Goal

Create a network of cross-institution communicators to spread messages and develop a communication strategy to promote healthy eating

FROM Commitment: Healthy Food Systems

Government / Costa Rica

Ministerio de Salud

Partner organisations:
Academic or non-academic research institution: Escuela de Nutrición de la Universidad de Costa Rica
Country government at any administrative level: Ministerio de Salud y Drección de CEN-CINAI, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): Fundación Costarricense de Gastronomía (FUCOGA)
Date made: 02 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Targeted location National - It is implemented in the 09 health programmatic regions
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Population coverage 2,000,000.0
Primary indicator Percentage of comunication strategy documents generated
Primary indicator baseline 0
Primary indicator target 75%
Duration June, 2023 - December, 2025

Goal action plan

Terms of reference will be prepared for review by the Inter-institutional Commission for Dietary Guidelines and the SUN Movement multi-stakeholder Platform in order to contact a consulting company that works hand in hand with the technical team of the Ministry of Health and the National Directorate of CEN-CINAI and to gather all the resources and material available from the network of institutional communicators, to design a communication strategy for the promotion of healthy lifestyles in girls, boys, adolescents and their families.

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

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