Commitment

Invest in nutrition-specific programmes

Donor government / Canada

Global Affairs Canada

Commitment made: 06 Dec 2021
Related event: Other event | 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Global - Canada's gender-informed investment in nutrition-specific interventions will be for the poorest and most vulnerable - escpecially women and girls.
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Commitment description

The government of Canada will invest CA $520 million in nutrition-specific funding over five years to support gender-informed life-saving nutrition interventions for the poorest and most vulnerable.

Commitment goals

Spend CAD 520 million on nutrition-specific interventions

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

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
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 Global Affairs Canada
Funding mechanism Public
Cost secured Total costs are fully secured
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (CAD) - Canadian dollar
Cost amount 520,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 416,000,000.0 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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