Commitment
By 2026, improve monitoring and evaluation of breastfeeding promotion and support
Description
The action plans for this goal will be determined by the organisations through consultations following the summit.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Partnership for breastfeeding support
Description
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is joining the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF in a strategic partnership over the next five years to improve nutrition and health outcomes for mothers and newborns by scaling up quality breastfeeding promotion and support. Through this partnership, USAID, WHO and UNICEF will provide technical assistance to at least 10 governments and local organizations to support a country-led, comprehensive approach to increasing access to skilled breastfeeding counselling support at the community and facility level.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
Lower moderate
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Exclusive breastfeeding
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Research, monitoring and data
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of studies, assessments or evaluations of breastfeeding promotion and support programmes |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | Because countries are still in the process of being identified, we do not have a baseline yet. | 2021 |
| Target | Once a baseline is established, targets will be set for next round of reporting. | December 2026 |
