Commitment

Creation of specific nutrition budget

Government / Sierra Leone

Government of Sierra Leone

Commitment made: 30 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - This commitment will enhance the Directorate of Food and Nutrition to implement community nutrition programme in all the districts in …
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Commitment description

By December 2025, a specific budget line will be created for nutrition specific programming for the Directorate of Food and Nutrition under the MoHS by the Ministry of Finance.

Commitment goals

A specific budget line for Directorate of Food and Nutrition under the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Financial
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Low birthweight
Exclusive breastfeeding

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 Government of Sierra Leone
Funding mechanism National revenue generation
Cost secured March fund for RUTF -Le 303,700 ( $163,000.00) (1 dollar =19 leones)
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (SLE) - Leones
Cost amount 16,880,208.0
$USD equivalent 1,616.966444 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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