Commitment

Food Fortification

Government / Sudan

Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: Federal Ministry of Health , Federal ministry of Agriculture and Forests , Humanitarian Aid Commission
Commitment made: 08 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Nationwide
Verification status Find out more

Commitment description

Sudan commits enactment of the mandatory food fortification law which will contribute to the prevention of micronutrients deficiencies through fortification of staple foods including Universal Salt Iodization (USI) in the country from 2022 to 2025.

Commitment goals

Enacted and enforced mandatory legislation for food fortification of selected staples including salt.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Food supply chain
  • Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Low birthweight

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 Sudan, UN Agencies, donors, private sector, other development partners
Funding mechanism Public and private
Cost secured Partially secured based on current programming
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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