Commitment

Reducing childhood stunting

Government / Tanzania

Prime Minister's Office

Commitment made: 30 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Areas with high level of stunting.

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Commitment description

The Government of United Republic of Tanzania recognizes the magnitude and impact of stunting on child health, growth, and development in the country. The government in collaboration with development partners commits to reduce prevalence of stunting among children aged 0-59 months from 31.8 to 24% by 2026. This will be achieved through implementation of key nutrition specific and sensitive interventions prioritized in the NMNAP II at a cost of TZS 165.2 billion (USD 71.8 million) and monitoring will be conducted in line with NMNAP II monitoring framework.

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 stunting

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, Donors, Other Development Partners, NGOs, CSOs, Private Sector
Funding mechanism Public
Cost secured Total costs are partially secured
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (TZS) - Tanzanian shilling
Cost amount 165,000,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 72,052,640.59 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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