Goal

Reduce the prevalence of wasting in children under 5 from 7 % to 3% by 2030

FROM Commitment: FNS implementation-SD Expansion Scale up

Government (non-donor capacity) / Ethiopia

Ministry of Health, Ethiopia

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Water and Energy, Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, MoT and Regional Integration, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Plan and Development; Transport, Disaster and risk managemnt comission; Ethiopian food and drug Authority
Private sector food business : SUN Business Network and 25 private sectors
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UN SUN Network, UNICEF, Alive and Thrive, FAO, WFP
Donor organisation, including philanthropic organisations: SUN Donor Network, USAID, BMGF, Max Foundation, African DB, World Bank, GIZ, Irish AID, CIFF, Big Win
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): ECSC SUN, Save the children, CARE, Concern Worldwide, GAIN, Action against Hunger, The Power of Nutrition, World Vision, FH Ethiopia, Pathfinder, JSI, NI, Jhpeigo
Date made: 30 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Progress status Off course See progress details
Targeted location National - Seqota Declaration implementation (expansion and scale up phase) 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 five years old
Targeted population sex All
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-IIo 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

In addition, there is a 10 year national development of the country where nutrition is the key indicator in the national development proxy indicators monitored so closely.

Progress

Indicator

Primary indicator Prevalence Of Wasted Children Under 5 Years Of Age
Indicator monitor The food and nutrition strategy annual /periodic performance of sectors and regions will be tracked using scorecard. Information system developed from Multi-sectoral food and nutrition performance tracking using Unified Nutrition information system in Ethiopia (UNISE) O The food and nutrition strategy annual /periodic performance of sectors and regions will be tracked using scorecard. O Each year all implementing sectors and regional states prepare annual joint multi-sectoral food and nutrition plan that will be financed by the federal and regional governments. Resource tracking will be conducted to monitor the financial contribution from the government for effective implementation of food and nutrition strategy

Reports

Stage Measurement Date Value Status
Baseline 2019 7%
Progress report March 2021 11% Off course
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had not yet been achieved and is not expected to be achieved by the end date, but as the end date is not yet reached, it could be still be possible to reach and maintain the target level.
Target June, 2031 3%

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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