Goal

Percentage of households with handwashing devices

FROM Commitment: Reduce stunting from 29% to 15% in 2030

Government (non-donor capacity) / Cameroon

Comité Interministériel de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CILM), Cameroon

Partner organisations:
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): Helen Keller International, ACF, COSADER
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UNICEF, OMS
Country government at any administrative level: Ministries of Health, Water and Energy, Communication,promotion of women and family
Academic or non-academic research institution: Cameroonian society of nutrition sciences
Date made: 07 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Verification status Find out more
NAF SMARTness index Upper moderate Find out more
Progress status No response See progress details
Targeted location National - in all the regions with high prevalence of stunting: Adamaoua, North, Far-North, East and North-west and South -west
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Duration January, 2022 - December, 2030

Goal action plan

Strengthening the capacity of communities to promote drinking water drinking water techniques, essential family practices and handwashing with clean running water and soap,

Production of materials to promote drinking water drinking water techniques, essential family practices and hand washing with clean running water and soap

Promotion of handwashing with soap at critical/key moments (before eating, after going to latrines, before breastfeeding the infant, after playing)

Progress

Indicator

Primary indicator Percentage (%) Of Households With A Handwashing Place
Indicator monitor Joined Monitoring Program (UNICEF-WHO) every two years, DHS and MICS

Reports

Stage Measurement Date Value Status
Baseline 2020 36,42%
Progress report No response
Target December, 2030 0.60

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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