To Reduce Chronic Malnutrition (Stunting) Growth Faltering among children
I am a front Line Nutrition Manager
Ethiopia
| Verification status | Find out more |
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| NAF SMARTness index | Low Find out more |
| Targeted location | Multi-country - Multi national like Sub-saharan African countries east and central Africa country Asia need more attaention due to fragile security situation and conflict and displacement, Drought and Disaster prone areas .Ethiopia need more attention due to year round civil war Tigray … |
| Targeted population | Overall population (all ages, both sexes) |
| Population coverage | 40,000,000.0 |
| Primary indicator | Emergency Nutrition and food Response Unit |
| Primary indicator baseline | 28% stunting, 19% wasting,22% Underweight |
| Primary indicator target | 15% Stunting, 10 %wasting18%underweight |
| Duration | March, 2022 - September, 2023 |
Goal action plan
I will be able to strengthen National Food and Nutrition policy ,through working with key partners and stake holder Done and Imoplimenters at all level by making functional Coordination system at National level to reduce malnutrition in emergencies and Development contexts in Low income countries.Sub -Saharan country in Africa and Asia where Malnutrition rate is so high.
National commitment should be increased to maximum level ,In addition to this financial allocation to improved Nutrition project also need attention to eliminated national or related problem in most vulnerable community like refugee and IDP society affected by Disaster when arises.
Food fortification to reduce micro-nutrient deficiency Disease among high risk population Pregnant and ;lactating Mothers and children <5
improve school feeding programes to address school age children and adolescents 12 -19 years young boys and girls to address Nutrition in Life cycle approaches
Focus on 1000 day a window of opportunity to reduce stunting through multi-sectoral approches since the Nutrition problems are multi dimensional problems .
Nutrition Response in Emergency disaster and recovery phase response should be special focus .
Food and Nutrition places should be revised by all countries specailly African and asdian countries
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
