Nutrition situation
Under five stunting (%)
18.8
Under five overweight (%)
2.6
Anaemia in women 15-49 years (%)
49.9
Under five wasting (%)
8.1
Low birth weight (%)
18.5
0 to 5-month-old exclusive breastfeeding (%)
42.1
Adolescent overweight (%)
Male: 5.3
/ Female: 12.9
Adult overweight (%)
Male: 16.1
/ Female: 35.9
Adult obesity (%)
Male: 4.0
/ Female: 12.9
Adult diabetes (%)
Male: 7.5
/ Female: 7.3
COVID-19 snapshot
Essential community nutrition services were suspended from March to August due to COVID-19. As part of the national response, the crisis unit supported some sectoral ministries such as Health, Education, Family and Gender. In addition, the authorities were unable to conduct the annual Demographic and Health Survey or any other assessment of the nutritional situation.
Institutional transformations 2019-2020
Bringing people together into a shared space for action
Dialogue is taking place with local elected officials.The process of setting up the private-sector platform is under way and 15 companies are members of the initiative’s committee. Enlargement and decentralisation of the civil society platform is continuing, with three new members.
Nutrition remains highly coordinated and is anchored in the Presidency, despite institutional changes. The SUN Government focal point has been supported by two facilitators.
Local development plans for nutrition have been implemented effectively in 25 local authorities.
Ensuring a coherent policy and legal framework
The local authority planning guide for producing community development plans for nutrition has been validated.The country participated in the Codex Alimentarius to develop standards for infant follow-on formulas and therapeutic foods. Despite the challenge of limited resources, there are mechanisms with regulatory enforcement structures. Strategies to address micronutrient deficiencies are being improved and advocacy for the signing of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes is under way.
Aligning actions around common results
Senegal ensures that sectoral policy reviews include nutrition. The different networks are aligned with the Common Results Framework, which clearly sets out the budgeted objectives, the primary focus areas and sectors, the actors and the coordination and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms at all levels.The use of information systems for monitoring is still not optimal.
The Ministry of the Economy will coordinate a national nutrition review involving all stakeholders in 2021.
The annual performance reports for the sectoral ministries and the Malnutrition Unit are available.
Financial tracking and resource mobilisation
The study into the availability of multisectoral funding for nutrition in Senegal highlights the resources available and the difficulties in funding the Multisectoral Strategic Plan for Nutrition.The nutrition investment case study series is available and expected to be shared in 2021.
The United Nations Joint Annual Workplan enables nutritional costs and achievements to be estimated in relation to the funds mobilised.
Financial monitoring should be conducted as part of the national nutrition review in 2021. Planned budgetary support has been received.
2020-2021 Priorities
- Organise the national nutrition review.
- Finalise implementation of the academics’ platform.
- Revitalise the parliamentarians’ nutrition platform.
- Improve the operations of the multi-stakeholder platform.
- Monitor financing of the Multisectoral Strategic Plan for Nutrition.
- Finalise the process of drawing up national food recommendations.
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