Commitment

Increase exclusive breastfeeding for <6M

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 goal is for all geographic areas in the country as every district needs to improve on this indicator …

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Commitment description

By December 2025, exclusive breastfeeding rate among infants below 6 months old increased from 54% in 2019 to 70%.

Global Nutrition Targets

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 Irish Aid, UNICEF and we have WHO and World Bank in selected communities
Funding mechanism Bilateral donor support
Cost secured Partial funding has been secured but with some partners and will be access as per inplementation during the year
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (USD) - United States dollar
Cost amount 38,960,000.0
$USD equivalent 38,960,000.0 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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