Commitment

Reduce the rate of stunting

Government / Burundi

SEP/PMSAN

Partner organisations:
Donor government: Word Bank, USAID, SDC, France Coopération, EU, Netherlannd Embassy, KfW Development Bank
Country government at any administrative level: There are nine Ministries which are directly involved in the Multisectoral Platform. - the Ministry having the Interior and Community Development in its attributions; - the Ministry having Finance in its attributions: - the Ministry having Social Affairs in its attributions; - the Ministry having National Education and Research in its attributions: - the Ministry having Public Health in its attributions; - the Ministry having Agriculture in its attributions; - the Ministry having Hydraulics in its attributions; - the Ministry having Trade in its attributions: - the Ministry having Communication in its attributions
Private sector food business: SUN Business Network (SBN)
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): RSC/SUN Réseau de la Société Civil pour le Renforcement de la Nutrition
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UNICEF, WFP, UNFPA, UN Women, UNHCR, UNDP, FAO, FIDA
Commitment made: 09 Jan 2022
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Food security and nutrition problems are multi-faceted and, therefore, the response must be multi-sectoral. The response will be built around …
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Commitment description

Reduce the rate of stunting from 52.2% to 42.2% by 2027. Stunting rate is an indicator of the impact of several interventions implemented in different sectors: Health, agriculture, social protection, water, hygiene and sanitation, education without forgetting gender, governance and financing. It still a good indicator that is used in Burundi to mesure the performance in a mutisectoral approach.

Commitment goals

Reduce anaemia in women of reproductive age

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Boost socioeconomic development (There is a relationship between nutrition and development through human capital capable of working fully for socio-economic development. Well-nourished children develop properly physically and intellectually and become …

  • Nutrition Action Classification: >
  • Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate

Strengthen human capital (Well-nourished children develop properly physically and intellectually and become builders of a better future. Good nutrition is therefore the guarantor of productive human capital)

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Operational
  • Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate

Reduce stunting in children under 5 years of age

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
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 Governement budget, UN Agency support (UNICEF, WFP, UNFPA, UN Women, UNDP, UNHCR), EU, WordBank, USAID, SDC, KFWW, France Cooparation,Netherland Embassy, FAO, FIDA, BMZ, Word Vision,Concern, Red Cross, CRS, Word relief, AVSI, Christian Aid, GVC.
Funding mechanism Governement allocations, Multisectoral Projects of sensitive and specific intrerventions for all the stakeholders mentionned.
Cost secured National budget is secured
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (BIF) - Burundian franc
Cost amount 811,000,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 410,435,486.7 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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