Goal

Streamline the treatment of acute malnutrition

FROM Commitment: Treatment of acute malnutrition

Civil Society Organisation / Kenya

Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance- Kenya

Date made: 01 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
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NAF SMARTness index Lower moderate Find out more
Targeted location Local - The action will take place at the community level specifically within the Arid and Semi Arid Lands with high prevalence of wasting and general acute and moderate malnutrition.
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Population coverage 240,000.0
Primary indicator Number of children reached
Primary indicator baseline 15
Primary indicator target 100
Duration October, 2021 - December, 2025

Goal action plan

This will be achieved through provision of technical assistance to 24 county structures to engage communities for mass nutrition education, and citizen participation procedures, and ownership to ensure that planned interventions reach the target beneficiaries and facilitate citizen participation and Social Accountability (sector-based Community Score Cards)

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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