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 sever wasting.

Build health workers capacity on early identification, referral, and treatment of children with sever wasting.

Ensure availability of anthropometric equipment and SAM treatment commodities

Integrate Growth Monitoring, screening, referral and treatment of SAM case with MCH contact at health facility and outreach sites.

Expand use of locally produced RUTF and RUSF for treatment of acute malnutrition

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Scaleup treatment of wasting

By 2030, 50% of estimated children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) have access to treatment in health facilities

Verification status	Verified Find out more
SMARTness index	High Find out more

Target population characteristic	Ability Age or life course stage/status Community geography Ethnic group Gender identity Indigenous status Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)	Childhood stunting Childhood wasting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)	Policy > Nutrition care services Find out more
Linked event(s)	2021 Tokyo N4G Summit 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)	Health

Key indicator	Percentage of estimated severe acute malnutrition children treated at health services

	Value	Measurement date
Baseline	10%	2021
Target	50%	December 2030

Status:

On Course

Why this status?

The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had been achieved, though must be maintained until the end date is reached.

	Value	Measurement date
Progress report	20%	December 2023