Commitment
Expanding Social Protection Programs for Nutrition
Description
The Timor-Leste government commits to scaling up cash transfer and social safety net programmes to improve household food security and nutrition for pregnant women and young children (0–23 months). Key interventions include:
• Expanding coverage of social protection programmes to at least 80% of nutritionally vulnerable households with pregnant women and young children.
• Leveraging conditional cash transfer mechanisms, linking payments to antenatal care visits, postnatal care and child growth monitoring.
• Strengthening coordination between social protection and health programmes to improve access to essential maternal and child nutrition services.
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 nutritionally vulnerable households receiving social protection support |
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| Measurement plan | Use data collected by others |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 50% | September 2024 |
| Target | 80% | April 2030 |
