Reduce Stunting in Under-5 Children by 8.2% in 5 years

In five years, the targeted 67 high burden districts of the country will be covered for nutrition specific, preventive and therapeutic interventions. The aim is to start from the cohort of children during pregnancy and

support vulnerable mothers and children for first 1000 days (90 % of under 5 population and 90% of PLWs). Moreover, the adolescent girls (10-19 years) enrolled in schools would be reached with the support of education departments and those of out of schools will be reached through CBHWs including LHWs/ Nutrition Counselors.

Specific Goal:

Tackling malnutrition induced stunting in Pakistani children through improved nutrition status of population, especially, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, and male and female children under 2 years of age through well informed, coordinated and effective government leadership.

Project Objectives:

1. To reduce stunting to 32% from 40.2% in 5 years with an average of 1% reduction in first two years (year 1 &2) and 2% in next three years (Year 3&4&5)

2. Reduce wasting to 10% from 17.7% with an average of 1.5 percent reduction per year.

Specific outcomes:

The above specific goal of Federal Nutrition Program will be achieved through the proposed project aiming at two specific outcomes.

1) Reduction in stunting among children under 5 years in the targeted high burden districts by improving the nutritional status of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and children under age of two years.

2) Sustained, conducive policy environment and the Program Response to address malnutrition induced stunting created.

The project has 5 outputs (components);

Output 1: Strengthening Community based Nutrition Services through LHWs and other community based workers (CHWs & Nutrition Counselors)

Output 2: Strengthening of Primary Health Care institutions for nutrition promotion, Maternal Infant Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM) including management of moderate malnutrition among PLWs.

Output 3: Strengthening Health institutions for in-patient Care and Treatment of Severe Acute malnutrition and SAM with complications.

Output 4: Addressing micronutrient deficiencies

Output 5: Strengthening institutional arrangements for the implementation of project