Commitment

Stunting reduction in children under 5

Government (non-donor capacity) / Tajikistan

Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Tajikistan

Commitment made: 15 Mar 2022
Related event: No event
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - All regions (Dushanbe, Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, Districts of the Republican Subordination, Khatlon, Sughd)
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Commitment description

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan will commit to reducing the prevalence of stunting in children under five years of age by 40% by 2025 from 17.5% in 2017 to 7.3% in 2025.

Commitment goals

Reduce the prevalence of wasting in children under 5 years

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
  • Goal SMARTness index: High
  • Progress status: No response

Increase the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in children untill 6 months

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
  • Goal SMARTness index: High
  • Progress status: No response

Increase the percentage of pregnang women with antenatal care uptake during the 1st trimester

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
  • Goal SMARTness index: High
  • Progress status: No response

Increase the percentage of children 6-23 months that are timely introduced to complementary feeding

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
  • Goal SMARTness index: High
  • Progress status: No response

Reduce the prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
  • Goal SMARTness index: High
  • Progress status: No response

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
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 Ministry of Health and Social Protection, UNICEF, WFP, USAID
Funding mechanism Public
Cost secured Partially secured
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount disclosed to GNR only

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