| Targeted location (aggregate) |
National - The coverage of this commitment is all geographic areas of this country |
|---|---|
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
Commitment description
In The Gambia, the National Nutrition Agency in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Gender Women children and Social Welfare and other partners commit to increase the proportion of children aged 0-5 months who are exclusively breastfed from 54% in 2021 to 70% in 2030. This will be achieved through the Scaling-up of Infant and Young Child Feeding interventions.
Global Nutrition Targets
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 and development partners: UN Agencies (UNICEF, WHO, WFP, IFAD and FAO); European Union, the World Bank, African Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, Global Fund |
|---|---|
| Funding mechanism | Public funding |
| Cost secured | Partially |
| Total costs estimated | Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed |
| Currency | (GMD) - Gambian dalasi |
| Cost amount | 33,649,400.0 |
| $USD equivalent | 653,386.4078 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021) |
