Commitment

SOUTH SUDAN 2021 N4G SUMMIT COMMITMENT

Government / South Sudan

Ministry of Health (MOH)

Partner organisations:
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: WHO, WFP, FAO and UNICEF
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): CARE amd ACF representing CSA
Country government at any administrative level: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Country government at any administrative level (functioning in a non-donor capacity), such as ministry, municipality or any other national/regional/local authority or body: Members of Parliament
Academic or non-academic research institution: Juba University
Commitment made: 01 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - 1. All states with special consideration the high burden areas 2. Scaling up the Nutrition program to all health facility …

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Commitment description

We envisioned to

Reduce wasting in children under age five from 16.2% in 2020 to <=5% by 2030.

Reduce stunting in children under age five from 15.1% in 2020 to <=10% by 2030

through

Develop Food and Nutrition Policy

Develop multi-sectoral Nutrition Costed Strategy

Develop BMS code in line with the international Code

Increase nutrition budget /investment by 10% from the national budget

Through program activities detailed below

Scaling up of nutrition treatment integrated with Health care service delivery platforms

Improve quality and Scaling of implementation of MIYCN program

Scaling up MNCH, prevention and treatment of the communicable diseases including Malaria

Strengthen food value chains that aim to improve the availability and affordability of healthy and nutritious diets,

Strengthen shock responsive social protection in areas with food insecurity giving a safety net transfer to at-risk

Scaling up of School health Nutrition programming

Integration of WASH, Health, social protection and GBV in nutrition interventions

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
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 Government, Donors, UN agencies, Civil Society and Private Sectors
Funding mechanism through both private and public fund raising
Cost secured It is estimated 10% of the national budget to be allocated for multisector nutrition activities.
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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