Commitment

Expand the HMHB Consortium's network to no less than 300 members by 2025.

Civil society organisation / United States of America

October 2021 — December 2025

Description

The Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium will achieve this Goal by 'developing and implementing a global advocacy' and communications agenda, brokering knowledge around technical issues relating to piloting, supply chains and scaling, with a specific focus on country-level actors. The Consortium will also convene stakeholders to develop consensus on issues impeding progress. The Consortium aims to build on implementation research to better understand and enhance the feasibility, acceptability, and compliance of introducing MMS.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

The HMHB Consortium

Description

The Healthy Mothers Heathy Babies Consortium, hosted by the Micronutrient Forum, commits to grow its membership to no less than 300 members and to establish focal points and liaison entities for multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) in at least 50 countries by 2025. Focal points and liaison entities (representative or organization) cover anyone working in the field of MMS; for example, policy advocacy, implementation research, demonstration pilots and building supply chain capacity.The Consortium's Goal to grow in reach supports the deliberate transition of the distribution of iron folic acid (IFA) to MMS in contexts with poor diets, high prevalence of maternal undernutrition, and high levels of adverse pregnancy outcomes, notably still births, babies born with low birth weight or who are small for gestational age by 2025. The Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium will achieve this goal by developing and implementing a global advocacy agenda, brokering knowledge around technical issues, and conveningglobal and country-level stakeholders to develop consensus on issues impeding progress. The Consortium aims to build on implementation research to better understand and enhance the feasibility, acceptability, and compliance of introducing MMS.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Leadership and governance
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Number of new members (organisations or individuals)
Value Measurement date
Baseline 74 members 2021
Target 300 members December 2025

Progress

Status:
Off Course
Why this status?
Given the current trajectory, the target is off course to be met by the end date.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 158 members May 2024

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