Increase proportion of children consuming minimum acceptable diet
Children consuming min acceptable diet
Prime Minister's Office
| Verification status | Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | Upper moderate Find out more |
| Targeted location | National - The coverage of this commitment goal will be national. |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Children under 2 years |
| Targeted population sex | All |
| Primary indicator | Proportion of children aged 6-23 months who receive a minimum acceptable diet |
| Primary indicator baseline | 30.30% |
| Primary indicator target | 50% |
| Duration | November, 2021 - June, 2026 |
Goal action plan
Key planned actions include:
Protect, promote, and support appropriate complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding up to 2 years.
Provision of micronutrient Supplementation-Vitamin A for children 6-59 months.
Growth monitoring and promotion
Support- appropriate infant feeding practices for HIV exposed infants
Promotion of good parenting and nurturing care practices for early child development
Provision of cash transfers, food and nutrition related productive assets creation, and livelihood support to promote dietary diversity in children
Reach caregivers with factual information and advice on young child feeding and increase the desirability of nutritious and safe foods
Implement the Tanzania Framework for Improving Child Diets with the aim to Increase the availability and affordability of nutritious foods -including fruits, vegetables, eggs, fish, meat and fortified foods -by incentivizing their production, distribution and retailing.
Strengthen food quality and safety standards.
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
