Commitment

Increase exclusive breastfeeding

Government / Gabon

Plate-forme Multisectorielle SAN-Gabon

Partner organisations:
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: WHO
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): AGPAI (national CSO)
Commitment made: 01 Feb 2022
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - National coverage with a focus on urban areas where prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding is low (Libreville, Port-Gentil, Franceville).
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Commitment description

Previous years indicated a low percentage of exclusive breastfeeding rates as low as 5%, the objective is to raise it to 10% by 2024

Commitment goals

Increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding to more than 10% by 2024

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
  • Goal SMARTness index: Upper moderate

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Under-5 overweight
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 and United Nations (WHO)
Funding mechanism Government budget and public funding
Cost secured To be determined - Ongoing
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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