Reduce stunting prevalence in children under five years of age
Description
By 2030, Cambodia commits to reduce stunting among children aged under five years old to 19% through enhancing primary health care services for Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition, 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 utilization of nutrition services.
Commitment strategies:
A. National food based dietary guidelines for children, standards, nutrition-related legislations, and SBC strategy amended, updated, and implemented, with a focus on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition including MMS, Complementary Food products, and BMS code.
B. Increase pregnant and lactating women accessing to nutrition information, nutrition -related health products, nutrition health services, and practices of healthy and diverse diet.
C. Increase coverage of accessing IYCF information, micronutrient supplements, child growth monitoring, and improve practices of IYCF.
D. Increased social protection support for maternal nutrition, accessing nutrition health services and products, and IYCF practices.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Partially verified
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| SMARTness index |
Upper moderate
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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 which 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 |
