Goal
3 million children are treated by Action Against Hunger for acute malnutrition between 2021-2025
Prevent and treat malnutrition
Action Against Hunger
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
| Targeted location | Multi-country - Countries with a high burden of acute malnutrition, in particular in East Africa and West Africa. We run operations in over 52 countries, including: Angola, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, … |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Children 0-5yrs |
| Targeted population sex | All |
| Population coverage | 3,000,000.0 |
| Primary indicator | Number of children treated for acute malnutrition annually |
| Primary indicator baseline | 700,000 in 2020 |
| Primary indicator target | 3000000 (600,000 children a year for 5 years) |
| Duration | January, 2021 - December, 2025 |
Goal action plan
Action Against Hunger is already a leading actor in the delivery of SAM and MAM treatment across countries with a high burden of malnutrition. Over the commitment period we intend to increase our work training community health workers and volunteers in SAM diagnosis, increase our research into scaling up access to treatment through innovative appproaches, and to build the capacity of local authorities and health service providers to manage treatment services.
We aim to reach on average 600,000 children a year with treatment over the 5 year commitment period and will track this through our current International Strategic Plan.
Nutrition Action Classification
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
