Commitment

Treatment of acute malnutrition

Civil Society Organisation / Kenya

Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance- Kenya

Commitment made: 01 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Local - The action will take place at the community level specifically within the Arid and Semi Arid Lands with high prevalence …

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Commitment description

Streamline the treatment of acute malnutrition and diversified diets to prevent malnutrition in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. This will be achieved through provision of technical assistance to 24 county structures to engage communities for mass nutrition education, and citizen participation procedures, and ownership to ensure that planned interventions reach the target beneficiaries and facilitate citizen participation and Social Accountability (sector-based Community Score Cards) by December 2025. The action will target the general public at a cost of 35 million and will be monitored through regular government led SMART surveys and by-annual Integrated Phase Classification (IPC).

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 wasting
Low birthweight

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 SUN CSA
Funding mechanism Contribution from member organizations
Cost secured 0
Total costs estimated Yes, and not willing to disclose the amount

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