Government (non-donor capacity) / Zambia

National Food and Nutrition Commission, Zambia

Goals

Averting the increase of overweight and non-communicable diseases

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Goal SMARTness index: Upper moderate
  • Progress status: No response

Increase coverage of nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions from 42 to 116 districts

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
  • Goal SMARTness index: High
  • Progress status: No response

Increase government expenditure on nutrition

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Financial
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low
  • Progress status: No response

Establish a National Food and Nutrition Programme that will address all forms of malnutrition using a multisector approach by end of 2023

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
  • Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate
  • Progress status: No response

Ensure food systems are resilient and are enabling healthy and sustainable diets

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Diet
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low
  • Progress status: No response

Revise 2006 National Food and Nutrition Policy

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low
  • Progress status: No response

Ensure national UHC plans that integrate nutrition are aligned with national nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive health intervention are part of a 'health in all policy.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Financial
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low
  • Progress status: No response

Operationalise the Food and Nutrition Act 2020 by end of 2023.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Food environment
  • Goal SMARTness index: Low
  • Progress status: No response

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