Increase awareness of the barriers and drivers to poor quality children's diets and advocacy towards solutions to address these barriers.
Description
An action plan will be developed once launched in line with the recommendations from UNICEF Fed to Fail report from September 2021 on the crisis of diets in early childhood.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Global Alliance for Childrens Diets
Description
UNICEF commits to launch and lead the Global Alliance for Childrens Diets in partnership with WHO. The Global Alliance will support public and private-sector actors take full responsibility for their unique roles in transforming global and local food systems to respond to the nutrition rights and needs of children. The Global Alliance will be a one-stop shop for all stakeholders with a mandate to improve the quality of childrens diets: childrens foods, food environments and food practices. It will count on the leadership of selected international organizations and national organizations, including civil society organizations, research institutions and issue-specific collectives.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
Upper moderate
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood stunting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Operational
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Increased awareness of the barriers and drivers to poor quality children's diets and advocacy towards solutions to address these barriers |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | No | 2021 |
| Target | Yes | November 2025 |
Progress
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Progress report | Yes | March 2024 |
