Goal

integrate nutrition training on the life course, with a focus on breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding, in the curricula of medicine and nursing faculties and nursing schools and institutes

FROM Commitment: Reduce stunting prevalence to 10%

Government / Egypt

National Nutrition Institute

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: Ministry of Health and Population
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UNICEF, WHO, WFP, FAO
Academic or non-academic research institution: National Nutrition Institute
Date made: 23 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Verification status Find out more
NAF SMARTness index Lower moderate Find out more
Targeted location National - Upper Egypt, frontier governorate, urban governorates
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Population coverage 12,000,000.0
Primary indicator absent/present
Primary indicator baseline partial
Primary indicator target yes
Duration January, 2022 - December, 2022

Goal action plan

coordinate with Ministry of Higher Education to implement standardised nutrition training within academic curricula as pre-service training

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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