Commitment

Reduce undernutrition by 35% by 2030

Government / Zambia

National Food and Nutrition Commission of Zambia

Partner organisations:
Private sector food business: Scaling Up Nutrition Business network
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: Nutrition Coorporating Partners (UK, Sweden, EU, German, KFW etc), UN network,
Country government at any administrative level: Government of Zambia
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition
Commitment made: 16 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Provincial and district level | National | Provincial and district level across the country | Increase allocation and expenditure on …
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Commitment description

Accelerate scale up of the Scaling Up Nutrition 1st 1000 Most Critical Days Programme from 42 districts to 116 districts by 2030.

This is expected to reduce prevalence of stunting, wasting, low birthweight and anemia in children under five years of age

Commitment goals

Ensure food systems are resilient and are enabling healthy and sustainable diets

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low

Revise 2006 National Food and Nutrition Policy

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

Averting the increase of overweight and non-communicable diseases

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Goal SMARTness index: Upper moderate

Increase coverage of nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions from 42 to 116 districts

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

Ensure national UHC plans that integrate nutrition are aligned with national nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive health intervention are part of a 'health in all policy.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Financial
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low

Increase government expenditure on nutrition

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Financial
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low

Establish a National Food and Nutrition Programme that will address all forms of malnutrition using a multisector approach by end of 2023

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

Operationalise the Food and Nutrition Act 2020 by end of 2023.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Food environment
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
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 Not provided
Funding mechanism Government direct funding and Nutrition CPs through different modalities
Cost secured 120 Million dollars for 5 years
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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