Commitment

Reduce vitamin A deficiency disorders

Government / Kenya

Ministry of Health

Commitment made: 02 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Nationally

Verification status Find out more

Commitment description

Increase the effective coverage of Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) for children 6-59 months from 72% (KDHS 2014) to 80% by 2025.

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 Kenya, UNICEF
Funding mechanism Public
Cost secured Partially
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (KES) - Kenyan shilling
Cost amount 150,500,000.0
$USD equivalent 937,986.9118 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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