Commitment

reduce wasting to 2% by 2030

Government / Egypt

National Nutrition Institute

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

National - Upper Egypt, frontier and urban governorates
Verification status Find out more

Commitment description

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population commits to reduce the prevalence of wasting from 8% to 2% among 12.7 million children under five years of age in the country by 31 December 2030. 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 to reduce wasting

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

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 wasting

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

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