Commitment

Global Alliance for Children’s Diets

International organisation / United States of America

UNICEF

Partner organisations:
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: World Health Organization
Donor government: European Union, United States Agency for International Development
Commitment made: 30 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Global - Focus on low- and middle-income countries, women of reproductive age, adolescents, children under 5 years, and vulnerable populations

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Commitment description

UNICEF commits to launch and lead the Global Alliance for Children’s Diets in partnership with WHO. The Global Alliance will support public and private-sector actors take full responsibility for their unique roles in transforming global and local food systems to respond to the nutrition rights and needs of children. The Global Alliance will be a one-stop shop for all stakeholders with a mandate to improve the quality of children’s diets: children’s foods, food environments and food practices. It will count on the leadership of selected international organizations and national organizations, including civil society organizations, research institutions and issue-specific collectives.

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 stunting

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 TBC
Funding mechanism TBC
Cost secured TBC
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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