Commitment

Building nutrition champions

Civil Society Organisation / Kenya

Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance- Kenya

Commitment made: 01 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Policy makers, community and parliamentarians will be drawn at national and sub-national level

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Commitment description

Identification, capacity building and engagement of 250 nutrition champions to position nutrition initiatives in parliament, community and in the media to improve optimal food consumption by December 2025. This will be achieved through mobilization and sensitization of policy makers, community and parliamentarians at national and county towards strengthening food fortification in the country. 5 million has been mobilized to facilitate the process and will be tracked through SUN country annual assessment.

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
Low birthweight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Salt/sodium intake

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders SUN CSA
Funding mechanism Contribution from member organizations
Cost secured 15
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (KES) - Kenyan shilling
Cost amount 5,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 31,162.35587 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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