| Verification status | Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | Upper moderate Find out more |
| Targeted location | Sub-national - The geographical coverage is 10 counties with the highest burden of acute malnutrition which include Nairobi, Mandera, Turkana, Garissa, Wajir, Marsabit, Baringo, West Pokot, Kilifi and Isiolo. |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Women of reproductive age |
| Targeted population sex | Only girls/women |
| Population coverage | 1,103,381.0 |
| Primary indicator | Prevalence of LBW |
| Primary indicator baseline | 8% |
| Primary indicator target | 5% |
| Duration | January, 2022 - December, 2025 |
Goal action plan
Priority actions include:
Health system
Provide quality ANC, obstetric, newborn and postnatal care services to pregnant women during pregnancy, delivery and postpurtum including refugee population.
Integration of screening for malnutrition among PLW/G during ANC, PNC Delivery and post partum including refugee population.
Provision of nutritious food supplementation to target vulnerable/ undernourished PLW/G including refugee population.
Strengthen linkages for nutrition education through the school curriculum. Mainstreaming nutrition in curriculum reform and development of strategies to support articulation of curriculum content.
Strengthen implementation of school health programs that includes nutrition service delivery incorporating nutrition assessment components in school health.
Provide iron and folic acid supplements to women and adolescents girls during pregnancy.
Enforce prohibition of sexual violations, FGM and child marriages through community level platforms.
Support the education sector to operationalize the school health policy and strategy and revise the school curriculum to allow comprehensive and age-appropriate sexuality
and reproductive health education.
Rollout of social behaviour change communication on reproductive health, nutrition and FGM.
Food System
Promote increased production of nutrient-rich foods by promoting food diversification.
Increase the number of nutrition sensitive agriculture technologies and innovations such as kitchen gardens and livestock.
To increase production of adequately fortified salt, maize flour and wheat flour, including blended flours and vegetable oil and fats as well as upscale programs to promote their consumption.
Support operationalization of standards and guidelines for institutional feeding, including school meals.
Promote biofortification of potential food crops using conventional breeding techniques as part of food security and resilience agricultural strategies to improve diets of vulnerable rural communities that rely heavily on few staples.
Social Protection
Advocate for alignment of nutrition and social protection policies, strategies and programs to leverage social protection systems.
Provide pregnant adolescent girls an opportunity to re-enter school after delivery and referral for sexual reproductive health.
Support development and implementation of school meals programs that offer support for nutritious meals to ensure intake.
Support the implementation of food/cash supplementation program for pregnant and adolescents girls from vulnerable households.
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
