Commitment

Nutrition Policy Commitment

Donor government / United Kingdom

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

Global - Countries with high prevalence of malnutriton particularly in Sub-saharan Africa, Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia focussing on …

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Commitment description

The UK commits to improving nutrition for women, girls, and children, integrating nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive objectives and interventions into multiple sectors, including health, women and girls, humanitarian, climate, and economic development partnerships and investments.

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 FCDO
Funding mechanism Public
Cost secured Cannot confirm until after funds have been spent
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (GBP) - Pound sterling
Cost amount 1,500,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 1,925,545,571.0 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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