Increased proportion of Infant (0-6 months) exclusively breastfeed from 59% to 85%
FNS implementation-SD Expansion Scale up
Ministry of Health
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
| Targeted location | National - Seqota Declaration implementation focuses on areas with high stunting prevalence, chronically food insecure, low infrastructure and low in service coverage, low in gender equity, high wasting |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Children under 6 months old |
| Targeted population sex | All |
| Primary indicator | Percentage of children who are exclusively breastfed |
| Primary indicator baseline | 59% |
| Primary indicator target | 85% |
| Duration | July, 2021 - June, 2031 |
Goal action plan
Food and nutrition 10 years costed plan is endorsed and its implementation is started in all regions and city administrations. The food and nutrition coordination platforms will be strengthened in the regions and city administrations by establishing a coordination and governing structures. The implementation will be accelerated by Seqota Declaration expansion phase implementation in 240 woredas which will be expanded to additional 500 woredas during the ten years period.
Strengthening nutrition actions in to existing health sector transformation plan-II
o Governance and Leadership: Implement nutrition actions in health services as part of health sector transformation plan. Integrate nutrition implementation in Woreda transformation agenda.
o Health work force: Train health workers integrated delivery of nutrition services in life cycle approach. Ensure health workers receive integrated supportive supervision and mentorship that builds their capacity to deliver quality nutrition services.
o Health Service Delivery:
- Increase the effective coverage of essential nutrition services (promotion of breast feeding and complimentary feeding, GMP, VAS, IFA, MMS, community based management of Acute malnutrition, etc) through the health system with special focus on vulnerable groups.
- Integrate and implement nutrition related actions into nutrition smart health services (family planning, EPI, ANC, PNC, etc)
o Access to Nutrition Commodities: Improve the availability, affordability, accessibility and proper administration nutrition commodities.
o Nutrition/Health Information system: Inclusion of major indicators in routine health information system, strengthen and expand digital nutrition information system (UNISE)
o Nutrition Financing: Allocate domestic finance for nutrition actions. Implement resource allocation and expenditure tracking at national and subnational levels
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
