Commitment

Legal environment for nutrition -ESP

Government / Yemen

Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: Ministry of Public Health and Population (MOPHP), Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Other government sectors
Donor organisation, including philanthropic organisations: WHO, UNICEF, WFP and FAO
Commitment made: 08 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - All governorates

Verification status Verified Find out more

Commitment description

By 2030, the GoY commits to strengthening the policy and regulatory environment for nutrition within UHC. The regulatory and legislative frameworks will support the achievement of UHC (IYCF, undernutrition leading to nutritional deficiencies, underweight, wasting, stunting and/or micronutrition deficiencies, and overnutrition leading to overweight, obesity and/or diet-related NCDs). This will be achieved by reviewing the current situation and adopting an enabling policies and regulations. Progress will be assessed by the government every two years.

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
Low birthweight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Salt/sodium intake

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 WHO/ UNICEF/ FAO/ WFP/
Funding mechanism External assitance - Funding proposal Public funding will be explored once the country stabilizes and government revenue starts being generated.
Cost secured No fund has been estimated and secured
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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