| Targeted location (aggregate) |
Sub-national - The geographical coverage is 10 counties with the highest burden of acute malnutrition which include Nairobi, Mandera, Turkana, Garissa, Wajir, … National - 10 counties with the highest burden of acute malnutrition which include Nairobi, Mandera, Turkana, Garissa, Wajir, Marsabit, Baringo, West Pokot, … |
|---|---|
| Verification status | Find out more |
Commitment description
Kenya is one of the front runner countries in adoption and customization of the Global Action Plan on child wasting. The multisectoral country action plan on child wasting is aligned to the GAP and 4 outcomes along the health, food, social protection and WASH systems namely: (i) Reduce low birth weight by improving maternal nutrition, (ii) Improved child health by improving access to primary healthcare, WASH services and enhanced food safety, (iii) Improved Infant and Young Child Feeding by promoting optimal breastfeeding practices and complementary feeding, and (iv) Improved treatment of wasting among children, pregnant and lactating women and people living with HIV by strengthening health systems and integrating treatment into routine primary health services.
Details on the specific interventions can be accessed on https://www.childwasting.org/
Commitment goals
increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding to at least 75% by 2025
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
- Goal SMARTness index: Upper moderate
Reduce low birthweight to 5% by 2025
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
- Goal SMARTness index: Upper moderate
Increase treatment by reaching 85% of children with wasting by 2025
- Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
- Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate
improve child health by achieving 100% universal health coverage by 2025
- Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
- Goal SMARTness index: Upper moderate
Global Nutrition Targets
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 in collaboration with UN agencies will develop strategies for resource mobilization |
|---|---|
| Funding mechanism | Resource funding mechanism to be developed |
| Cost secured | Not yet secured |
| Total costs estimated | Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed |
| Currency | (KES) - Kenyan shilling |
| Cost amount | 8,000,000,000.0 |
| $USD equivalent | 49,859,769.4 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021) |
