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.

FROM Commitment: Fight against chronic malnutrition

Government (non-donor capacity) / Ecuador

Secretaría Ecuador Crece sin Desnutrición Infantil

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion, Ministry of Economics and Finance, Civil Register and Identification
Country government at any administrative level (functioning in a non-donor capacity), such as ministry, municipality or any other national/regional/local authority or body: Ministry of Education
Date made: 18 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Progress status Reached by end date See progress details
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
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

Progress

Indicator

Primary indicator Percentage Of Target Population Captured In The System Within The Last 12 Months
Indicator monitor System of nominal monitoring monthly

Reports

Stage Measurement Date Value Status
Baseline 2021 34%
Progress report June 2024 0.96 Reached by end date
The target had been reached on or before the end date.
Target May, 2025 80%

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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