Goal
To improve nutritional status of children and prevent stunting in children under 2 years of age focusing first 1000 days' window of opportunity and break the intergenerational cycle of stunting.
Reducing stunting in children under 2 years through Conditional Cash Transfer Program
Ehsaas Program
| Verification status | Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | Lower moderate Find out more |
| Targeted location | National - National implementation targeting high stunting rates districts and population with high stunting prevalence |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Pregnant and lactating women and children under 2 years of age. |
| Targeted population sex | All |
| Population coverage | 1,000,000.0 |
| Primary indicator | 6-8% reduction of stunting prevalence against the baseline in targeted children under 5 years of age 5% reduction of iron deficiency anaemia prevalence among targeted PLWs 5% increase in exclusive breast-feeding prevalence 6 % reduction in the prevalence of LBW in targeted beneficiary (newborn) At least 25 % of children under 2 years achieve MAD > 70% recovered wasted children |
| Primary indicator baseline | Prevalence of stunting is 51.4 % in children under 5 (as per poorest quintile, NNS2018) Prevalence of Iron deficiency anaemia 38.4% among WRA (poorest quintile, NNS2018) Exclusive breast-feeding prevalence is 50% (poorest quintile, NNS 2018) Prevalence of LBW 22% in newborn (as per PDHS, 2017-18) Proportion of children achieving MAD 1.7% (as per poorest quintile, NNS2018) |
| Primary indicator target | Reduced prevalence of stunting from 51.4% to 45% in targeted children under 5 years of age Reduced prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia from 38.3% to 33% among targeted PLWs Increase prevalence of exclusive breast feeding from 50% to 55% Reduced prevalence of LBW from 22 % to 16 % in targeted beneficiaries Reduced growth flattering among children 6-23 months Proportion of children achieving MAD from 1.7 % to 25 % among targeted population |
| Duration | December, 2021 - December, 2024 |
Goal action plan
Conditional Cash Transfer intervention to increase the uptake of Health and Nutrition services by Pregnant and Lactating women and children under two years of age.
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
