| Targeted location (aggregate) |
National - Commitment goal guides nutrition related programming across the entire country with emphasis on high prevalence area (those faced with high … |
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| Verification status | Partially Verified Find out more |
Commitment description
Affirmation of the Government of Uganda's commitment to Improved nutrition status among children under five years, school-age children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and other vulnerable groups by 2025 as detailed in the Second Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP II); which is aligned to the countryâs overarching development frameworks( Uganda Vision 2040, Third National Development Plan 2020/21- 2025/26 (NDP III), National Resistance Movement Party Manifesto 2020/21- 2025/26.
Commitment goals
Reduce the prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years from 29% to 20%
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Maintain the prevalence of wasting in children under 5 years to less than 3%
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
- Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate
Reduce the prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age from 32% to 19%
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Reduce the prevalence of raised blood pressure from 24% to less than 20%
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Maintain the prevalence of low birthweight to less than 10%
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
- Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate
30% relative reduction in mean population intake of salt/sodium
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
- Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate
No increase in the prevalence of obesity
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate
No increase in the prevalence of diabetes
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate
Maintain the prevalence of childhood overweight to less than 3%.
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate
Global Nutrition Targets
Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
Low birthweight
Salt/sodium intake
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 of Uganda; support from Development Partners (EU-Delegation, UN agencies), UNAP II implementing Partners (USAID), Civil Society Organisations among others. Civil Society organisations include those under the SUN CSO Alliance eg Civil Society Alliance for Nutrition Uganda, Food Rights Alliance, CEFROTH, Civil Society Budget Advisory Group, Kigezi Food and Nutrition Consulting Limited, Right 2 Grow etc. Other Implementing Partners include International NGOs eg CARE International, World Vision, Action Against Hunger Project, USAID funded Projects; as well as Non UN Agencies eg USAID. |
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| Funding mechanism | Government financing of the UNAP II intervention is largely through the UNAP II implementing Ministries, Departments and Agencies Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks, GoU and DP Joint programme,Development Partners cooperation frameworks; Memorrandum of Understanding with CSOs and other Implementing Partners |
| Cost secured | Total costs are partially secured |
| Total costs estimated | Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed |
| Currency | (UGX) - Ugandan shilling |
| Cost amount | 3,290,000,000,000.0 |
| $USD equivalent | 884,102,736.5 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021) |
