Commitment

maintain overweight at 15% by 2030

Government / Egypt

National Nutrition Institute

Partner organisations:
Academic or non-academic research institution: National nutrition institution
Country government at any administrative level: Ministry of Health and Population
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UNICEF, WHO, FAO,IFPRI
Commitment made: 23 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - none
Verification status Find out more

Commitment description

The Egyptian ministry of Health and Population commits that the prevalence of overweight among children under 5 will be at minimum, maintained at 15%. This will be achieved by accelerating scale-up of implementation of high-impact nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions. Progress will be assessed through the Egyptian Family Health Issues Survey, to be implemented every 4 years.

Commitment goals

Design an action plan according to regional WHO framework

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
  • Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 overweight

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 of Egypt and UN agencies
Funding mechanism private and public
Cost secured 5%
Total costs estimated Yes, and not willing to disclose the amount

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