Improving access to healthy diets and nutrition services via social assistance
Description
Improve access to diverse foods and nutrition services for vulnerable pregnant women and children under 2 years of age, using the cash benefit received after having antenatal and postnatal care checked at the health centre as per conditional compliance to access maternal and child health services. Vulnerable pregnant women and children under 2 years of age can use the cash to access maternal and child health services such as buying nutritious food – through the inclusion of nutrition education sessions, prenatal care, breastfeeding support and development checks, plus the social behavioural change on basic health practices during pregnancy and after delivery. The nutrition components are received after having a conditional check at the health centre.
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) |
Low birth weight
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Policy >
Nutrition care services
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| N4G Summit theme(s) |
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of pregnant women and children under 2 years of age receiving cash transfer and social and behaviour change communication when they receive nutrition services through maternal and child health facilities |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
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| Baseline | 380,000 Numbers of pregnant women and children under 2 years of age who received the benefit | February 2025 |
| Target | 500,000 Numbers of pregnant women and children under 2 years of age who received the benefit | December 2030 |
