Goal
Improve the operability of health and social benefits and services focused on child care up to 24 months old and for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Fight against chronic malnutrition
SecretarÃa Ecuador Crece sin Desnutrición Infantil
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
| Targeted location | National - Seven hundred twenty-eight town from Ecuador with the highest prevalence of chronic childhood malnutrition |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Boys and girls under 2 years of age and pregnant and lactating mothers |
| Targeted population sex | All |
| Primary indicator | Percentage of target population captured in the system within the last 12 months |
| Primary indicator baseline | 1,43% prioritized package of health and social benefits and services coverage |
| Primary indicator target | 80% |
| Duration | May, 2021 - May, 2025 |
Goal action plan
Ecuador's government is committed to improve the operability of social and health services aimed to care children up to 24 months old and pregnant and breastfeeding women, through the creation of a unique and universal system of nominal tracking, which allows the interoperability of data and the coordination of actions with the institutions that implement services focused on prevention and reduction of Chronic Child Malnutrition. For this purpose, 80% of the target population will be captured by
2025
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
