Goal

To reduce the incidence of low birth-weight (LBW)

FROM Commitment: Reduce the incidence of low birth-weight

Government / Bangladesh

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: MoA, MoFood, MOFL, MOWCA, MOSW, MOLGRD&C, MODMR
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UN agencies, Development Partners, Youth Forums, NGOs
Private sector food business: Private Sectors
Academic or non-academic research institution: SUN Academia and Research Networks
Date made: 31 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Verification status Find out more
NAF SMARTness index Upper moderate Find out more
Targeted location National - Focusing on 26 districts with high prevalence, Gazipur City Corporation, Dhaka North and South City Corporation, and FDMN camps in Cox' Bazar
Targeted population Specific population group(s)
Targeted population age Specific age group(s)
Targeted population specific age Pregnant women and women of reproductive age (including adolescent girls)
Targeted population sex Only girls/women
Population coverage 2,600,000.0
Primary indicator Prevalence of low birth-weight, percentage of live births below 2.5kg
Primary indicator baseline 14.8% (MICS 2019)
Primary indicator target 10% (GAP Bangladesh) by 2025
Duration July, 2021 - June, 2025

Goal action plan

Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2), Plan of Action for National Food and Nutrition Security Policy (PoA for NFNSP), Global Action Plan for Child Wasting (GAP)

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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