Commitment

Decrease in malnutrition

Government / Benin

Secretariat Permanant du CAN (SP/CAN)

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: Ministry of Health; Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of finance; Ministry of Social Protection; Ministry of Development; Ministry in charge of decentralization; Ministry in charge of trade; Association des communes du Bénin; Food and Nutrition Research Institution; Institutions for training agents working in food and nutrition
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): ASCIN; CARE Benin/Togo; Consumer Association
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UNICEF, WFP, FAO, WHO, UNFPA
Donor government: World Bank and GIZ
Private sector food business: National Chamber of Agriculture and Professional agricultural organizations
Commitment made: 31 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Not applicable | Non applicable | No applicable

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Commitment description

By 2030, Benin is a country where each person enjoys optimal nutritional status for their well-being, allowing them to actively participate in the creation of national wealth and sustainable development.Increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate to over 50% by 2030.Maintain the rate of global acute malnutrition in children under 5 at less than 5% by 2030.Reduce the prevalence rate of stunting in children under 5 to less than 30% by 2030.Maintain the rate of households using iodized salt at over 90% by 2030Reduce by 50% respectively the rate of malnutrition and anemia among pregnant women by 2030.Increase the budget allocated to nutrition by 50% and ensure its disbursement to at least 80% for the development of activities by 2030.By 2030, enhance, like the CAN, the level of representativeness of the services responsible for food and nutrition within the ministries involved in nutrition (Ministry of Health, Ministry in charge of Agriculture , Ministry of Social Affairs, etc ...).By 2030, strengthen the governance and authority of CAN and SP / CAN at the national level, through law making, food and nutrition policy and plan development.By June 2030, validate and make available the documents (i) of the strategy to combat iodine deficiency disorders (IDDD) and the sectoral guidelines for the control of IDDs, (ii) the food fortification strategy and nutritional supplementation with essential micronutrients, and (iii) strategy and guidelines for food and nutritional management of pathologies in hospitals.By 2030, test and scale up in at least 50% of communes in Benin, the food, nutrition and health program for pregnant women.By 2030, strengthen the quality of integrated nutrition services and fully integrate them into the minimum primary health care package (promotional, preventive and curative), in particular through the use of digital tools to improve the reliability of diagnoses and improve of the assumption of responsibility.

Commitment goals

Increase the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding from 42% to 52%

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Maintain acute malnutrition rate for children under five at less than 5% by 2030

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

By 2030, strengthen the governance and authority of CAN and SP/CAN at the national level, through law-making, policy development and food and nutrition planning.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

By June 2030, validate and make available (i) the strategy for the control of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and sectoral guidelines for the control of IDD, (ii) the strategy for …

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Research monitoring and data
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Reduce the prevalence of stunting in children under five to less than 30% by 2030.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Maintain the rate of households using iodised salt at over 90% by 2030

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

By 2030, pilot and scale up the food, nutrition and health programme for pregnant women in at least 50% of Benin's communes.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Reduce anaemia in pregnant women by 50% by 2030.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Increase the budget allocated to nutrition by 50% and ensure that at least 80% of it is disbursed for development activities by 2030.

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

By 2030, raise the level of representativeness of food and nutrition departments within the ministries involved in nutrition (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Social Affairs, etc.) to …

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

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 WORLD BANK GIZ Unicef WHO
Funding mechanism The funding mechanism is both public and private
Cost secured 5%
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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