To reduce stunting prevalence in children from the current 37% to 25% by 2025.
Nigeria's commitments for 2021N4G summit
Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
| Verification status | Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
| Progress status | No response See progress details |
| Targeted location | National - The six geopolitical zones: North East, North West, North central, South West, South East, South South |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Under five children |
| Targeted population sex | All |
| Population coverage | 31,000,000 |
| Duration | January 2022 - December 2025 |
Goal action plan
-Enhancing Capacity of Caregivers to ensure optimal nutrition in the first 1000 days of life
-Enhancing Provision of Quality Health Services to prevent and manage nutrition related diseases and micronutrient deficiencies
-Improving capacity to address food and nutrition insecurity problems as well as provide a conducive macroeconomic environment for improved nutrition status
-Raising Awareness of the Problem of Malnutrition through activities that will promote positive behaviour change and lifestyle through advocacy, communication and social mobilization
-Ensuring budget allocation, timely release and utilization as well as strengthening the coordination capacity of the institutions and personnel responsible for policy and programme coordination
Progress
Indicator
| Primary indicator | Percentage Of Children Under Age 5 Who Are Stunted |
|---|---|
| Indicator monitor | -Routine and on-going evaluation of activities in every sector. -Evaluation will rely on annual joint review meetings to evaluate performance in addition to annual and periodic surveys such as the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NNHS) and Multi Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) -mid-term evaluation of progress will be done through MICS 2023 and NNHS 2023 for achievement of result |
Reports
| Stage | Measurement Date | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 2018 | 0.37 | |
| Progress report | No response | ||
| Target | December 2025 | 0.25 |
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
