CHILD NUTRITION: 105 million children in 50+ countries receive support to prevent and treat under-nutrition
Healthy Start & Resilient Families
Save the Children
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
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| NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
| Progress status | Off course See progress details |
| Targeted location | Global - We will deliver on this commitment through our work in around 40+ countries. Health and Nutrition Global Portfolio, held in 5 Regions. Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu and … |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Maternal, infant, under 5 and adolescent |
| Targeted population sex | All |
| Population coverage | 105,000,000.0 |
| Duration | January, 2022 - December, 2024 |
Goal action plan
How will Save the Children address malnutition?
Invest and scale-up programs that protect, promote and support recommended adolescent, maternal, infant and young child nutrition
Engage and support integrated initiatives aiming at improving access to nutrition services and appropriate diets for women, adolescents and children, addressing all forms of malnutrition
Continue to drive scale-up of the prevention and management of malnutrition, in emergency and development settings
Invest in innovations to prevent and treat malnutrition, continuing to pursue our research agenda
Recommit and deliver our investment to Nutrition for Growth and other nutrition-centered campaigns
Continue to support the learning program around the Nourishing the Youngest and Resourcing Families for Better Nutrition Common Approaches (Save the Children guidance), and support broader nutrition learning and knowledge management
Protect and support food security, livelihoods, and access to nutritious foods as it relates to climate change. Leverage Save the Children’s, data and programges (Cost of the Diet, HEA) monitor and evaluate impact of climate change on children's health and nutrition (ahead of COP26 and other global climate events (Food Systems Summit)
By establishing a ‘famine taskforce’ that will develop and drive famine prevention and intervention strategy
Continue to lead global impact on Infant and Young Child Feeding
Continue to invest in multi-sectoral solutions to address the underlying and contributing factors of undernutrition such as WASH, agriculture, MNCH and ECD, also in alignment with the humanitarian and development nexus
Progress
Indicator
| Primary indicator | 105 Million Children In 40+ Countries Receive Support To Prevent And Treat Under-Nutrition |
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| Indicator monitor | Annual reporting of total reach figures, using the global result framework applied across Save the Children's nutrition programmes. This is an aggregation of country office programmatic reach, centralised through international programme and technical quality departments. |
Reports
| Stage | Measurement Date | Value | Status |
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| Baseline | 2020 | 72,000,000 children | |
| Progress report | January 2024 | 66,000,000 children |
Off course
Given the current trajectory, the target is off course to be met by the end date.
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| Target | December, 2024 | 105,000,000 children |
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
