Commitment
Generate sustainability and quality of expenditure mechanisms to close the financial gap of $380 million in order to fight against child malnutrition.
Description
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Fight against chronic malnutrition
Description
The government of Ecuador is committed to improving child opportunities by fighting against chronic malnutrition, reducing its prevalence from 27.2% to 21.2% in the next four years. This objective will be achieved with intersectoral coordination by offering the principal social services defined for this specific group, the ‘Ecuador Grows Without Child Malnutrition’ National Strategy.
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
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Financial
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Annual funding gap for services associated with malnutrition (Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion; General Directorate of Civil Registry, Identification and Certification; National Institute of Statistics and Censuses; Technical Secretariat for ‘Ecuador Grows Without Child Malnutrition’) |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | USD 380,000,000 | 2021 |
| Target | USD 0 | December 2025 |
Progress
| Value | Measurement date | Status | |
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| Progress report | USD 703,227,934 | December 2024 |
On Course
The data for one year (or an average of years) suggests that the target could be met by its end date.
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