A Nigerian federal government nutrition plan, approved by the National Council on Nutrition under the chairmanship of the Vice President in January 2021 for the period 2021 to 2025, setting out strategies to improve the nutritional status of Nigerians with particular emphasis on the country's most vulnerable groups. The National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition set targets including cutting the share of the population suffering malnutrition by half, raising the exclusive breastfeeding rate to 65 percent, and reducing the stunting rate among children under five to 18 percent by 2025, pursued by scaling up nutrition-specific interventions that address malnutrition directly and nutrition-sensitive interventions that address its underlying causes across sectors such as agriculture, water and social protection. The plan describes its purpose as eliminating all forms of malnutrition as a public health problem in Nigeria and contributing to the country's progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals' 2030 nutrition targets.
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Sponsoring BodyFederal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning 1 Health GoalEradicate hunger and malnutrition to lay a strong foundation for improved standard of living 1 Geographic ScopeNigeria, national level 1 Measured ResultsThirty-seven percent of children in Nigeria are stunted 1 Classification
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Source National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN) 2021-2025
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1. National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN) 2021-2025
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE, BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING
Foreword paragraph on plan purpose
eradicating hunger and malnutrition among her citizens in order to lay a strong foundation for improved standard of living
Paragraph on plan scope
The national food and nutrition policy provides the framework for addressing the problems of food and nutrition insecurity at all levels in Nigeria.
Paragraph citing stunting burden
thirty-seven percent of children in Nigeria are stunted
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eradicating hunger and malnutrition among her citizens in order to lay a strong foundation for improved standard of living
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A Nigerian federal government nutrition plan, approved by the National Council on Nutrition under the chairmanship of the Vice President in January 2021 for the period 2021 to 2025, setting out strategies to improve the nutritional status of Nigerians with particular emphasis on the country's most vulnerable groups.
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Nigeria has set an example for Africa and the world on institutionalizing nutrition accountability through parliamentary action." The Federal Government has been addressing malnutrition through initiatives such as the National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN) 2021-2025, which aims to achieve the World Health Assembly (WHA) nutrition targets by 2025.
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The Federal Government has been addressing malnutrition through initiatives such as the National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN) 2021-2025, which aims to achieve the World Health Assembly (WHA) nutrition targets by 2025.
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