maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN); access to nutrition-related health products; enabling health policies, guidelines and standards; improving practices of MIYCN; and leveraging financial barriers to enable equal access to and use of nutrition services.
Commitment strategies:
A. Ensure national food-based dietary guidelines for children, standards, nutrition-related legislations and social and behaviour change strategy are amended, updated and implemented, with a focus on MIYCN, including multiple micronutrient supplementation, complementary food products and breast milk substitute code.
B. Increase pregnant and lactating women accessing nutrition information, nutrition-related health products, nutrition health services and practices of eating a healthy and diverse diet.
C. Increase coverage of accessing infant and young child feeding (IYCF) information, micronutrient supplements and child growth monitoring and improve practices of IYCF.
D. Increase social protection support for maternal nutrition, accessing nutrition health services and products and IYCF practices.
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
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Undernutrition
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted |
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| Measurement plan | Use data collected by others |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 22% | June 2022 |
| Target | 19% | December 2030 |
