Commitment

Tackle multiple forms of malnutrition

Civil Society Organisation / United Kingdom

The Power of Nutrition

Commitment made: 29 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Multi-country - Africa and Asia
Verification status Verified Find out more

Commitment description

All of The Power of Nutrition’s new programmes will directly target two or more manifestations of malnutrition (i.e, stunting, wasting, anaemia, micronutrient deficiencies, low birth weight, and overweight/obesity in double burden contexts).

Commitment goals

Increase the total number of cases of wasting averted

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Improve micronutrient uptake (IFA, MMS. MNPs)

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Increase the total number of cases of maternal anaemia averted

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Improve dietary diversity

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Increase the total number of cases of stunting averted

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

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 The Power of Nutrition platform funders (FCDO, CIFF, UBSOF), Private sector (Unilever, PHV, Wood PLC, Cargill), Foundations (Medicor, Comic Relief UK, Comic Relief US, Margaret A. Cargill, Herbalife Nutrition Foundation, Bernard Van Leer Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dangote Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, ECF, The END Fund, Kirk Humanitarian, Rotary International) Bilaterial funders (Norway, Australia, Sweden, Ireland), domestic allocation from country governments, Match funding from implementing partners (World Bank, UNICEF, Save the Children, Action Against Hunger, World Vision, Care, Nutrition International, GiveDirectly)
Funding mechanism Mixed match funding from multiple investors as outlined above
Cost secured Total costs are mostly secured to fulfil this commitment – approx. 90%.
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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